The 2026 DSSG Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University is open to graduate students currently in a US university. We can unfortunately not accommodate students not at a US university this year.
DSSG (at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore) will begin May 25, 2026 and end July 31, 2026
The 2026 program is an in-person, full-time, 10-week program where fellows work in teams supported by full-time senior data science mentors and project managers as well as attend workshops, lectures, and other activities.
The Fellowship is a project-based training program designed to produce data scientists and Ml/AI practitioners with strong skills in solving real-world problems and an understanding, excitement, and passion for solving problems with social impact. We have three goals (prioritized in that order): Training Fellows: We want to help create the next generation of data scientists [...]
Collaborative, Ethical, and Inclusive. We know we don't know everything and want everyone involved to shape the Fellowship. We're open to ideas, criticism, and help. Yes, we are data-driven but more than that, we're problem-driven. We care about impact and how our work is used to improve society in a fair and equitable manner.
Most of the summer, Fellows work with their team on their project. We augment that with lectures, hands-on workshops, seminars (from local and visiting guests), happy hours (with the local tech, data science, non-profit, and government communities), meet-ups, field trips, and other social activities (sailing trips, tours, concerts, etc.). Some of these are planned in [...]
DSSG 2026 will take place at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
There is no single profile for an ideal fellow. Successful Fellows have different skill profiles and backgrounds in order to create a collaborative community. Everyone has some programming, statistics and data analysis skills in addition to a passion for making social impact. Some are stronger at Computer Science and Machine Learning. Others have a strong [...]
Although we'd love to have people at all levels involved, for 2026, we prefer you to be a graduate student to get the most out of this program. This is because we have learned over the years that fellows with prior skills are able to both get the most out of their experience, as well [...]