The growing field of Public Interest Technology holds massive opportunities for people excited to
use technology and digital solutions to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. From creating
software that connects real time public health data to hospital systems, to building data models to
map municipal climate impact, public interest technology elevates our digital infrastructure through
cutting edge solutions designed to address today’s biggest problems in ways that are equitable,
inclusive, and accountable to the public.
Discover your path into Public Interest Technology
Include public interest technology in your studies at college. The Public Interest Technology University
Network is a partnership between 48 colleges, universities, and HBCUs around the country that are
committed to growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists.
There are also a number of fellowship and internship opportunities for technologists looking to apply
their skills to the benefit of the public sector. Through TechCongress, you could work on Capitol Hill
directly with members of Congress to inform and shape federal technology policy. The Day One Project,
hosted by the Federation of American Scientists, solicits big ideas for public technology projects and
runs an accelerator program to help entrepreneurial technologists get those ideas off the ground.
Even some of the world’s largest platform companies are pursuing goals related to public interest
technology. Mozilla is creating products, technologies, and platforms that build a healthier internet
and more trustworthy AI. Wikimedia is made up of a team of technologists working to make knowledge
free and accessible to all.
Whether you enter into the public, private, or nonprofit sector, you can find a rewarding career in using
technology and science to make our collective future brighter.
Siegel Family Endowment proudly supports this growing movement
and the people - like you - who will make up our futureLearn more at siegelendowment.org/public-interest-technology/Did you know that you can pursue a career in science and technology
while also radically shaping the way our society works together?
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