2015 ITS Global Policy Fellowship Program for International Applicants in Brazil

Applications are on-going for the 2015 ITS Global Policy Fellowship Program for International Applicants in Brazil. The Institute of Technology and Society (ITSrio.org) invites researchers, graduate students as well as professionals working with technology policy, to apply to its Global Policy Fellowship Program and spend four weeks in Brazil at ITS. 

Last year, ITS welcomed six fellows from all over the world, who contributed immensely for the success of the Fellowship Program. Global Fellows will have the opportunity to work with the team who created and developed the landmark “Marco Civil” legislation, a bill protecting fundamental rights, including privacy, net neutrality and freedom of expression, approved as law in Brazil in April 2014.

Study Subjects

ITS will offer the opportunity to work with research in the five broad areas, namely: Law, democracy and technology (dealing with topics such civic engagement, online participation, and others); Access to technology, justice and human rights (dealing with topics such as connectivity, accesibility, digital divide and others) Internet regulation and Internet governance; Privacy and data protection (dealing with topics such as big data, anti-survailance, data protection and mass surveilance); Rethinking culture, media and education (working with topics such as intelectual property, digital entrepreneurship, art & technology, online teaching, and others).

Scholarship Value

Fellowship Package includes: Intensive 4-week program for the fellows; Air tickets to São Paulo and Brasília; Accommodation in São Paulo and Brasília during the days of our visit; Shared office space at headquarters for four weeks and a visit to a “samba” music club will also be organized, but is not mandatory.

Duration of Fellowship

This is an intensive 4-week program from 29 June, 2015 to 27 July, 2015. 

Eligibility

ITS is looking for students, researchers, and professionals who are following the debates in the public policy field, and who want to spend part of their summer/winter in Brazil, learning about Internet policy. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Applicants from around the world are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Application Procedure and Deadline

Please send following documents in one single e-mail message to itsrio-at-itsrio.org, with the subject “Global Fellows Application:

• YOUR NAME”:
• complete academic and professional resume, including your LinkedIn profile and other online references you want us to consider;
• A 1-page personal statement about your motivations to work in Brazil;
• A brief work description of your experience with technology policy;
• Proposal for a public presentation of your work;
• Indication of one of the five main areas ITS which you would like to work on;
• One project or idea you would be interested in developing while at ITS.

The application deadline is March 20th, 2015.

Official Scholarship Website – http://www.itsrio.org/2015/02/04/its-global-policy-fellowship-program-2015/?lang=en