{"id":2390,"date":"2015-08-03T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2019-02-28T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:40:08","slug":"mozilla-fellows-for-science-project-idea-mentorship-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/mozilla-fellows-for-science-project-idea-mentorship-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Fellows for Science: Project Idea Mentorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The call for our first round of fellows at the Mozilla Science Lab closes in less than two weeks; over the past couple of months, we&#8217;ve been posting and speaking to many of you on the details of this program. Here&#8217;s the content thus far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows\">application page<\/a> for the program.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/apply-today-to-become-a-mozilla-fellow-for-science\">initial call for applications<\/a>, from Kaitlin Thaney.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/what-is-a-mozilla-fellow\">What is a Mozilla Fellow,<\/a> from Kaitlin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/advancing-open-data-practice-within-institutional-walls\">Advancing open data practice within institutions<\/a>, also by Kaitlin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/science-fellows-working-with-the-mozilla-science-lab\">What it&#8217;s like to work with the Mozilla Science Lab<\/a>, by Bill Mills.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/mozilla-fellows-for-science-three-weeks-left-to-apply\">More information on the fellowships &amp; process<\/a>, from Arliss Collins<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows\/faq\">FAQ<\/a> on details, also from Arliss.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/mozilla-fellows-for-science-the-value-of-open-source\">The Value of Open Source<\/a>, by Abby Cabunoc Mayes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the past few months, many of you have asked about the project element of the fellowship; what makes a good project, how will time be divided up, and how to combine your research and open science interests. A few common themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your project idea does not have to be finalized at the time of your application<\/strong>. The first thing we&#8217;ll be working on together is refining your plans together, with the rest of the Lab and our wider community. We will, however, be looking for a vision that looks towards promoting open practice in your field as broadly as possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You will be spending the majority of your 80% time with the lab working on your project<\/strong>. The rest will be on community leadership, collaborations with other fellows, and interacting with the wider Mozilla community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Both programming- and community building-oriented projects are first-class candidates<\/strong>. If your project involves no coding whatsoever, but helps build strong patterns of collaboration and openness, that&#8217;s fantastic; if your project is engineering-heavy but seeks to empower your colleagues to work more openly, that&#8217;s great too. The nature of your project is flexible and up to you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The nature of your project may change over the course of the fellowship<\/strong>. We like trying new things and experimenting here at the Science Lab; sometimes as we do so, we realize we can do more and better if we change course a bit. There will be plenty of room to grow and adapt your project through the course of the fellowship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We will provide skills training to help you achieve what you are aiming for<\/strong>. If your plan seems like it will require you to learn some new skills in order to follow through, we will help provide that training; one of our greatest hopes is that the fellows will complete the program having learned many new things, and we will put resources behind that hope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project Mentorship &amp; Advising<\/h2>\n<p>One week before applications close, <strong>Bill Mills will be available on Skype all day on August 7, from 9 AM to 5 PM PT, to discuss your project ideas with you one-on-one and help you refine your idea before you submit<\/strong>. If you&#8217;d like to chat, sign up on <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/sciencelab-fellows-mentorship\">this etherpad<\/a> in one of the empty slots; first come, first served! A couple of procedural points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meetings will be <strong>strictly<\/strong> limited to 20 minutes &#8211; I&#8217;d love to chat with you all day, but conciseness matters. This also allows as many people as possible to participate. The clock starts at your appointed time.<\/li>\n<li>After you sign up, email me your skype ID and a draft of your project description at <a href=\"mailto:bill@mozillafoundation.org\">bill@mozillafoundation.org<\/a>. Please note: Your spot is not confirmed until I receive this email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These sessions are short, so you&#8217;ll get the most out of them if you come with a first draft of your project idea already in hand, and a list of any questions you may have. Looking forward to chatting with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The call for our first round of fellows at the Mozilla Science Lab closes in less than two weeks; over the past couple of months, we&#8217;ve been posting and speaking to many of you on the details of this program. &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/mozilla-fellows-for-science-project-idea-mentorship-day\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290376],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}