Join the Hartford Youth Data Fellowship in 2025!
For the fourth year, the Hartford Data Collaborative invites Hartford youth to join them for a five-month data fellowship starting in January 2025.
The Hartford Youth Data Fellowship is a 5-month data training and community-based project development program for Hartford students as part of the Hartford Data Collaborative. The program is designed to increase data literacy and analysis skills for high school seniors and college students and improve their confidence in interpreting data and sharing their insights with others. These skills and experiences will serve youth in their college and career explorations and provide an analytic foundation for youth interested in using data to make an impact in the Hartford community.
Hartford Youth Data Fellows will serve as co-researchers on a data project on a topic relevant to the Hartford community (see past projects here) using training from data workshops, discussions with other Fellows, and collaboration with CTData staff. The final project will be presented through a Data Walk with community officials, posted on the CTData website, and can be shared in a portfolio for college, internship, or job applications.
2024 Hartford Youth Data Fellows receiving citations from Hartford City Council Member Josh Michtom
What Training Will Youth Receive?
Through this program, Hartford Youth Data Fellows will learn how to:
Identify public and private data sources for research
Analyze data to answer research questions
Review the data life cycle
Describe data insights connected to experiences as a youth in Hartford
Develop data stories and visual data projects
Present their findings to community and city/state leaders
What is the time commitment and compensation?
The fellowship runs from mid-January through early May 2025. Fellows will meet two afternoons a week. The time commitment is about 10-15 hours/month. Youth will receive a stipend of up to $1500 for completing the entire program.
Where is the fellowship held?
We meet in person at the Swift Factory in the North End of Hartford. There may be additional meetings at other locations in Hartford depending on the data projects chosen.
Who can apply?
Youth who live in Hartford enrolled in school or college, ages 17-24. You must be a senior in high school or have completed high school. The program is designed for youth from Hartford, who live in and understand the conditions of Hartford neighborhoods.
What types of data projects will youth fellows work on?
Fellows will break into project teams to work on data projects developed with the Hartford Data Collaborative on social issues facing Hartford youth and the community. The projects are designed to inform the Hartford community and will be shared with city and community organizations. Here is a link to prior data projects.
How to apply?
If you know of a youth you think would be a good fit for this program, please encourage them to apply using this form. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2024.
HYDF Info. Session Recording
Overview of Hartford Youth Data Fellowship
Skills and experiences gained
Who can apply
Location and dates
How to apply
Q&A
For additional information, contact Kate Eikel keikel@ctdata.org, Director of the Hartford Youth Data Fellowship.
Hartford Youth Data Fellows create community-based data projects through a paid fellowship with the Hartford Data Collaborative. To read more about their work and see the full data projects, click here. If you are interested in learning more about Hartford Data Collaborative, click here. To review more Hartford data projects by CTData, click here. You can keep up with us by subscribing to the CTData newsletter and following us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.