IDEO, the global design firm in the USA has launched the IDEO.org Fellowship, which brings people with design, business, and social sector backgrounds into IDEO.org for 11-month residency. Deadline: April 18th.

IDEO.org residents. Be part of the 2012 fellowship class.

We’re launching IDEO.org to spread human-centered design through the social sector and improve the lives of people in low-income communities across the globe. IDEO.org is starting this September and looking for its first class of residents to be part of the team. Build empathy, generate ideas, prototype concepts, deliver solutions. Join us!

IDEO.org is seeking individuals with proven leadership experience in the social sector, business world, or design industry with a passion for improving low-income communities and spreading human-centered design. Residents will join senior designers from IDEO to form IDEO.org’s interdisciplinary design team for an 11-month period.

Through the course of 11 months, residents will work on poverty related challenges covering an array of topics – such as, agriculture, gender equity, financial services, health, and water and sanitation. Example projects include working with a microfinance institution in Kenya to create new ways for low-income customers to save, supporting a small Indian start-up to design a low-cost electricity system, or partnering with a domestic healthcare non-profit to bring birth control options to low-income women in the U.S.

Residents will be based in San Francisco, but will spend significant time traveling and in the field. Candidates should have an openness to other cultures and lifestyles and will be expected to be self-reliant and thrive in a start-up environment.

For additional information, please refer to the IDEO.org fellowship FAQ.