Fwd: [ycig] FYI: Fellowship announcement
Zachary Matu
Date: Feb 25, 2016 11:22 AM
Subject: Fwd: [ycig] FYI: Fellowship announcement
To: "kabugima2" <kabu...@gmail.com>, "kabugima2" <kabu...@yahoo.com>, "kabugimatu" <kabug...@gmail.com>
Cc:
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> From: Michael Oghia <mike....@gmail.com>
> Date: Feb 24, 2016 7:27 PM
> Subject: [ycig] FYI: Fellowship announcement
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>> Fellowship opportunities with Ranking Digital Rights (RDR)
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>> Ranking Digital Rights is pleased to announce two fellowship opportunities for 2016:
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>> Information Controls Fellowship Program
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>> COMPASS Summer Fellows Program
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>> Ranking Digital Rights will also consider fellows sponsored through other funding schemes. All prospective fellows are encouraged to contact Nathalie Marechal (mare...@rankingdigitalrights.org) with any questions not covered by this web page or by the links provided.
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>> Qualifications:
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>> Graduate student or seasoned researcher with background in computer science, engineering, Internet and telecommunications law, communication studies, or other relevant field
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>> Strong technical background
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>> Prior academic research experience or professional work related to freedom of expression, censorship, privacy, and surveillance in the ICT sector
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>> Prior experience working collaboratively with teams and meeting deadlines
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>> International experience and ability to read at least one language other than English is a major plus
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>> Information Controls Fellowship Program
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>> The Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) cultivates research, outputs, and creative collaboration at different levels and across institutions on the topic of information controls – specifically repressive Internet censorship and surveillance. Applicants develop their own research plan, which must adhere to the parameters described on the program website.
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>> Senior Fellowship
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>> Start date: Flexible; Summer or Fall 2016
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>> Duration: 6 months or 12 months
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>> Eligibility: Graduate students and seasoned researchers with backgrounds in computer science, engineering, Internet and telecommunications law, or communications studies with a strong technical background
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>> Application deadline: March 25, 2016
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>> Stipend: $4,200 per month, plus travel allowance ($2,500 for 6 months, $5,000 for 12 months)
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>> A senior fellow might focus their work in one of several ways:
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>> Support a regional research partner in developing and launching a national or regional version of the Index
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>> Work with NGOs or research partners to develop related research and/or technical testing projects, using the Index data as a starting point, or the fellow might develop such a project themselves as proof of concept for other researchers to emulate or expand upon
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>> Conduct a year-long research and pilot testing project that would produce a proposal for how we might modify the Index methodology to add new technologies and/or company types.
>> Seasonal Fellowship
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>> Start date: Flexible; Summer or Fall 2016
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>> Duration: 3 months
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>> Eligibility: Graduate students and seasoned researchers with backgrounds in computer science, engineering, Internet and telecommunications law, or communications studies with a strong technical background.
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>> Application deadline: March 25, 2016
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>> Stipend: $2,500 per month
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>> A seasonal fellow might focus their work in one of several ways:
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>> Conduct a research project designed to help us to identify, develop, and/or test out changes to the Index research methodology to accommodate new types of companies or technologies
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>> Specific responsibilities to be assigned based on the fellow’s skills and interests, and on the needs of the project.
>> For more information on the Information Controls Fellowship Program, see: https://www.opentech.fund/fellowships/icfp.
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>> COMPASS Summer Fellows Program
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>> Start date: June 2016
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>> Duration: 8 weeks
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>> Eligibility: Must be PhD student in Communication at a participating university</