2025 SEEK Commons Fellowship open [Dec 15]

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https://seekcommons.org/fellowship-application.html

The Socio-Environmental Knowledge Commons (SEEKCommons) project is dedicated to building pathways for horizontal collaborations across Science and Technology Studies (STS), Open Science (OS), and socio-environmental researchers and community organizers.

The SEEKCommons Fellowship is an initiative to bring graduate students and early-career researchers to socio-environmental research with common technologies. Our program is designed to:

  • Encourage new integrative practices involving socio-environmental and climate action research with OS practices; and
  • Provide a space for fellows and network members to collaborate on common research tools, issues, and challenges.

We are seeking 9 fellows for the 2025 SEEKCommons Fellowship. More details below:

  • Application Form ** Open: Nov. 7–Dec. 15, 2024 **
  • Successful Fellows notified: Jan. 31, 2025
  • Fellowship begins: Feb. 10, 2025
  • Fellowship ends: Nov. 10, 2025

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible for this fellowship program, you must:

  • Be currently enrolled in a graduate program, or hold a postdoctoral appointment, or be a professional practitioner working in a community-based organization;
  • Demonstrate clear alignment with the goals and objectives of the SEEKCommons project. This will be assessed via your application materials.

Of the nine fellowships offered in each cohort, at least one will be reserved for:

  • An indigenous STS fellow working on the priority topics listed above under “potential research topics”
  • An applicant that engages with the research questions elaborated in partnership with OSHWA or Tor Project.

Please review our SEEKCommons Fellowship FAQ for additional eligibility information.

SEEKCommons Fellows will benefit from these offerings:

Stipends: $8,000 graduate students, $12,000 post-docs and professionals
Mentorship from SEEKCommons project and network members
Training in OS, STS, and Socio-environmental research topics
Participation in virtual meetings and annual SEEKCommons convenings
Access to computing infrastructure (via SEEKCommons Lab)

Applications due by Dec. 15, 2024

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