Whether you are an experienced social innovator or are looking to build your skill set, a fellowship can help take you to the next level–through curriculum, mentorship, collaboration, and connecting with other talented and motivated fellows.
Here is a list of 50+ fellowship programs. The first 17 or so fellowships have rolling admission deadlines. Be sure to check with each organization with regard to focus, fit, funding amounts, deadlines, and approach.
- Ashoka Fellows Program. Apply anytime.
- Deshpande Foundation India Fellowship Program. Apply anytime.
- Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Apply anytime.
- Mind Trust Education Entrepreneur Fellowship. Apply anytime.
- Rainer Arnhold Design Fellowship Program. Apply anytime.
- REDF Farber Fellowship. Apply anytime.
- Reynolds Fellowships Harvard University.
- Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program.
- PopTech Science and Public Leadership Fellows Program. Apply by invitation.
- TED Senior Fellows Program. Selected from Past Fellows.
- IDEO Fellowship Program.
- Teach for America. Multiple deadlines.
- Ashoka Senior Fellows & Members. Apply anytime.
- Ashoka Global Fellows. Apply anytime.
- Ashoka Social Investment Entrepreneur Fellows. Apply anytime.
- Ashoka Invention and Technology Fellows Program. Apply anytime.
- Ashoka News & Knowledge Fellows. Apply anytime.
- MicroEmpowering Social Innovation Fellowship. Apply anytime.
- Teach for India. Multiple deadlines
- MacArthur Fellows Program. Apply by invitation.
Apply by certain Months
- Aspen Institute First Movers Fellowship Program. Apply by January.
- MIT Legatum Center Fellowship. Apply by January.
- IDEX Fellowship. Apply by January.
- Echoing Green Fellowship. Apply by January.
- American India Foundation Fellowship. Apply by January.
- Greenlining Institute Legal Fellows Program. Apply by January.
- NYU Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowship. Apply by January or February.
- Greenlining Institute Fellowship Program. Apply by February.
- Engineers for Social Impact. Apply by February.
- City Hall Fellows Program. Apply by February.
- Crowley Fellowship in International Human Rights. Apply by February.
- Public Allies Teachers Fellowship Program. Apply by February.
- Stanford – NBC News Fellowship in Media and Global Health. Apply by February.
- Cordes Fellowship for Opportunity Collaboration. Apply by March.
- Global Health Corps. Apply by March.
- Grassroutes India Fellowship Program. Apply by March.
- Indicorp Fellowship. Apply by March.
- PopTech Social Innovation Fellows Program. Apply by March.
- Changing Our World Fellowships. Apply by March.
- Acumen Fund East Africa Fellows Program. Apply by April.
- Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Apply by April.
- Global Citizen Year. Apply by May.
- Villgro Fellowship. Apply by May.
- D.Light Design Fellowship. Apply by May.
- Rolex Awards Supporting Enterprising Individuals. Apply by June.
- Humphrey Fellowship Program: Journalism Fellowships. Apply by June to September.
- TED Fellows Program. Apply by July.
- Synergos Senior Fellows Program . Apply by July.
- LGT Venture Philanthropy iCats Fellowship Program. Apply by July.
- Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship. Apply by July.
- Open Society Fellowship. Apply by August.
- Piramal Fellowship for Sustainable Business. Apply by September.
- Skadden Legal Fellowship Program. Apply by October.
- Kiva Fellowship. Apply by October.
- Buckminister Fuller Challenge. Apply by October.
- StartingBloc Fellowship Program. Apply by October.
- EmergeCA Democratic Fellowship Program for Women. Apply by October.
- Fuse Corps Fellowship. Apply by October.
- Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships. Apply by October.
- PresenTense Social Entrepreneur Fellowships. Apply by October or November.
- Smithsonian Institute Fellowship. Apply by November.
- Unreasonable Institute. Apply by November.
- Acumen Fund Global Fellows Program. Apply by November.
- Fried Frank Legal Fellowship Program. Apply by November.
- Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Apply by November.
- New Leaders Council. Apply by November.
- Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations. Apply by November.
- Sauvé Scholars Program. Apply by November.
- TEDGlobal Fellows Program. Apply by December.
- Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellowship Program. Apply by December.
- Nieman Journalism Fellowships at Harvard University. Apply by December
- Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship. Apply by December.
- LeapFrog Investments Global Fellows Program. Apply by December.
- M121 Fellowship for Sustainable World Change. Apply by December.
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