[Air-L] Eligibility requirements expanded for postdoctoral fellowship aimed at expanding career opportunities for marginalized youth in the U.S.

[Jamieson L Pond]

In response to feedback from our community, we have expanded the
eligibility requirements for the Equitable Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship
and will accept applications from scholars graduating during the current
academic year, receiving their degree by the summer of 2020.

Application form and more info:
https://connectedlearning.news/PostdocFellowAIR

About the Equitable Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship:

The Connected Learning Lab (CLL) at the University of California, Irvine,
invites applications from emerging scholars for a two-year postdoctoral
fellowship to engage in research-practice partnerships and youth
participatory action research aimed at expanding career opportunity for
marginalized youth in the U.S.

We are seeking scholars with deep connections and background with
marginalized communities, committed to social justice, with research
interests in career equity. The two-year fellowship offers an award of
$70,000 per year for salary and benefits, with additional support for
research and travel expenses, and professional development offered by the
CLL in youth participatory action research and socially engaged
scholarship. The fellowship involves matchmaking with mentors, host
institutions, and organizations, and selected fellows will need to be
located near their host institution and/or partner organizations.

This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to be part of shaping a new
network of researchers and practitioners in its inaugural and startup
years. We invite scholars who embrace a spirit of innovation,
experimentation, and collaboration and are committed to research in the
service of educational practice and equity.

This fellowship program is part of a broader set of initiatives centered on
how identity, culture, and social relationships drive career gaps and
opportunities for youth from economically and racially marginalized
communities. We look in particular at how to best tap the assets,
identities, culture, and communities of marginalized youth in expanding
career opportunity.

Background information

Anchor funding for the fellowships is provided by The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF) Equitable Futures project. The program is
administered by the CLL, a research institute at the University of
California, Irvine, dedicated to studying and mobilizing new learning
approaches in equitable, innovative and learner-centered ways. The BMGF and
CLL will be partnering with a broader network of funders, universities, and
organizations in support of this fellowship.








Respectfully,

*Jamieson Pond, Communications Manager*

Connected Learning Lab

University of California, Irvine

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