Social Science Fellowship

PIPsRewards , a woman-led Certified B Corp in the impact tech space, has brought to market an innovative mobile platform (PIPs or PIPs Rewards) that turns verifiable engagement in beneficial behaviors (from biking, bike sharing, and riding the bus to volunteering) into highly valued rewards—including access to “stay in school” matching funds and discounts on healthful food and fitness classes, fueling a continuous "engine of good."

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993. The Museum honors the 2,983 victims of these attacks and all those who risked their lives to save others. It further recognizes the thousands who survived and all who demonstrated extraordinary compassion in the aftermath. Demonstrating the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its impact on communities at the local, national, and international levels, the Museum attests to the triumph of human dignity over human depravity and affirms an unwavering commitment to the fundamental value of human life.

The Collections Department, under the direction of the Museum's Chief Curator and Executive Vice President of Collection, employs 16 museum professionals who work as curators, oral historians, registrars, conservators, inventory specialists, cataloguers, and collection managers.

Founded in 1993,  Fulcrum Analytics  has stood at the forefront of data and analytics for more than 20 years. Fulcrum offers sophisticated solutions, groundbreaking technologies, and winning strategies that help companies achieve their targeted results. Fulcrum takes on the toughest data questions - ones that create big impact, uncover the hidden picture beneath mountains of data, and move businesses forward every day. The fellow will work as a member of the Fulcrum team on current client projects.

Generation Citizen (GC) is working to transform civics education so that young people are equipped and inspired to exercise their civic power. In addition to in-school programming, GC engages in thought leadership, conducts research, and builds coalitions to advocate for state and district level policies. Working directly with the National Impact Manager, GC's fellow will support across a range of strategic projects within program evaluation, impact communications, and national program design. Projects may include analysis of program data, creation of infographic public outreach materials, support of storytelling infrastructure, and copyediting our new equity centered curriculum. The fellowship provides a collaborative opportunity for an enthusiastic early professional to support GC’s mission alongside pursuing personal learning goals.

Global Americans is a modern-day take on the traditional think tank. Through our website, we provide up-to-date research and analysis on key areas affecting the countries of the Americas - democracy, human rights, social inclusion, and foreign policy. Our goal is to provide policymakers, academics and Latin America enthusiasts with the tools needed to promote change and build more prosperous inter-American relations. We are also a platform for a wide range of scholars and activists, serving as a channel to connect their research, opinions, and analysis to an audience in the United States that they wouldn't regularly have access to in their home countries.

Founded in 1923 as a private, nonprofit corporation, the museum connects the past, present, and future of New York City. The Museum of the City of New York serves the people of New York and visitors from around the world through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections. For more information about the museum, visit mcny.org.

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The NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) promotes the well-being of immigrant communities by recommending policies and programs that facilitate successful integration of immigrant New Yorkers into the civic, economic, and cultural life of the city. Through policy, education, outreach, and advocacy, MOIA's initiatives fulfill three primary objectives: (1) Enhance the economic, civil, and social integration of immigrant New Yorkers; (2) Facilitate access to justice for immigrant New Yorkers; and (3) Advocate for the elimination of inequities facing immigrant New Yorkers, and add our voice to the fight for continued immigration reforms at the national level. The fellow will primarily work on initiatives intended to build the capacity and increase the ability of MOIA to carry out its programming. Based on the conditions and work flow at the time of the internship, a specific project will be assigned to the intern.

The Participatory Budgeting Project  (PBP) is a nonprofit organization that empowers people to decide together how to spend public money in order to deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective. The fellow will spend the majority of his or her time improving PBP's materials, tools, and toolkits. They might interview PBP staff, city staff, community members, teachers, elected officials, or others to understand their needs and experience. By making the PBP's materials more useful, the fellow can make the organization—and by extension democratic processes—work better for communities.

The NYC Civic Engagement Commission enhances civic participation, promotes civic trust, and strengthens democracy in New York City.

The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice provides a collaborative platform for prosecutors and the communities they serve to improve the quality and effectiveness of prosecutorial practice. The purpose of the platform is to consider a new paradigm for measuring prosecutor success that eschews conviction rates and plea conditions to focus instead on community-centered standards of public safety, equity, and social wellbeing.

PeoplePowered builds the power and impact of organizations and leaders around the world who are building a more participatory democracy, through programs such as participatory budgeting, participatory policy-making, participatory planning, and citizen assemblies. Through this work we expand people’s power to decide government budgets, policies, and planning. We focus on supporting leaders with the greatest needs, especially those in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. 

Mercury Public Affairs is a public strategy firm that works with a wide range of clients including governments, political parties, NGOs, for-profit companies, and prominent public and political figures. The Social Science fellow will be working with a vice president of Mercury, whose clients include NYC political leaders and companies working on green energy and transportation issues. The internship will be largely remote.

The Door’s mission is to empower young people to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a diverse and caring environment.

Since 1972, The Door has helped a diverse and rapidly growing population of youth in New York City gain the tools they need to become successful, in school, at work, and in life.

As the first museum in the United States dedicated to climate, the Climate Museum (CM) mobilizes the power of arts and cultural programming to accelerate a necessary far-reaching shift toward climate dialogue and action, building community and advancing just solutions. The popularity and trust held by museums help us bring people together to learn and to join the fight for a brighter future. 

The museum’s work is undergirded by research that reveals unprecedented levels of both climate anxiety and support for bold climate policy. While two thirds of us, a bipartisan supermajority, want to see sweeping changes and progress, we dramatically misperceive climate sentiment, believing two thirds of us are instead opposed to these popular policies. 

We offer the public a unique array of free programs bringing forward justice, empowerment, and action to inspire visitors and program participants to break the climate silence, including: 

● Art-focused exhibitions and public installations 

● Dialogues with leaders and experts 

● Performances and film screenings 

● Creative youth programs and workshops

Since its first year of public programming in 2018, the CM has staged seven exhibitions, welcomed an audience of more than 100,000, and hosted or been featured at more than 250 events, eliciting consistently positive audience feedback, media coverage, and peer reviews. 

The museum is currently scaling up to a permanent year-round presence in New York City. Additional information is available at climatemuseum.org.