The PIT-UN Network Challenge awarded $3.61 million this year to 31 grantees to fund and support critical research, field building, and the development of a career pipeline for public interest technologists.
Our center has partnered with Cleveland State University and Case Western University to train and place Ohio Public Interest Fellows in state government to grow the capacity of Ohio’s public sector and the future workforce to integrate scientific-technical insight into policy making.
The differences in culture, process, and outcomes between the arenas of science and policy have created a long-standing divide between the two. These two enterprises can benefit from better connectivity, including people who have a deeper understanding of both the processes and requirements of policy and the types of data and stories that science can elaborate.