The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened its annual call for fellowship applications.
This opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2015-2016 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman’s community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet’s most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues.
The Berkman Center welcomes applications from individuals from around the globe working on a broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may overlap with ongoing work at Berkman or will expose us to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, innovators, engineers, artists, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest who come from — and have interest in — countries industrialized or developing, with ideas, projects, or activities in all phases on a spectrum from incubation to reflection.
Applications will be accepted through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Required Application Materials:
1.) A current resume or C.V.
2.) A personal statement which should a) frame your motivation for applying for a Berkman Center fellowship and b) outline the work you propose to conduct during a fellowship. This statement should be roughly 1,000 – 1,500 words or should be a multi-media equivalent.
3.) A copy of a recent publication or an example of relevant work. For a written document, for instance, it should be on the order of a paper or chapter – not an entire book or dissertation – and should be in English.
4.) Two letters of recommendation, sent directly from the reference.
In addition to the above materials, we will ask applicants to share some additional information in a form as part of the application.
1.) Disciplinary background: Up to three disciplines in which you have been trained and/or have worked.
2.) Tags: Five tags that describe or represent the themes, issues, or ideas you know about and on which you propose to conduct work during a fellowship at Berkman; and five tags that represent work, themes, issues, or ideas that you do not currently know much about, but would like to explore and learn more about during a fellowship year. Each tag should be one- to three- words or terms.
3.) Berkman projects of interest.
To Apply for a 2015-2016 Academic Year Fellowship Through Our Open Call
Applications will be submitted online through our Application Tracker tool at: http://brk.mn/1516app
(Instructions for creating an account and submitting an application through the Application Tracker may be found here.)
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Instructions for creating an account and submitting an application through the Application Tracker may be found here.
For more information about the Berkman Center and for full details about the fellowship, visit their website.