Fellowships

Find your fellowship in civic tech or a related field. We track over 40 paid and unpaid fellowships around the world. You can share any fellowships we're missing here.

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Digital Lab Fellowship at Consumer Reports
digital-lab.consumerreports.org/join

Digital Lab Fellowship at Consumer Reports

The Digital Lab Fellowship is a paid, non-resident opportunity to uncover and address emerging consumer harms in the digital world

Fellowships, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Consumer watchdogging
Disability Futures Fellows at Ford Foundation
fordfoundation.org/work/investing-in-individuals/disability-futures-fellows

Disability Futures Fellows at Ford Foundation

Created by, for and with disabled practitioners, Disability Futures is an initiative—developed in partnership with The Andrew W

Ford Foundation Building, East 43rd Street, New York, NY
Assistive and Accessible Tech, Fellowships
Building Digital Government Talent Pipelines
codefor.ca/blog/case-study-building-digital-government-talent-pipelines

Building Digital Government Talent Pipelines

This Code for Canada case study underscores what is possible when it comes to onboarding and implementing digital talent in government

Canada 🇨🇦
Govtech, Digital transformation, Fellowships
The City Fellowship at Company Ventures
the-city-fellowship.com

The City Fellowship at Company Ventures

The public-private initiative supports Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and women-led small businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, and technology startups that are building a more equitable...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Fellowships, Govtech
Education Policy Impact Fellowships
fas.org/talent-hub

Education Policy Impact Fellowships

two new Impact Fellowships for S&T experts seeking to advance smart education policy: The Learning Acceleration Fellowship at the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and the Data...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Quality education
Stanford Impact Lab Design Fellowship
impact.stanford.edu/investments-design-start-and-term-labs#impact-lab-design-fellowship

Stanford Impact Lab Design Fellowship

We make one-year, $50,000 investments in faculty from across the university who want to conceptualize new impact labs through participation in our year-long Impact Lab Design Fellowship.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Fellowships, Design
Measurement Lab Research Fellows 2022
measurementlab.net/blog/research-fellowship-call/#open-call-for-m-lab-research-fellows---due-monday,-december-6

Measurement Lab Research Fellows 2022

Measurement Lab is seeking three Research Fellows to expand Internet performance research beyond the measurement and optimization for bandwidth. Fellows will utilize M-Lab’s longitudinal, open dataset...

Fellowships, Connectivity, Data science for social good
Civics Unplugged
civicsunplugged.org

Civics Unplugged

The Civics Unplugged Fellowship is a 3-month civic leadership program that empowers high school students with the training, funding, and network they need to become civic innovators that build a brigh...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Fellowships, Civic literacy
students
Just Tech Fellowship
ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/just-tech-fellowship

Just Tech Fellowship

The Social Science Research Council's Just Tech Fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of researchers and practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable, and repr...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Fellowships, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Civic Design Fellowship
civicdesign.org/about/our-team/fellowship

Civic Design Fellowship

Join us as the 2022 Civic Design Fellow. In a 4-month program, from January to April, you’ll take your interest in democracy as a design problem to the next level, working with the Center for Civic De...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Design, Fellowships
Civic Science Fellows
civicsciencefellows.org

Civic Science Fellows

The overarching goal of the Civic Science Fellows Program is to co-create strong, diverse, and inclusive connections between science and civic life.

Fellowships
U.S. Digital Corps
digitalcorps.gsa.gov

U.S. Digital Corps

The U.S. Digital Corps is a two‑year government fellowship to launch your career at the intersection of technology and public service.

Washington, DC
since 2021
Fellowships, Govtech
United States (federal government)
Code for Canada
codefor.ca

Code for Canada

We help governments and communities in Canada harness the power of digital.

207-192 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2C2, Canada
Civic hacking meetups, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Ford Foundation Tech Fellow
fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/why-the-ford-foundation-wants-technologists-to-join-the-fight-for-social-justice

Ford Foundation Tech Fellow

The Ford Foundation did something unique—it hired technologists and embedded them in its grant-making teams. It was part of a foundation-wide effort to better understand the growing influence of data...

Ford Foundation Building, East 43rd Street, New York, NY
Emerging Tech Report Fellowships, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Black to the Future Public Policy Institute
blackfutureslab.org/black-to-the-future-policy-institute

Black to the Future Public Policy Institute

The Black to the Future Public Policy Institute is a policy advocacy and leadership training fellowship that provides the tools needed to transform Black communities into constituencies that wield ind...

Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
racial equity
Civic Hive
civichive.org

Civic Hive

To raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance

42 Montgomery Road, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Hubs
Echoing Green
echoinggreen.org

Echoing Green

We find the brightest leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible. And then we do everything we can to make sure they succeed.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 1987
Accelerators, Build something, The People
Digital Integrity Fellowship
web.archive.org/web/20210116202602/https://www.opentech.fund/funds/digital-integrity-fellowship

Digital Integrity Fellowship

The Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) provides fixed monthly stipends to individuals capable of addressing short-term and long-term threats to freedom of expression online.

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036
Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Fellowships
Shuttleworth Fellows
shuttleworthfoundation.org/apply

Shuttleworth Fellows

The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to implement their innovative idea for social change. We are most interested in exceptional ideas at the intersection between technology,...

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
CivTechSA
civtech-sa.com

CivTechSA

The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents

110 E Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78205
Build something, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Robin Hood Labs Fellowship
labs.robinhood.org/fellowship

Robin Hood Labs Fellowship

BUILD HIGH-IMPACT PRODUCTS FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS

150 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society
cyber.harvard.edu

Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society

We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our m...

Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA
since 1998
Emerging Tech Report Fellowships, Fellowships, Learn about civic tech
Information Controls Fellowship
opentech.fund/funds/icfp

Information Controls Fellowship

The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) cultivates research, outputs, and creative collaboration on topics related to repressive internet censorship and surveillance.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Raoul Wallenberg Place Southwest, Washington, DC
since 2019
Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Fellowships
free speech
Code for Australia Fellowship
codeforaustralia.org/fellowship

Code for Australia Fellowship

Pairing talented technologists with government change-makers to tackle complex social issues

Australia 🇦🇺
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Centre for Humanitarian Data's Data Fellows
centre.humdata.org/data-fellows

Centre for Humanitarian Data's Data Fellows

Through this programme, Fellows design and deliver targeted projects that contribute to the Centre's overall goal of increasing the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector.

Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal, The Hague, Netherlands
Civic data, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Work4Germany
work.4germany.org

Work4Germany

Work4Germany is a 6 months full-time fellowship program for private / non profit sector talents who will work for a German ministry with the goal of modernising working methods and digitising the gove...

Zionskirchstraße 73a, Berlin, Germany
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Public sector innovation labs
Code for America
codeforamerica.org

Code for America

Code for America is a non-partisan, non-political 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2009 to address the widening gap between the public and private sectors in their effective use of technology and des...

San Francisco
since 2009
Emerging Tech report orgs, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
New Leaders Council
newleaderscouncil.org

New Leaders Council

NLC develops, connects, and uplifts inclusive, cross-sector leaders who transform our country through social and political change rooted in equity.

since 2004
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Annenberg Civic Media Fellowship
annenberglab.com/civic-media-fellowship

Annenberg Civic Media Fellowship

a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, activists, scholars and other catalysts to increase awareness, understanding and engagement around pressing areas of public interest, wit...

3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281
since 2019
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Media
NYC Poverty Data Research Fellow
buildwithnyc.github.io/prugraduatefellow.html

NYC Poverty Data Research Fellow

Fellows will work closely with PRU staff to support multiple research projects including statistical data analysis and monitoring the poverty reduction effects of the city’s anti-poverty initiatives.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic data, Data science for social good, Fellowships
No poverty
Summer of Code Belgium
2018.summerofcode.be

Summer of Code Belgium

Innovative open source projects, made by incredibly motivated students, coaches & organisations.

Cantersteen 12, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
since 2011
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Code for America (CfA) Community Fellowship Program
codeforamerica.org/programs/fellowship

Code for America (CfA) Community Fellowship Program

Code for America's Community Fellowship program pairs local Brigade talent with government to improve services for vulnerable people they serve.

972 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Harvard Institute of Politics
iop.harvard.edu/fellows

Harvard Institute of Politics

Established in 1966, the Fellows Program is a cornerstone of Institute life and the only program of its kind at Harvard University or anywhere else

since 1966
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Wikimedia Germany Fellowships
blog.wikimedia.de/2019/07/01/fellow-programm-freies-wissen-die-fellows-des-vierten-programmjahres

Wikimedia Germany Fellowships

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen z...

Wikimedia Deutschland
Adjacent Fields, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellowship Program
aspentechpolicyhub.org/#/fellowship

Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellowship Program

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs.

Bay Area, California
since 2019
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Emerging tech
Knight Public Spaces Fellowship
web.archive.org/web/20191101191409/https://www.knightfoundation.org/challenges/public-spaces-fellowship

Knight Public Spaces Fellowship

Knight Foundation is inviting nominations for its inaugural Knight Public Spaces Fellowship.

Miami
since 2019
Fellowships
Digital Stewards Detroit
alliedmedia.org/dctp/digitalstewards

Digital Stewards Detroit

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice P...

4126 3rd Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201
since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Fellowships
Colorado Digital Service
sites.google.com/state.co.us/coloradodigitalservice/home

Colorado Digital Service

CDS hires top technologists from diverse backgrounds into term-limited tours of civic service, bringing their expertise to help improve the services that millions of Coloradans use.

Colorado
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Govtech
Next City's Vanguard Conference
nextcity.org/vanguard

Next City's Vanguard Conference

The Vanguard conference is an experiential urban leadership gathering of rising urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurshi...

Philadelphia
Conferences, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
city, Sustainable cities and communities
City Bureau Civic Reporting Residency
web.archive.org/web/20210309020129/https://www.citybureau.org/civic-reporting-residency

City Bureau Civic Reporting Residency

A 10-week program for journalists of all levels to learn our community-centered reporting process while covering the South and West Sides

6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Media
Google Digital News Initiative
newsinitiative.withgoogle.com

Google Digital News Initiative

The Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) is a European programme that's part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age.

Europe
since 2018
Funders & donors, Get funding, Media
Google
Presidential Innovation Fellows
presidentialinnovationfellows.gov

Presidential Innovation Fellows

We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government.

1800 F St NW, Washington, DC 20006
since 2012
Build something, Building inside government, Fellowships
United States (federal government)
Ashoka Fellowship
ashoka.org/en/program/ashoka-venture-and-fellowship

Ashoka Fellowship

A global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems.

since 1981
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, Get funding
Coding it Forward Fellowship
codingitforward.com/apply

Coding it Forward Fellowship

Applications open on Tuesday, October 15 for the Coding it Forward Fellowship - a paid, 10 week summer fellowship that empowers early-career technologists to innovate in local, state, and federal gove...

1201 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Meet the others, The People, Fellowships
youth, students
TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellowship
techcongress.io

TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellowship

Building 21st Century Government with Technology Talent

Washington, DC
since 2015
Building inside government, Fellowships, The People
Civic Innovation Fellows by BetaNYC
beta.nyc/programs/civic-innovation-lab

Civic Innovation Fellows by BetaNYC

About The Civic Innovation Lab at BetaNYC is committed to serving the growing need for public interest technology in New York City. We use data, design, and technology to make research and information...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2009
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
New America Public Interest Fellowships
web.archive.org/web/20180516233129/https://www.newamerica.org/public-interest-technology/public-interest-technology-fellowship

New America Public Interest Fellowships

New America’s Public Interest Technology Fellowship Program is an ambitious new initiative designed to support an emerging public interest technology sector in America.

since 2017
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Creative Placemaking Policy Fellows
herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/research-and-initiatives/creative-placemaking

Creative Placemaking Policy Fellows

It is the strategic integration of arts, culture and community engaged design into comprehensive community planning and development.

Arizona State University
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
place-based
North America Google Policy Fellowship
google.com/policyfellowship/index.html

North America Google Policy Fellowship

Our fellowship gives undergraduate and graduate students a paid opportunity to spend 10-weeks diving head first into Internet policy at leading nonprofits, think tanks and advocacy groups.

Washington, DC
Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, The People
Google
Data Science for Social Good, UChicago
dssgfellowship.org

Data Science for Social Good, UChicago

Data Science for Social Good Fellowship is a University of Chicago summer program for aspiring data scientists to work on data mining, machine learning, big data, and data science projects with social...

since 2013
The People, Data science for social good, Fellowships
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