
How can Indigenous innovators in the US and Canada build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?
2024 Indigenous Communities Fellowship
Closed
Submissions are closed
Timeline
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Applications Open
February 1, 2024 6:30am EST -
Solution Deadline
April 23, 2024 12:00pm EDT -
Semi-Finalist Selection
June 11, 2024 5:00pm EDT -
Finalist Selection
July 8, 2024 11:59pm EDT -
Solver Selection
August 9, 2024 5:00pm EDT
Judges

Megan Smith
shift7, CEO and Founder

Larry Susskind
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning

Susan Alzner
shift7, Co-founder

Wendolyn Holland
Holland Consulting, LLC, Director

Janelle Knox-Hayes
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Associate Professor of Economic Geography and Planning Head

Alvin Harvey
MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics, Diné PhD Candidate

Michael Running Wolf
Indigenous in ML, Founder
Donavan Kealoha
Purple Maiʻa Foundation, Co-CEO at Purple Maiʻa Foundation

Kristin Welch
Waking Women Healing Institute, Founder and Executive Director

Jeff Ward
Animikii Indigenous Technology, CEO
Jeanette Ziegler
Native Americans in Philanthropy, Chief Operating Officer
Ashley Richard
National Indigenous Hub for the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Associate Director, Indigenous for Mikwam Makwa Ikwe
Shannyn A. Smith
The Capital Boutique, Founder

Beth Churchill
American Family Insurance , Senior Community and Social Impact Specialist

Nicole McGaa
MIT, MIT Graduate and Graduate Student, Oglala Lakota

Althea Wishloff
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, General Partner
Technical Vetters

Brittany Gene
Brittany Gene Design, www.brittanygene.com, Industrial & Product Designer

Pablo Listingart
ComIT, Executive Director
Cheri Smith
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, Founder and CEO