Fellowship Program

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and practitioners to join the Center as fellows in its mission to engage the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.

There are two primary ways in which the Berkman Klein Center accepts fellowship applications: through an annual open call for applications; and through periodic calls for applications for specific fellowships.

There are two primary ways in which the Berkman Klein Center accepts fellowship applications: through an annual open call for applications; and through periodic calls for applications for specific fellowships.

The links below provide a full description of our fellowship program along with guidance on eligibility, application instructions, current opportunities, and more.

Want to know more about this history of the fellowship program? Read our report, Fifteen Lessons from the Berkman Fellowship Program.

Current Fellows

Deadline To Apply for a 2017-2018 Fellowship Extended to January 31, 2017

This week we announced the Berkman Klein Center’s participation in the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, supporting interdisciplinary research to ensure that AI develops in a way that is ethical, accountable, and advances the public interest. We want to give some extra time for people to apply to join our community of fellows in the coming year in light of the announcement and the exciting AI work ahead.

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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2017-2018

We are now accepting fellowship applications for the 2017-2018 academic year through our annual open call. This opportunity is for those who wish to spend 2017-2018 in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the Center's vibrant community of research and practice, and who seek to engage in collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most important and compelling issues. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Stipends For Candidates From the 2017-2018 Open Call for Applications

To make Berkman Klein fellowships a possibility for as wide a range of applicants as possible, in the 2017-2018 academic year we will award a small number of stipends to incoming fellows selected through our open call for applications.

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Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation in 2017-2018

The Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation brings individuals to Harvard University to work on a specific course of research or a specific project relating to journalism innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration between the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Both organizations share a set of common interests around journalism, innovation, and the evolution of the digital space, and both have longstanding fellowship programs that offer a year of learning and collaboration with others in the Harvard community. Applicants should apply through the Nieman Foundation's application process - application deadlines for International journalists is Dec. 1, 2016 and for U.S. journalists (U.S. citizens) is Jan. 31, 2017.

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Fellowship Opportunity: Privacy Initiatives

The Berkman Klein Center has long been home to a number of cross-disciplinary initiatives that investigate privacy and privacy-relevant questions in the digitally networked environment. We seek a new fellow to join and contribute to these efforts.

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Fifteen Lessons from the Berkman Fellows Program

This report explores what makes the Berkman Fellows program successful and aims to derive lessons that can be applied to other institutions.

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Authored by

David Weinberger

30 Sep 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Chao Yin Kuo and Patrick Murck

By Summer 2015 Interns Tarun Krishnakumar and Zoe Wood

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as "Berkterns"), these snapshots aim to showcase the diverse backgrounds, interests, and accomplishments of our dynamic community.