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.

The Center for Court Innovation (CCI) seeks to help create a more effective and humane justice system by designing and implementing operating programs, performing original research, and providing reformers around the world with the tools they need to launch new strategies. The Center disseminates the lessons learned from innovative programs and performs original research evaluating innovative programs to determine what works. 

The fellow will assist the Center's Operations Team with a range of projects, including the implementation and expansion of alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) programming such as pre-trial diversion, and projects supporting the Center's community justice centers.

The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation is focused on finding solutions to eradicate poverty by making investments in workforce training and development. Founded in 2009, the Foundation has worked around the globe with a focus on marginalized people, including those living in extreme poverty, homeless people, women who survived the Rwandan genocide, human trafficking victims, and those who have been in the justice system. Their programs are designed to provide a hand up, not a handout, and have included skill building in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, business, computers, and technology as innovative ways to focus on income-building initiatives for these marginalized groups.  The LeFrak Foundation has also successfully introduced microgrant programs to eliminate individuals' barrier to success. 

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.

The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and offices in Vienna and Manama.

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.