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The following list of open calls for applications includes professional fellowships, research grants for individuals, and graduate school funding opportunities, funding awards, and fully funded graduate programs that are now accepting applications.
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Entry-Level to Experienced Teachers Positions at Success Academy
Success Academy provides rapid career advancement and leadership roles within and beyond the classroom. Teachers in this top-performing K-12 charter school in NYC join a team of dedicated professionals committed to empowering children from low-income neighborhoods. No prior education background is necessary for teaching positions; Success Academy offers comprehensive training and a proven curriculum, allowing teachers to focus on student engagement rather than lesson planning. This position offers competitive compensation, relocation benefits, health plans and more.
Eligibility:
- A bachelor’s degree before your first day of work with Success Academy
- A rigorous and relevant academic major (i.e, biology, history, chemistry, economics, physics, English, mathematics, engineering)
- Ability to work in person in New York City
Roles will be filled on a rolling basis- apply now
Weil Legal Innovators Program
The Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI) engages incoming law school students in addressing some of the most pressing social and legal challenges in our communities today. Innovators defer their first year of law school to work at a partner nonprofit organization for a paid public service fellowship, executing a strategic initiative designed to leverage their passion for justice and commitment to public service, while amplifying the impact of the nonprofits and their important missions. Innovators receive $60,000 in compensation for the fellowship year,a law school scholarship, plus full health benefits and more.
Eligibility:
- All students who have been accepted to a J.D. program at one of the WLI law school partners are eligible to apply.
Deadline: March 18, 2024
Urban Leaders Fellowship
The Urban Leaders Fellowship is a paid summer fellowship that recruits the best and brightest for an intensive, seven-week experience in ten premier cities. Throughout the fellowship, ULF will work with fellows to identify the right career path, connect them with leaders in the field, and provide leadership coaching, career coaching, and ongoing support even after the fellowship ends.
Eligibility:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Professionals with at least 2 years of professional experience and a bachelors degree OR 5 years of professional experience and no bachelors degree
Deadline: March 20, 2024
The Partners for Justice Professional Fellowship
The PFJ Professional Fellowship offers recent graduates and entry-level professionals hands-on experience in public service and the legal system. PFJ Client Advocates are placed as full-time employees within public defenders’ offices for up to two years. Working closely with defense attorneys, Advocates support low-income people facing criminal charges with life-changing services such as housing, employment, social and medical benefits, and more.
Eligibility:
- Must be authorized to work in the US for two years
Deadline: March 25, 2024
The Internet Society’s Mid Career Fellowship
The Mid Career Fellowship is a unique opportunity that offers 15 Fellows unparalleled access to world-class educational institutions and experts in a 7-month 100% virtual program from June through December. Fellows work throughout five modules which have weekly live lectures and assessments, and culminate in a symposium to showcase the work they’ve completed. All costs including academic coursework, online sessions, and other program elements are covered by the Internet Society.
Eligibility:
- Are mid career professionals in leadership roles
- Work in the Internet ecosystem in a technical, policy, economic, or social capacity
- Have at least 10 years of relevant experience
Deadline: March 27, 2024
Hollyhock Humanities Fellowship
The Hollyhock Humanities Fellowship is a year-long learning adventure for accomplished metro-NYC area high school social studies teachers. It includes a summer seminar and workshops with renowned historians, supportive coaching, a diverse community, as well as a $3,000 stipend. Sharpen your craft with excellent, engaging PD in using documents for close reading, discourse and developing historical thinking.
Eligibility:
- Accomplished high school social studies teachers from the NYC-area who have at least 3 years of teaching experience.
- Sessions are in-person in lower Manhattan, so must be close enough to join those.
Rolling deadline through April 5, 2024
The Don Lavoie Fellowship
The Don Lavoie Fellowship is a competitive, renewable, and online fellowship program for advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and early-stage graduate students. Fellowships are open to students from any discipline who are interested in studying key ideas in political economy and learning how to utilize these ideas in academic and policy research. The total award of up to $1,250 includes a stipend, all required readings for online events, and advice on research, jobs, and graduate school.
Eligibility:
- Advanced undergraduate students, recent graduates, and early-stage graduate students interested in the Mercatus approach to political economy and policy analysis are encouraged to apply.
- Any student of any nationality at any university, in the US or abroad, is eligible to apply.
Deadline: April 15, 2024
James Buchanan Fellowship
The aim of this fellowship is to encourage early-career scholars to critically engage ideas in the political economy of Adam Smith and the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy. In addition, James Buchanan Fellows will be introduced to contemporary applications of these ideas to questions in social sciences dealing with the dynamics and institutional underpinnings of economic, political, and social coordination. The total award of up to $8,000 includes a stipend, all required reading materials, and travel and lodging to attend colloquia hosted by the Mercatus Center.
Eligibility:
- The Mercatus Center’s James Buchanan Fellowship is awarded to scholars in any discipline who have recently graduated from their doctoral programs.
Deadline: April 15, 2024
William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship
The William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of State, is a path to a career in the Foreign Service as a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Special Agent. If you plan to enter a master’s degree program in fall 2025 and love the idea of pursuing a career protecting diplomacy and making a difference in the world, the Clarke DS Fellowship may be the perfect opportunity for you. This two-year fellowship provides up to $42,000 annually for two years in academic funding for tuition, room and board, books, mandatory fees, and some travel expenses, stipends, housing, and more.
Eligibility:
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Be planning to enter a two-year, full-time master’s degree program in fall 2025 at a U.S.-based accredited institution.
Deadline: April 29, 2024
The Rotary Peace Fellowship
Join a network of peace and development leaders and earn either a fully funded master’s degree or a fully funded postgraduate diploma at one of the Rotary Peace Centers located at premier universities around the world. More than 1,700 program alumni are working in more than 140 countries as leaders in national governments, nongovernmental organizations, education and research, human rights law, media and arts, and international organizations such as the United Nations. Fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.
Eligibility:
- Have three years of related work experience for the master’s program
- Have five years of related work experience for the certificate program
- Have a bachelor’s degree
Deadline: May 15, 2024
The Carman International Fellowship
Each year, Mosaic International selects a fellow to work directly with their partner program in Tanzania, Building a Caring Community (BCC), which is an outreach ministry of the Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT). Building a Caring Community, a Mosaic-supported program in Moshi, Tanzania, works with 220 children and young adults with intellectual disabilities, a very under-served population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fellows will be responsible for consultation and collaboration with program staff in Tanzania to strengthen programs, build capacity, and increase sustainability. Stipend and housing allowance, round-trip travel to Tanzania, language tutoring, and more are included.
Eligibility:
- 12-month commitment to living and working in Moshi, Tanzania starting in January 2025
- Bachelor’s degree
Deadline: May 1, 2024
The Mira Fellowship
Each year, the Mira Fellowship accepts a small cohort from across the globe to create
compassionate actionable visions for our future. Mid-career professionals are given six months to rethink the world’s most pressing issues and develop actionable plans for change. Fellows receive a creator toolbox, summits, coaching, cohort collaboration, exclusive access to Mira micro-grants to develop alternative perspectives and immerse in their work, and continuing opportunities to network and engage with our alumni and community networks.
Eligibility:
- Must be an established mid-career professional
Applications open soon! Learn more!