[bioundgrd] FW: Call for proposals - Human Rights & Technology - $2, 000 Fellowship

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Laura Kerwin <lkerwin at mit.edu<mailto:lkerwin at mit.edu>>
Subject: Call for proposals - Human Rights & Technology - $2,000 Fellowship
Date: September 24, 2018 at 11:34:41 AM EDT

Please pass this on to all MIT undergrads who may be interested in this new opportunity:

The MIT Center for International Studies announces a new fellowship program in human rights and technology, and invites proposals from MIT undergraduates.

The program will support the students’ research, participation in a working group, and other activities.  It is intended to produce new knowledge about the relationship between human rights and technology—both how technology can enhance human rights work, and how the use of technology can impede human rights.

Fellows will receive $2,000 to pursue their research proposal.  The research may be done any time from when the award is made until August 31, 2019.
Applications will be accepted until Monday, October 29, at 5:00 pm.  A faculty committee will select six fellows from among the applicants.  The awardees will be announced on November 12.

All full-time undergraduates at MIT are eligible.

The application should include:

  1.  A description of the research problem to be addressed, how the research will be conducted, and what outputs are anticipated  (1000-word limit)
  2.  A brief statement of interest in human rights (200-word limit)
  3.  A CV
  4.  One letter of recommendation from faculty, or someone comparable.
Applications are not limited to any particular topic within the frame of human rights and technology.  We are particularly interested in four broad areas:

  *   Migrants and refugees
  *   Biotechnology
  *   Privacy and surveillance
  *   Documentation, witnessing, archives

See our website, https://cis.mit.edu/programs/human-rights-technology, for more information on these topics and other information on the program.




Laura Kerwin
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MIT Center for International Studies<https://cis.mit.edu/>
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