Information Futures Lab Fellowship Programme – Spring 2023 (Salary of $35,000)

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The Information Futures Fellowship is a novel opportunity for practitioners in public health, healthcare, community organizations, media, policy, design, and other fields actively working on responding to the ongoing information crisis.

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TYPE: Fellowships, Trainings and Workshops,

FOR: Journalists, Leaders, Organizations,

IN: -

REACH: 590,

STATUS: ❌ Closed.

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The six-month fellowship provides these practitioners with the resources, time, research partners, training and peer network to develop new ideas, evaluate existing programs or design and test novel interventions.

IF Fellows are part of the Brown University Information Futures Lab, and over the course of the fellowship will connect with a broad network of global researchers, technologists, community leaders, journalists, policy makers, librarians and educators.

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Benefits

A salary of $35,000 for the six-month fellowship period is available for fellows. If an employer keeps the fellow on salary during the fellowship because the project benefits the organization, a fellowship stipend will not be provided; That unused stipend will then be extended to an additional fellow who will join the cohort.
All fellows are eligible for project/program support of up to $10,000 and travel expenses of up to $2,000 (domestic) and $5,000 (international). In addition, projects are eligible for an honorarium of up to $5,000 to compensate thought partners and collaborators.

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Eligibility

Open to practitioners with at least 5-10 years of experience and a proven track record in areas including, but not limited to: policy making, public health, libraries, education, communications, design, fact checking, journalism, healthcare, community leadership, research or government.
They are particularly interested in applicants working with communities that are underrepresented in efforts to improve information.
They also prioritize applicants who, without this fellowship, might not be able to dedicate space and resources to design and implement a program with their community in mind.