ITU invites applications for fellowship

LAHORE: Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) of the Information Technology University (ITU) has invited applications from recent graduates, graduate students, faculty and staff for its Civic Innovation Fellowship Programme by 9th April, 2018.

This Fellowship is accepting for research on core problems in all socio-economic areas using the data provided by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). The Civic Innovation Fellows will be required to research, design and execute community interventions and innovative solutions to combat local problems. The duration of this fellowship will be six months and the selected fellows will be paid a monthly stipend. The Fellows will be mentored by the ITU faculty and various experts working in relevant fields which are in line with the Fellows’ research objectives. The goal of the Civic Innovation Fellowship is to gather key researchers to produce tangible outcomes such as policy briefs, research papers, mobile and web applications and startups. These outcomes will serve to guide the local government on implementing feasible solutions to cater to socio-economic problems faced by our community.