Deadline: On Rolling Basis
Applications are open for the UChicago Applied Data Fellowship 2026. The UChicago Applied Data Fellowship is a unique opportunity to spend one year working to design and implement high impact programs with government, nonprofits and social enterprises in the United States. Specifically, Fellows will work to help translate data-driven insights into actionable policy recommendations, new programs, and operational changes for the partners they serve.
Fellows will be directly embedded into government, non-profit, and social enterprise host institutions for one year. In addition to hands-on experience implementing data insights and working closely with senior-level stakeholders, Fellows will also receive managerial oversight from experienced development-sector consultants and technical support in the form of data analysis training and oversight. Fellows will also receive one-on-one career support through the year so as to help meet their post-fellowship career goals.
Benefits
- Fellows will be provided with a living stipend of $47,000 for the year and a separate reimbursable health insurance stipend up to $5,000. This amount is scaled up for placements in cities with a higher cost of living than Chicago. Upon selection for the Applied Data Fellowship, there will be an ADF led matching process. The ADF allows partners to drive the final placement of Fellow(s) on their teams as it facilitates additional buy-in from their organization.
Eligibility
- Exceptional candidates will have a good understanding of public policy, strong data analysis skills, project management, and a deep desire to innovate and operationalize programs within the government, non-profit and social enterprise sectors to achieve impact.
- They recruit a range of different skills – both technical and non-technical – for the program, so they encourage applicants from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds to apply. Their typical project types are: Policy, advocacy, and project management; Data analysis and visualizations; and Data engineering and more complex data science work.
Application
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and applicants are encouraged to apply early. They expect to interview candidates on a rolling basis starting in March. Most of the Fellows will begin their project engagements between the months of June and November and therefore match meetings with partner organizations will begin 6-8 weeks before the anticipated start of projects.
For more information, visit UChicago Applied Data Fellowship.
