The Social Science Research Council is proud to announce the third cohort of the Just Tech Fellowship.
Donor Name: Social Science Research Council
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable, and representative technological futures. Fellows have committed to identifying and challenging injustices emerging from new technologies and pursuing solutions that advance social, political, and economic rights.
Fellows receive two-year awards of $100,000 annually, robust supplementary funding to subsidize additional expenses, and separate seed funding to collaborate with other Just Tech Fellows. The fellowship believes that this model of Whole Person support provides the space and time necessary for deep reflection, an engaged community, and opportunities for ambitious cocreation.
The Just Tech Fellowship experience will be collaborative, seeking active participation points as it evolves. Through regular convenings and workshops, as well as purposeful engagement with external stakeholders and peer organizations, the fellowship will establish lasting personal and professional connections and offer practical support and learning opportunities to match the needs and suggestions of the fellows’ community.
Just Tech is supported by the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and the Democracy Fund.
The Just Tech Fellowship has several related goals
- Champion vital investigation into tech’s impact and its potential for both harm and benefit
- Center historically marginalized perspectives
- Build and sustain a diverse community of researchers and practitioners
- Reimagine how to invest in people to build and sustain communities of care and collaboration
- Envision and build toward technological futures that celebrate and manifest justice, agency, knowledge, and joy.
Eligibility Criteria
- Positionality: This fellowship seeks to center the perspectives of individuals from social, racial, or ethnic groups that have been historically marginalized, oppressed, or excluded by emerging technologies, such as Black/African Americans, Latinx/Hispanics, Indigenous peoples, or Alaska Native groups, AAPI individuals, religious minorities, gender nonconforming individuals, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and people with disabilities.
- Residency: Citizens of any country may apply, but fellows will be expected to reside in the United States during their fellowship term. The SSRC will not sponsor visas and may not be indicated as an affiliate or sponsor of visa applications. Please refer to the US State Department to learn more about visa requirements.
- Education: There are no formal education requirements. Applicants may hold academic credentials, such as a degree in the arts, fine arts, or sciences, OR a demonstrated track record of success in their respective fields.
- Commitment: Full-time must be dedicated to the fellowship (36 hours/week). Candidates with teaching or other permanent positions must be able to take leave or obtain course buyouts for at least one year during their time as a fellow
- Experience: Candidates are encouraged to have a track record and experience working on the intersection of digital and novel technologies, power, and social justice. They also invite early career applicants and those who successfully demonstrate a strong potential to contribute to a desired field of research and practice.
For more information, visit SSRC.
