About CIVIC

The Civic Innovation Challenge is a multi-agency, federal government research and action competition that aims to fund ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects that have the potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities. It aims to flip the community-university dynamic, inviting communities to identify civic priorities ripe for innovation and to then partner with researchers to address those priorities.

U.S. National Science Foundation Team

For questions about the solicitation or applying for an award, contact civic@nsf.gov

Alexandra Medina-Borja

Program Director, NSF
Oleg Sokolsky

Program Director
Daan Liang

Program Director
Christopher Balakrishnan

Program Director
Siqian Shen

Program Director
Barbara Ransom

Program Director
Lina Patino

Program Director
Sara Kiesler

Program Director
Ralph Wachter

Program Director
Jacob Kravetz

AAAS STPF Fellows
Andrea Henle

AAAS STPF Fellows

MetroLab Network

MetroLab Network is a non-profit brings together local governments, universities, and key stakeholders to ensure civic research is actionable and brings catalytic impact into communities. MetroLab Network supports the Civic Innovation Challenge (2223449) by providing expertise on partnerships and pilot projects and connecting this work with a growing ecosystem of innovators. MetroLab fosters the CIVIC community of practice through in-person and virtual activities, aimed at enhancing the teams’ capacity-building, networking, impact, and ability to create methods and solutions transferable to other communities.

MetroLab Network Team

To express interest in promoting or partnering with the Civic Innovation Challenge, contact the MetroLab Team at Innovate@MetroLabNetwork.org.

Kate Burns

Executive Director
Rose Mische Commins

Senior Associate, Civic Innovation
Stefania Di Mauro-Nava

Chief of Staff
Nitisha Tripathi

Innovation Fellow