Civic Science Fellow McKenna Parnes investigates how collective action can ease youth mental health struggles When McKenna Parnes asked 12 teenagers to give her a tour of their social…

Civic Science Fellow Mulika Musyimi helps San Francisco communities document their own climate stories Deep beneath San Francisco’s streets, 16 high school students follow Mulika Musyimi through dark tunnels…

Lomax Boyd’s path to the Civic Science Fellowship started with his research on brain organoids   When Lomax Boyd published his Ph.D. research on how human brains evolved to…

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…

How Civic Science Fellow Kuranda Morgan cultivates space to question, reflect, and connect On a November morning in Berkeley, 40 people gathered in a room scattered with flowers. Handmade…

By Jayatri Das, Chief Bioscientist at The Franklin Institute My town has an old-school fire siren. It bellows out three long blasts whenever the fire department is needed. Some…

Angélica Valdés Valderrama helps community leaders transform local challenges into sustainable solutions When power or water fails at her home in Puerto Rico—a frustratingly common occurrence—Angélica Valdés Valderrama knows exactly where…

Leading to Discovery: A Conversation between Francis Collins and Harvey Fineberg In December 2025, the Rita Allen Foundation hosted a fireside chat between Francis Collins and Harvey Fineberg to honor…

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 …

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…