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The 2026–28 Civic Science Fellows cohort will launch in September 2026. As 2026–28 host partners open applications for Fellows, we will share them here and in our monthly newsletter (see below to sign up). Envisioned as a Civic Science Lab, Fellows and partners carry out pioneering work to co-create pilots, partnerships, knowledge, models, and new ways of working that can help seed collaborations between science and society. All Fellows will engage as a cohort in a learning program and community, developed in collaboration with the network and an interdisciplinary committee of advisors.

The Institute for Advanced Study is seeking a 2026-28 Civic Science Fellow for The Public’s Science initiative, a collaborative effort with a leading research center to foster a new social contract for American research policy. This initiative seeks to reimagine scientific research as a genuinely public endeavor—one oriented toward inclusive participation and serving not only national interests but also the diverse communities that sustain and are affected by the scientific enterprise. Learn more and apply here.

The Morgridge Institute for Research invites applications for 2026-28 Civic Science Fellows focusing on evidence-based approaches to communicating about science in polarized political or information environments. The Fellows will develop and empirically evaluate real-world strategies for public engagement with science that meaningfully connect communities across different ideological or value-based fault lines. Learn more and apply here.

The Science Philanthropy Alliance is seeking a 2026–28 Civic Science Fellow to co-create civic science tools, knowledge, and best practices that can inform and inspire philanthropic funding for scientific discovery, beginning in July 2026. The Fellow will work closely with the Science Philanthropy Alliance staff and its philanthropic member organizations to advance scientific discovery through visionary philanthropy. Learn more and apply here.

Supported by the Civic Science Fellows program funding partners, with funding from (list in formation): Rita Allen Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Civic Science Funders Collaborative, Dana Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Feld Family Initiative for Civic Science Communication at the Boston University College of Communication, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Morgridge Institute for Research, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Kavli Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation.