By Elizabeth Green, Founder and CEO of Civic News Company, the publisher of nonprofit newsrooms Chalkbeat, Votebeat, and Healthbeat.  When we launched Healthbeat last year, we…

By Emily Howell, Research and Impact Fellow, Rita Allen Foundation At the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, Germany on November 9, I joined Civic Science Fellows …

Civic Science Fellow Lisa Maillard works to help funders support more effective community-engaged research When Lisa Maillard and her colleagues walked into a municipal building in Florida, ready to…

Civic Science Fellow Eunice Mercado-Lara Turns Open-Science Talk into Action Applying for funding can be a time-consuming, opaque process that presents barriers for some applicants, particularly smaller, under-resourced organizations.

How Rose Hendricks transforms language into climate action At the Planetary Health Action Fair in San Francisco this fall, Rose Hendricks moved between twenty poster presentations, each one a…

This series from the Civic Science Funders Collaborative features conversations between philanthropists and exemplars working on the ethical and societal implications of emerging science and technology. Highlighting a variety of…

Civic Science Fellow Erica Palma Kimmerling fosters connections to strengthen science’s relationship with society As an undergraduate studying biomedical engineering, Erica Palma Kimmerling signed up for a gene editing…

Civic Science Fellow Jyoti Madhusoodanan investigates harmful biases in healthcare algorithms  While interviewing a scientist for a freelance story in 2018, science journalist Jyoti Madhusoodanan…

Civic Science Fellow Catherine Cramer maps the human ecosystem of a unique community-centered university project On a chilly January evening in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood, Catherine Cramer stood among…

Become a Civic Science Fellows Host Partner – Apply by December 15, 2025 The Civic Science Fellows program is announcing opportunities to become a Civic Science Fellow host partner…