Rita Allen Foundation

Join our growing team!   We are looking for a thoughtful and highly collaborative leader to guide the Foundation’s work to enhance effective programs, build high-performing capacity, and strengthen strategic partnerships, with a particular focus on the pioneering, cross-sector and highly collaborative Civic Science Fellows program.    Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eQip-XRK #jobalert #civicscience 

📣*ANOTHER* JOB ALERT📣 We have a job opening on my collaborative and ambitious team! Please share with your networks and reach out if you have questions. Civic Science Fellow: https://lnkd.in/emNz5q3X Requirements: Bachelor’s or equivalent experience; 4 years experience Key candidate attributes: Analytical skills; communication and collaborative skills; project management experience; experience translating technical concepts to lay audiences; facilitation or network management experience preferred Salary base: $80k or more depending on experience Location: Required weekly (Tuesday & Wednesday) in-person work in Washington D.C. offices Key activities: Work with a global, cross-sector community of more than 80 public funding agencies and philanthropies to help close the gap between research and real-world outcomes. In the role you will help innovative funders identify shared goals, align funder investments, and increase the public impact of research investment by helping create practical resources for funders who aim to support decision-making in policy, practice, and community settings with research. Apply if you’d like to: Join a warm, collaborative team and a learning cohort of civic science leaders while helping shape the future of funding at the intersection of research, policy, practice, and community.

The pioneering #CivicScienceFellows program announces 2024-25 Fellows and partners—to catalyze progress toward a future where all people can shape science to expand its benefits and horizons. https://lnkd.in/g3HSQ_vh

You're invited to the World Premiere of our upcoming film, COMING HOME, on May 9th @ 12 pm PT hosted in partnership with SACNAS and Rita Allen Foundation. After the virtual screening, there will be a Q&A with Director & Producer Mónica Feliú-Mójer, Ph.D. To RSVP for the event, please click "Continue as Guest" to register for free: https://lnkd.in/gSEK4zWc

The Rita Allen Foundation was pleased to partner with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to engage Nic Bennett and Anthony Dudo from the Center for Media Engagement at the The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a new study exploring the landscape of arts-science collaboration. The report, The Landscape of Art-Science Collaboration Programs, draws from interviews with 23 program directors and highlights both the potential and continuing challenges of programs placed at interdisciplinary intersections.   “We hope this mapping of boundary spanning programs operating at the intersections of the sciences and the arts, and learning from their experiences, can help inform civic science innovators working to forge connections and collaborations rooted in deep curiosity and ‘beautiful questions.’” -Elizabeth Christopherson, President and CEO, Rita Allen Foundation   Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g6nyNv2k

“It is energizing to see the civic science ideas advanced by the emerging leaders contributing to this issue—part of a new generation lighting paths toward a future where science, communities, philanthropy, and policy better connect to expand benefits for all.” -Elizabeth Christopherson, President and CEO, Rita Allen Foundation. 

📣 WE'RE HIRING! 📣 Civic Science Fellow and Data Inclusion Specialist 📍 Remote Work (within the US) 💸 $78k / year + benefits ⏰ Start Date: May 1, 2024 During the first year of this position (through March 2025), the Data Inclusion Specialist will participate in the Civic Science Fellows program. As a Fellow of the program, you’ll be part of a cohort positioned across different scientific associations, organizations, and institutions, providing you with a peer learning group focused on a variety of scientific and societal challenges. After the Fellowship ends, we expect the Specialist to continue working with OEDP in a full-time capacity. Apply by March 29 at: https://lnkd.in/ebdWhDaE #Job #Hiring #JobOpportunity #OpenData #OpenGov #ClimateChange #ClimateJob #Data #DataInclusion #Fellow #Fellowship #FellowshipProgram

Congratulations to #CivicScienceFellows host partner Ciencia Puerto Rico on the publication of this new #civicscience resource highlighting 11 leaders serving diverse communities, including public housing residents, older adults, people with disabilities, and the Deaf community, among others.

Join the #CivicScienceFellows network on Wednesday, March 27, from 12–1:00 p.m. ET for Civic Science Connect: When Art and Science Collaborate, part of the Civic Science Connect series. The session will explore how art–science collaborations can expand the benefits and horizons of science and the arts, share inspiring models of art–science initiatives, and offer resources for building careers in civic science spaces that transcend conventional boundaries. Register: https://pp.events/aaekmwJW Featuring Panelists: Daniel Jay, Professor of Cell Biology at Tufts University and Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Reyhaneh Maktoufi, 2020 Civic Science Fellow and Science Communication and Outreach Fellow, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Louis J. Muglia, President and CEO of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Yamilee Toussaint, Founder and CEO of STEM From Dance Moderated by: Daren Ginete Science Fellow, and Associate Advisor, Science Philanthropy Alliance 

NEXT WEEK: Have you ever wondered if you're using the right civic language to reach your audiences? Are they really hearing what you're trying to communicate? Join PACE as we release brand new data from the Civic Language Perceptions Project on how Americans perceive the most commonly heard words in civic spaces, and how these perceptions change based on gender, race, age, and more. We'll also start digging into which terms bring people together, which are more divisive, and what we should say instead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3F77aXn