Interested in designing extremely affordable innovations to tackle problems that are of life-and-death importance?
We have launched the first Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab in Cambodia. We need you to help us grow. iDE is looking for a product designer, with 2-4 years experience in product development, specifically in a human-centered design context. You will take on a key role within a multi-disciplinary team, based in Ethiopia and Cambodia for a 16-month Fellowship.
This is an opportunity to work on real-world problems alongside a close-knit, diverse, and top-calibre team. You’ll wear many hats, including that of a coach, to grow HCD in Cambodia. You’ll work on designing solutions for the developing world that improve the lives of those who need them most. And at the end of the term, if we see a mutual fit, you’ll be offered an opportunity to stay on as full-time Leader at the innovation-Lab.
The deadline for applications is March 2, 2013.
For full details, including how to apply, download the position description at http://www.ide-cambodia.org/images/human-centered_product_designer_fellowship_-_hcd_i-lab2.pdf
An HCDE alum is helping put on World IA Day in Vancouver, B.C. and is looking for folks interested in speaking at their event. It will be on Saturday, February 11th at the Media Cafe at W2. The overall theme is Designing Structures for Understanding. The website is at 
We write to share an extraordinary opportunity for travel, discovery, and challenge. The 2012 Bonderman Travel Fellowship application is now available and we encourage you to consider applying. Graduate and professional students, undergraduate students (of junior and senior credit standing) in the University Honors Program, and undergraduate students (of junior and senior credit standing) in UW Tacoma’s Global Honors Program in good standing are eligible for this opportunity.
NSF’s East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) are seeking applications from interested students to conduct research at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan. An estimated 200 awards will be made for institutes lasting 8-10 weeks. Awardees receive a $5,000 stipend and airfare, while living expenses are provided by foreign co-sponsoring organizations. According to the notice, “applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master’s or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date” of November 9, 2011.
CDC and HSS are sponsoring a challenge for the development of a Flu app. Details are in the link and below.