Futures Initiative Fellowship Application           2021-2022, Communications Co-Director
The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for a 2021-2022 fellowships. Our Doctoral Fellows are at the heart of the Futures Initiative, and the work we do is designed to support our mission and the professional goals of every Fellow. Our past fellows have gone on to do meaningful, inspiring work, both in the academy and beyond.

Graduate Fellows are at the heart of the Futures Initiative, and the work we do is designed to support our mission and the professional goals of every Fellow. Our past fellows have gone on to do meaningful, inspiring work, both in the academy and beyond. In the same way that we advocate peer-to-peer communities online, peer mentorship, and student-centered learning in the classroom, so are we organized around the ideal of peer administration and peer leadership as the basis of agency and activism in the development of future leaders of a more equitable society and system of higher education and a more democratic society.

Futures Initiative Fellowships offer a total compensation of approximately $28,128. The FI Fellowship has two components: a graduate assistant appointment and a financial aid fellowship. The graduate assistant appointment carries eligibility to purchase low-cost NYSHIP health insurance and offers in-state tuition remission for Fellows who are within their first 10 registered semesters of study. Fellows are required to work 450 hours for the academic year (225 hours per semester). This translates into 15 hours of work per week during each 15-week semester. Determinations of re-appointments are made on an annual basis depending on individual eligibility, GC needs, and available funding.

Please apply using this form by April 10, 2022. A CV is also required and should be emailed to futuresinitiative@gc.cuny.edu.


Your response to each question should be no more than 250 words. (Some may be much shorter!)

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Email *
First Name(s) *
Last Name(s) *
GC email address *
Best phone number
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Race/Ethnicity (Optional)
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Program *
Year of study *
Do you currently hold  a five-year Graduate Center Fellowship (GCF)? *
Have you previously applied for a Futures Initiative fellowship? *
What major milestones toward your degree have you completed? *
E.g., coursework complete, comprehensive exam(s) passed, dissertation proposal submitted, etc.
Name and email address of 1-2 references (recommendation letters are not required) *
Which Futures Initiative Fellow position(s) are you applying for? *
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Why are you interested in becoming a Futures Initiative Fellow? *
250 words maximum
What qualifies you for the position(s) that interest you? *
How does your work relate to the Futures Initiative's mission of advancing equity and innovation in higher education? *
250 words maximum
How do you and/or your work contribute to the Futures Initiative’s aim to build a team that is diverse in every way? *
250 words maximum
What specific programs, events, or courses sponsored by the FI have you participated in, attended, or heard about?  How do you think you could contribute to future events like this? *
Which of the following tools/platforms have you used? *
Required
Do you have experience with design work (for print or web)? If so, please describe, and provide links to your work if possible.
Do you have experience with blogging, social media, communications, and/or traditional publishing? If so, please describe and provide links if possible. *
This might include writing, editorial work, and technological or production-oriented work.
Our team is deeply collaborative. What is your experience working with others toward a shared goal? Please give an example of a collaborative project or team that you have been a part of. *
What else? Please use this space to let us know any special skills, talents, interests, or expertise that you can add to our program (above and beyond this particular fellowship position).
In the event that another fellowship with a different role opens up within the FI team, would you like to be considered for it? *
Sometimes program plans change. If something else opens up and you would like to be considered, we will be in touch about specific qualifications and responsibilities.
Have you emailed your CV to futuresinitiative@gc.cuny.edu? *
Please email your CV to futuresinitiative@gc.cuny.edu before submitting your application.
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