Alas. I'm not a fellow, just a resident. Eyebeam offers both the long-term yearly fellowships and six months residencies. But I must say that the fellowship program is definately the way to go. Six months go by very quickly. Here's the deal: Eyebeam is awesome; especially the R&D OpenLab. I can't think of many other places where they pay you a salary to do more or less whatever you want (as long as it is in some regard revolutionary and open-source). And you're surrounded by tons of really imaginative and talented people. And that isn't even to mention that Eyebeam's reputation as a place of innovation stretches around the world. And most importantly, you can get both yummy cupcakes and authentic New York pizza as little as two blocks away. Oh. And they have a laser cutter, 3D printer, woodshop and tons of gallery space (at least relative to New York conceptions of space). Who they told me they're looking for: Artistic rock stars. If you're already posting really amazing stuff to Instructables, then that's a pretty good start. They like to see applicants who share their work (especially on Instructables). They also like to see a body of work that is socially, culturally, politically or theoretically aware. And I can also tell you that being honest about yourself and your work on the application, rather than telling them what you think they want to hear, will go a long way. P.S. if you're still in college and located in NYC, I'm looking for interns to join me at Eyebeam to partake in profit-share opportunities.

Yes, I have the time to spare, and I'm interested. (: Do you have to be in NYC?

That's an outstanding opportunity for some of our younger members - I look forward to seeing some of their results on Instructables.