Data Science for the Public Good Young Scholars Program
The Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) Young Scholars program is a summer immersive program held at the Biocomplexity Institute’s Social and Decision Analytics division (SDAD). The program engages students from across the country to work together on projects that address state, federal, and local government challenges around critical social issues relevant in the world today. DSPG young scholars conduct research at the intersection of statistics, computation, and the social sciences to determine how information generated within every community can be leveraged to improve quality of life and inform public policy.
The program runs for 10 weeks for undergraduate interns and 11 weeks for graduate fellows in the summer, typically May to August. Fellows and interns work in teams collaborating with postdoctoral associates and research faculty from SDAD, and project stakeholders. Take a look at the DSPG 2019 projects and young scholars. Paid Internship based out of Arlington, VA.
For more information or to apply.
Job Opportunity for Alums: Fors Marsh Group
Fors Marsh Group is hiring an entry-level researcher. This role will focus on public policy evaluation and will work primarily on emergency preparedness projects with divisions within FEMA, with the potential to get involved in election projects.
It’s a fantastic company that’s committed to doing high-quality research. The team is smart and dedicated, and the company has a great culture and a good benefits package. Recent alums in the DC area are preferred. To apply or for more information visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1598513612/
GeoQuery Research Opportunity
(with potential to expand into a Global Research Shark Tank idea!)
AidData team members Seth Goodman and Mihir Prakash are working to expand the scope and potential for the AidData GeoQuery program. As part of this process, an opportunity to collaborate with the Tableau Foundation on developing a pilot visualization platform has emerged.
They would like to get a team of students together, perhaps with a blend of background in computer science/data science/data visualization and public policy, to work with the Tableau Foundation on developing a visualization platform that helps policy makers view key indicators to make better decisions.
They envision the pilot to take a few cases, for example - indicators in the health sector in Uganda and environment in Costa Rica, and build out a list of indicators, extract the data from GeoQuery, figure out what descriptors should go on the platform for easy interpretation, and identify best possible methods of visualizing each indicator.
While doing this, students will get hands-on training from the experts at Tableau Foundation, access to their in-house knowledge pools, and opportunity to innovate in the space of making data more easily accessible to users.
As students will be in the lead, this would also be a good fit for pitching in the Institute's Global Research Shark Tank competition (up to $25,000 in available funding).
If interested, please submit a CV to David Trichler (dmtrichler@wm.edu) with the email subject line: GeoQuery Research Opportunity.
Peace Building in Colombia
We are looking for applicants who are enthusiastic, hardworking, and keen to learn more about peace and conflict in Colombia. Candidates do not need prior knowledge of Colombian or Latin American politics, but should demonstrate an eagerness to engage in lively debate during the course tutorials and site visits. The program is open to students from a range of arts, humanities and social science subjects, and is aimed particularly at those with an interest in conflict resolution and international relations in Latin America. Applicants must be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate degree program for the academic year 2019/20.
Applications for the 2020 Peacebuilding in Colombia 5
th Anniversary Scholarships are open
until Friday 13 December 2019. Applicants must submit a scholarship application form, accompanying academic reference, and a general program application form by this date in order to apply for the funding. The final selection will be made by the Director of the Masters in Peacebuilding course at Universidad de Los Andes.
Red Tree Study will announce the scholarship recipients on or before Friday 24 January 2020. All applicants will be contacted via email to let them know the outcome of their application.
Please email apps@redtreestudy.com to request an application.
E-Internship Opportunity
GRI is seeking e-interns for the 2019-2020 academic year with:
TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.
https://www.techsoup.org
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, G2 is seeking e-interns to conduct Open Source Intelligence research on a variety of topics.
https://www.tradoc.army.mil/Organizations/G2-Intelligence/
Students do not need to be U.S. citizens for either of these positions. To apply, contact Dr. Kathryn H. Floyd at khfloyd@wm.edu.
Admission is rolling.
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship
Nuclear security is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. The spread of nuclear weapons to unstable and hostile states, the risk of conflict between nuclear-armed nations, and the potential for terrorist groups to acquire nuclear arms all demand new thinking and creative policy solutions. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to spend a period of twelve months at CFR’s offices in New York or Washington, DC, conducting policy-relevant research. While in residence full time at CFR, selected fellows will lead a project of their own design, conduct original research, and write at least one policy-relevant document.
The fellowship is only open to postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty in a tenure-track position at a recognized university. Junior faculty at law schools or with a law degree as their terminal degree are also eligible. Qualified applicants must be U.S. citizens and possess a strong record of professional achievement.
The program awards a stipend of $110,000 for junior faculty and $80,000 for postdoctoral fellows.
2019-2020 Fellows:
Jooeun Kim, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Joseph Torigian, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Interested applicants should
apply online by
December 15, 2019. Questions should be directed to
fellowships@cfr.org.
Scoville Fellowship
This highly selective six to nine month fellowship connects young leaders with our partner institutions in Washington, DC that include leading think tanks and advocacy groups. Scoville Fellows receive a salary and benefits, learn about public policy, and expand their professional network through interactions with analysts, activists, current and former Scoville Fellows, and board members.
Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at the host institutions and may work on a range of issues including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and peace building, diplomacy, environmental security, and emerging technology threats. They contribute to their host organization's goals in a variety of ways including research, public education, advocacy, writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings.
Upcoming Application Deadlines
Fall 2020 Fellowship: January 6, 2020
