Now accepting applications for the first-ever Digital Inclusion Fellowship

When people have access to the web, opportunities are just a click away -- from learning how to sign up for health care, to finding affordable housing, to keeping in touch with family and friends. But today, more than 60 million Americans still aren’t using the Internet at home. While there are organizations across the US that want to help bring these people online, many of them don’t have the in-house expertise or resources to launch new programs. That’s why, in partnership with the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), we’re launching the Digital Inclusion Fellowship.

The fellowship will pair 16 people with local community organizations in our eight Google Fiber metro areas -- Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Charlotte (NC), Kansas City (KS), Nashville (TN), Provo (UT), Raleigh-Durham (NC) and Salt Lake City (UT) -- where they’ll spend a year building a digital inclusion program from the ground up. NTEN will choose fellows from their local community, since they’ll know what kinds of programs will work best in their city. Once selected, they’ll travel to Google’s offices in Mountain View (CA) to receive specialized training from NTEN on how to build effective digital inclusion programs. And throughout the fellowship, Google Fiber will provide approximately $1 million to support salaries and benefits for fellows, and stipends to organizations so they have the resources to launch their new programs.