UW Data Science for Social Good
The Data Science for Social Good summer program brings together students, stakeholders, and data and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit.
Student Fellows
Applications for 2022 are now closed. Please check back in January 2023.
Up to sixteen DSSG Student Fellows are selected each year to work on data-intensive projects that have concrete relevance and social impact. Students are expected to work closely and collaboratively with team members for the duration of the 10-week (June – Aug) program.
Project Proposals
The Call for Proposals for 2022 is now closed.
We invite proposals for 10-week data-intensive research projects to be undertaken each summer. We welcome proposals submitted by academic researchers, public agencies, non-profit entities, and industry.
Project Summaries
Data Science for Social Good projects have an applied social good dimension and broadly address questions related to social science, human services, public policy, environmental impacts, education and urban informatics.
DSSG in the news…
The DSSG program enables novel research on focused, intensive, collaborative projects with an applied social good dimension. These projects frequently generate exciting results, and can garner media attention, which you can find here.
