Fellowships applications are being passed out this week. They are due September 4
WHAT IS A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP?
Fellowships are year-long projects (meeting about 60 minutes a week during two different I/E (Intervention and Enrichment) periods during the school day). Fellowship projects enable a student, group of students, teacher or classroom to write a book, create a website or game, or learn leadership skills as leaders of an afterschool STEM Club.
Fellows are celebrated around the world (and locally at a STEM Family Night at the end of the year) with their YouTube videos, books, and games. Students work alongside mentors and project managers to complete all the steps in designing and producing their projects. We keep kids engaged as learners and provide them with a sense of mastery, autonomy, and purpose. Projects are portfolio worthy to include in applications to schools, scholarships, or internships. Students have mentioned that the world seems so much bigger to them after they experience a fellowship.
You are invited to help your child apply to become one of these Research Fellows and work to become a STEM Athlete, Digital Storyteller, and World Changer. We can help you pick a topic. Fellows choose from diverse fields of study which pique their imaginations and resonate with their unique talents and individual passions. Their real-world project suggestions must make valuable contributions to the community that will be shared and disseminated with published materials, digital artifacts, competition entries, and teaching opportunities. A discussion with a fellowship project manager allows you a chance to partner your child’s interests with real-world scientists, charitable organizations, and successful entrepreneurs looking to support students pursuing STEM.
Once accepted into the program, research fellows engage in projects that instill and strengthen a 21st-Century skill set of innovation, critical thinking, collaboration, emotional intelligence, resilience, leadership, and vision. They will meet weekly in small groups in the Baden Academy Innovation Lab for discovery and collaboration. These meetings will take place during Intervention and Enrichment times during the school day. An annual STEM Family Night marks the celebration of accomplished goals and a time to pause, evaluate and redesign goals for the future.
Watch the playlist of last years fellows to get an idea of some of the opportunities others have created.
The application form can be DOWNLOADED or sent home with your child.
Questions can be directed to Dr. Ellen in the Media Lab.