Mozilla Tech + Society Fellowship 2024

This fellowship is focused at the intersection of technology and civil society and exists in part because of the power—and resource—imbalance that public interest technologists and civil society organizations in the Global Majority are experiencing.

Critical civil society organizations fight inequality, protect the public, and partner with the public sector to serve citizenry. In the era of ubiquitous technology, it’s paramount that civil society also work to address societal issues, as they converge with the digital world. Increasing collective impact at the intersection of technology and society will help fortify the relevance and sustainability of public interest movements and technologists —and help to advance a more human-centered internet.

This fellowship is designed to bring technological strategists and civil society leaders together into collaboration. By pairing technologists [as fellows] with civil society organizations [as host organizations], the program aims to increase the impact of the organizations’ work and enhance their ability to address societal issues that intersect with technology.

• Table of Content
• About Mozilla Foundation
• Tech + Society Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Tech + Society Fellowship
• Requirements for Tech + Society Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Tech + Society Fellowship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Mozilla Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation works to ensure the internet remains a public resource that is open and accessible to us all.

Tech + Society Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of Tech + Society Fellowship

The fellowship award is designed to support the whole person, including a fellowship stipend, supplementary funding, and generous wrap-around support provided by Mozilla.

Requirements for Tech + Society Fellowship Qualification

• Be experienced technologists, with a minimum of 3-5 years experience working in a technology-related capacity.
• Reside in or have work authorization in the country or region of the host organization. Note that organizations have location-specific parameters.
• Understand relevant cultural nuance and context of the host country. Note that organizations may have language-specific parameters.
• Be strategically-minded and collaboration-oriented, with experience in identifying problems and solutions at the intersection of technology and social justice issues.
• Be able to carry out fellowship work to an extent generally consistent with full-time engagement. Engagement length of the fellowship is a minimum of 1.5 years and a maximum of 2 years.
• Have working fluency in English.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Tech + Society Fellowship

Application Process

The application is a two-step process. Please note that in order to submit a full application you will be required to submit your registration before or by the deadline of 22 January 2024.

Applications will be reviewed by a restricted panel of reviewers made up of Mozilla staff, organizational partners including the Ford Foundation, and other experts in the discipline(s) of the application.

You may also be invited to participate in an interview and discussions with possible host organization(s) as part of the review process. Interviews will take place between April-May 2024.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Mozilla website.