Technology Fellows Program

[Fabiano Angélico]

FORD FOUNDATION

Technology Fellows Program

https://ford-foundation.forms.fm/technology-fellows-program

The Technology Fellows program is administered by the Internet Freedom unit at the Ford Foundation, which works globally to advance economic and social protections in the Internet environment. Technology Fellows will play a strategic advisory role to the foundation as well as provide practical technical expertise to staff and grantees (Note that this role does NOT include IT and administration responsibilities). Technology Fellows will enable the foundation to better serve the technical needs of grantees, identify emerging opportunities and threats related to technology, help develop networks and communities of social justice mission-driven technology experts, and enrich the diverse perspectives of the thematic areas program experts. As information technology suffuses every aspect of our lives, the Ford Foundation believes that philanthropy has a unique role to play in ensuring that government and public interest organizations truly understand the technical landscape and how developing technologies serve the public interest.
The Technology Fellowship Program has three overarching goals:

Enrich perspectives within the foundation by adding a technical lens
Increase technical capacity throughout each of the foundation’s seven thematic areas of work
Generate novel, innovative ideas and build new relationships and networks

The first three Technology Fellow positions will be embedded in the following thematic areas of work for a two-year, competitively compensated fellowship: Equitable Development, Civic Engagement and Government, and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice.