UChicago Applied Data Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: On Rolling Basis

Applications are open for the UChicago Applied Data Fellowship 2026. The UChicago Applied Data Fellowship is a novel OPPORTUNITY to spend one yr working to design and implement excessive impression applications with authorities, nonprofits and social enterprises within the United States. Specifically, Fellows will work to assist translate information-pushed insights into actionable coverage suggestions, new applications, and operational modifications for the companions they serve.

Fellows shall be straight embedded into authorities, non-revenue, and social enterprise host establishments for one yr. In addition to palms-on expertise implementing information insights and dealing intently with senior-degree stakeholders, Fellows may also obtain managerial oversight from skilled growth-sector consultants and technical assist within the type of information evaluation coaching and oversight. Fellows may also obtain one-on-one profession assist by way of the yr in order to assist meet their submit-fellowship profession targets.

Benefits

• Fellows shall be supplied with a dwelling stipend of $47,000 for the yr and a separate reimbursable medical insurance stipend as much as $5,000. This quantity is scaled up for placements in cities with the next price of dwelling than Chicago. Upon choice for the Applied Data Fellowship, there shall be an ADF led matching course of. The ADF permits companions to drive the ultimate placement of Fellow(s) on their groups because it facilitates further purchase-in from their group.

Eligibility

• Exceptional candidates can have an excellent understanding of public coverage, sturdy information evaluation abilities, challenge administration, and a deep want to innovate and operationalize applications throughout the authorities, non-revenue and social enterprise sectors to realize impression.
• They recruit a spread of various abilities – each technical and non-technical – for this system, so that they encourage candidates from all kinds of educational {and professional} backgrounds to apply. Their typical challenge varieties are: Policy, advocacy, and challenge administration; Data evaluation and visualizations; and Data engineering and extra advanced information science work.

Application

Applications shall be thought of on a rolling foundation, and candidates are inspired to apply early. They count on to interview candidates on a rolling foundation beginning in March. Most of the Fellows will start their challenge engagements between the months of June and November and due to this fact match conferences with companion organizations will start 6-8 weeks earlier than the anticipated begin of tasks.

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For extra info, go to UChicago Applied Data Fellowship.