About the Residency
The goal of the residency is to encourage and support individuals who show exceptional promise and creativity to advance scholarship and entrepreneurial projects in civic science engagement around the world.
Residents in the collective are independent scholars and social entrepreneurs working to develop new civic science (an umbrella term for informal science education, science communication, public engagement with science, community science, citizen science, etc) tools, programs, and scholarship. Residents are encouraged to learn new skills, network, and engage the collective of residents to enhance their personal and professional growth. Action is success. Please note residents are not employees of the CS Media Lab or the SRC and their appointments are by courtesy. Ordinarily, residents have full employment elsewhere, and the residency acts as an add-on professional development opportunity to help accelerate initiatives forward.
We have 2 Residency Tracks
Scholar Track: The goal for residents on the independent scholar track is to conduct research that examines a focused research question(s) within the landscape of civic science (e.g., science policy, science communication, public engagement with science, informal science education, open science, and others).
Founder Track: We seek founders of existing public science engagement, science communication, and informal science projects that have already launched with some traction. They are seeking a community to accelerate the growth of their initiatives by joining the SRC.
Funding: Depending on the availability of funds, residents can apply for internal professional development funding at the beginning of each calendar quarter.
Are you interested in joining? Please send your inquiry along with your CV/Resume to mlab@saicollective.org
If you are an undergraduate student looking to work with one of our residents during the summer, consider applying to our summer internship program.
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Opportunities for residents
Apply to Internal Professional Development Funding
Residents can apply for unrestricted funding (subject to funding availability and suitability) each quarter that can be used towards their projects to cover related costs.
External Promotion of Projects
Promotion of resident projects across Sai channels and to external funders when appropriate.
Ability to Apply to External Grants as PI
You can access a curated list of external professional development grant opportunities and apply to them as the PI.
Help with making external connections
Residents receive help in connecting with advisors regarding evaluation, finances, leadership, and more!
Get Summer Intern Support
Potential to get an intern to support your work during the summer
Access the SRC Alumni Network
Residents have first access to stakeholder insights from the CSM Network
