You can apply to become a New Fellow if you live in a Council of Europe member state. You must be 18 years or older.

As a fellow you will become part of Superrr and the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s networks. We will support you throughout the fellowship with a stipend, professional coaching and mentoring, as well as travel (if the COVID-19 situation allows). We will help you and your project to gain visibility.

As a fellow you will receive:

• A €6,000 stipend paid over a 6 month period. With this stipend we want to support you to work on the idea and project. The stipends will be covered by the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
• Professional coaching and mentoring in the value of up to €2,000. Depending on your needs we will find you a professional coach who will work with you during the fellowship.
• Media publicity to help you and your project gain visibility. We will set up media partnerships and get the word about your work out there!
• Access to an international network of diversity and tech experts who are relevant for your work.

This fellowship is to support you in your work and your personal growth. The fellowship provides an atmosphere of respect, mutual learning and collaboration. The program’s approach is not one size fits all – rather, we strive for it to be a flexible vehicle that matches your needs as a fellow. We will work with each fellow individually to see what they want to work on and the support they need.

We expect fellows to support each other, freely exchange knowledge with other fellows and share their learnings.

We are currently planning to work with six fellows for the first round in 2021.

You can apply over a simple online form or via email to until January 6, 2021 11:59 pm CET.

Please note that we cannot accept applications that reach us later than the date listed above. In case you have problems with the application form or need assistance, please reach out to .

Whether you apply over the online form or via email, we ask you to answer the following questions:

• What is your name?
• What is your email address?
• What is the name of your project?
• Describe your project in 200 characters.
• Does your project have a website or social media account? Then add the link here.
• Your Vision: What future do you aspire? How do you work towards this future with your project? What role does technology play in this future? You have 500 characters.
• Tell us about the communities you are working with and reaching out to with your project. You have 500 characters.
• What do you plan to work on throughout the fellowship? Give us an overview of the different steps in your project. What will your output look like? Whom do you want to reach with it? You have 500 characters.
• Tell us more about yourself: What motivates you to work on this project? What previous projects have you been working on? You have 500 characters.
• Where are you based? It is sufficient to state the country you are most active in.

We ask you to submit your application in English. Feel free to use a software or online tool to translate your application. We are aware that English is probably not your first language – for us the content is key.

If you have trouble translating your application please do reach out to us and we will find a solution.

Call for applications is open from November 25, 2020 until January 6, 2021 11:59 pm CET.

Candidates for the fellowship will be notified mid-February.

The fellowship starts in March 2021 and ends in August 2021. The exact dates are flexible and will be discussed with each fellow individually

The Advisory Board and The New New Team will select the fellows. Their decision will be based on criteria that will include feasibility, relevance of the topic, originality of the idea, and inclusion of the target audience.

Due to limited capacity, we will not be able to give feedback on individual applications.

We will notify fellowship candidates mid-February 2021. We will reach out to all applicants in early March.

If we have questions about your application, we will get in touch with you early in February 2021.

We believe you know best which ideas can move us towards more just and equitable digital futures, and we are excited to hear about them.

The following projects have inspired us in the past. We are, however, aware that most of them had more resources and we do not consider them as a standard:

• Wheelmap is an online, worldwide map based on crowd-sourced data for marking and finding wheelchair accessible places.
• The Oracle for transfeminist technologies is an analogue card deck inspired by Tarot cards which sparks playful discussions about technology and puts values at the center of tech debates.
• The Museum of the Fossilized Internet is a physical and virtual museum from the future that celebrates a fossil-free internet and educates visitors about the climate footprint of our digital habits.

• We do not support projects that are built for their intended audience. (Instead, we support projects which are built with their audience.)
• Projects that don’t actively address justice and equity in the context of digital life or digital technology will not be supported by us.
• Since the fellowship is run by non-profit organisations, we cannot support companies or entrepreneurs that are already commercially active.

Whether your fellowship will be taxed depends, for example, on your country of residence, your home country, your income and your work status (e.g. freelancer or employee). We advise you to consult a tax advisor.

The fellowship grant is a way to support your ongoing commitment to your cause. We trust that you know best how to spend it.

We encourage people to apply with projects they are already working on. Please state in your application what specific steps you plan to take during the fellowship, and how they will help your project move forward.

The team behind this project are Carla Hustedt and Ralph Müller-Eiselt from the Ethics of Algorithms project at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, and Elisa Lindinger and Julia Kloiber from Superrr Lab.