Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Non-Resident Fellows Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: September 18, 2026

Applications for the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Non-Resident Fellows Program 2026 are actually open. The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)’s Non-Resident Fellows (NRF) Program brings main students and teachers into direct engagement with CDT’s coverage work. The program supplies Fellows with alternatives to share their analysis and experience with CDT workers, have interaction in coverage discussions, and assist inform the group’s pondering on rising expertise and its impression on society.

Fellows symbolize a various vary of educational disciplines, establishments, and areas of experience, reflecting the more and more interdisciplinary nature of expertise coverage. From regulation and political science to pc science, sociology, economics, and past, NRFs carry views that assist CDT higher perceive the advanced methods expertise shapes — and is formed by — their establishments, communities, and on a regular basis lives.

Through this engagement, this system seeks to bridge the hole between tutorial analysis and public-curiosity expertise coverage, creating significant alternatives for students and practitioners to study from each other and translate analysis into actionable insights. Fellows additionally change into part of a broader neighborhood of researchers and expertise coverage specialists, offering alternatives to construct relationships, trade concepts, and collaborate on points on the forefront of expertise and democracy.

Benefits

• At the beginning of their program, CDT conducts an orientation program that features particulars on how Fellows work with CDT, how CDT promotes Fellows’ analysis, and the right way to take part within the tech coverage course of.
• CDT commits to offering common updates on key tech and web coverage developments, participating fellows in related working teams, and providing skilled insights on Fellows’ analysis pursuits. All Fellows are invited to attend sure CDT-branded public occasions and webinars, together with our Annual Dinner, Tech Prom, as company of CDT.
• As a CDT Non-Resident Fellow, you’ll be an energetic part of our neighborhood, with invites to occasions and packages over the course of this system. You’ll additionally have interaction instantly with our specialists. In flip, you should have the prospect to offer suggestions and recommendations to CDT, contributing to our work on growing tendencies and points.

Eligibility

• Qualified candidates decide to a two-12 months, nonresident engagement and should maintain a full-time place at an educational establishment.
• Candidates ought to have printed impactful work in peer-reviewed tutorial venues and have expertise engaged on tech coverage points related to CDT’s areas of labor, with a specific emphasis on U.S. and EU developments.
• The program shouldn’t be open to present college students or put up-doctoral researchers, and candidates ideally possess a terminal diploma (Ph.D., J.D., and many others.) or equal expertise of their respective discipline of study. 

Application

Send a full CV, a related writing pattern and a canopy letter, describing your curiosity within the place and your expertise/{qualifications} for such work, by clicking the “apply for this position”. These supplies needs to be compiled into one PDF or doc for submission.

For extra data, go to CDT Non-Resident Fellows Program.