Please see below for details on upcoming fellowships at the National Center for Digital Government at the Kennedy School of Government. Regards, Robin McKinnon _____________________________________ Executive Director National Center for Digital Government http://www.ncdg.org John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

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FELLOWSHIPS IN TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE 2004-2005 The National Center for Digital Government (NCDG) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government is the pre-eminent research center in the United States to focus on information technology, institutions, and governance. The NCDG's mission is to build global research capacity, to advance practice, and to strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners engaged in building and using information and communication technologies in government. A key part of this mission is to bring together and train the next generation of social, information and computer scientists on the governance challenges of the 21st century. The NCDG is therefore offering a small number of NSF-funded pre-doctoral residential fellowships to support dissertation research in the area of technology, institutions, and governance. ELIGIBILITY Applications for pre-doctoral fellowships are welcome from those students who have passed their general examinations prior to appointment. The NCDG encourages applications from a range of disciplines and fields bearing on information, technology, institutions, and governance. The NCDG also encourages applications from women and minorities. Fellows are expected to devote some portion of their time to collaborative endeavors, as arranged by the appropriate program or project director. Pre-doctoral research fellows are expected to contribute to the NCDG's research activities as well as to make progress on - and ideally complete - their doctoral dissertations. STIPEND INFORMATION NCDG Fellows will receive ten-month stipends of $20,000. In addition, office space and supplies, computers with LAN and Internet connections, and access to Harvard University libraries and other facilities will be provided. APPLICATION PROCEDURES and CONTACT INFORMATION 1. A 3 to 5 page double-spaced statement summarizing the dissertation prospectus 2. A curriculum vitae 3. Three sealed letters of recommendation (not emails) attesting to the applicant's scholarly promise and professional competence 4. A short writing sample pertinent to the application 5. A sealed graduate school transcript There is no physical application to complete; the steps above constitute the application process. The applicant is responsible for collecting all materials, including letters of recommendation and transcripts and for submitting them as one packet to the NCDG. Materials submitted will not be returned to the applicant. Emailed materials will not be accepted, unless specifically indicated by the Fellowship Coordinator. The application deadline is March 31, 2004. Late applications will not be accepted. Direct applications to: Ines A. Mergel, Fellowship Coordinator, National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Telephone: (617) 496-6166, E-mail: ines_mergel@.harvard.edu