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IIAS Asia in the World Fellowship Programme

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

A research fellowship for young and mid-career social sciences and humanities scholars studying Asia, based in Leiden.

📍 Leiden, NetherlandsUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#asian-studies#humanities
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Early Career

ODI Fellowship Scheme

ODI Global (Overseas Development Institute)

A two-year fixed-term placement of young economists and statisticians as civil servants in finance ministries, central banks, and statistical offices in developing countries, running since 1963.

📍 Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Pacific, Western BalkansPaidHard
#fellowship#economics#development
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Early Career

Chatham House Academy Fellowship

Chatham House

A ten-month in-person international affairs research fellowship in London, with four fellows selected per cohort.

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard
#fellowship#international-affairs#uk
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Early Career

Chatham House Global Platform for Action Fellowship

Chatham House

A ten-month in-person London fellowship on humanitarian energy and climate/displacement policy, run with UNITAR and Oxford's Refugee-Led Research Hub.

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard
#fellowship#climate-policy#humanitarian
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Early Career

IAPS AI Policy Fellowship

Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)

A four-month remote-first AI policy research program with a mandatory two-week Washington DC residency.

📍 United States / Remote worldwidePaidMedium
#fellowship#ai-policy#remote
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Early Career

James Martin Center Visiting Fellows Program

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute

A nonproliferation and weapons-of-mass-destruction policy research fellowship based at the Middlebury Institute.

📍 Monterey, California / Washington, DC, USAUnpaidHard
#fellowship#nonproliferation#security
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Early Career

Think Visegrad Fellowship

International Visegrad Fund

A six- to eight-week fellowship at Central European think tanks in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia, producing a policy paper.

📍 Czechia, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaPaidMedium
#fellowship#policy#central-europe
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Early Career

Bruegel Visiting Fellowship

Bruegel

A flexible-duration research fellowship, from days to a year, for economists at a leading Brussels-based EU economic policy think tank.

📍 Brussels, BelgiumPaidMedium
#fellowship#economics#eu-policy
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Early Career

ACET Transformation Fellowship

African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Specialized fellowship tracks on structural change, productivity, gender, resilience, and evidence-based policymaking supporting ACET's research agenda.

📍 Ghana / Africa-wideUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#economics#africa
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Early Career

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program

World Bank

An eight-month fellowship (September-May) matching developing-country researchers with World Bank research economists in Washington DC.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#development-economics#world-bank
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Early Career

Yale Jackson School Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

A five-month hybrid program for sixteen Global South climate and clean-energy practitioners, with sessions at Yale and in Paris.

📍 United States / France (hybrid)PaidHard
#fellowship#climate-policy#global-south
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Early Career

CEEW Global South Fellowship

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

A six- to twelve-month fellowship at Asia's leading climate and energy policy think tank in New Delhi for emerging climate leaders worldwide.

📍 New Delhi, IndiaUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#climate-policy#india
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Early Career

IISS Southeast Asian Young Leaders Programme Visiting Fellowship

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Up to three months at the IISS Singapore office, including participation in the Shangri-La Dialogue and Young Leaders Programme.

📍 SingaporeStipendHard
#fellowship#security#southeast-asia
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Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Visiting Fellowship

Stimson Center

A year-long research fellowship for India- and Pakistan-based analysts, combining ten months of research in the home country with one month in Washington DC, running since 1993.

📍 India / Pakistan / Washington, DCStipendHard
#fellowship#south-asia#security
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Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Junior Fellowship

Stimson Center

A one-year, full-time Washington DC-based fellowship for early-career analysts researching South Asia security issues.

📍 Washington, DC, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#south-asia#security
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Early Career

TIMEP Nonresident Fellowship

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

Supports MENA-based advocates, scholars, and analysts working on-the-ground for transparent, accountable governance.

📍 MENA region (nonresident)UnpaidMedium
#fellowship#mena#governance
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Early Career

Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellowship

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

A six-month in-person fellowship in Washington DC for MENA-focused advocates of democratic, inclusive change, now in its tenth cohort.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#democracy#mena
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Early Career

HIIA Future Leaders Program

Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)

A three-month in-person foreign policy research fellowship in Budapest for young international affairs professionals.

📍 Budapest, HungaryStipendMedium
#fellowship#foreign-policy#hungary
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Early Career

Institute for Global Affairs Nonresident Fellowship (Independent America Program)

Institute for Global Affairs (Eurasia Group)

A one-year nonresident program for scholars and analysts working on rethinking US foreign policy for new global realities.

📍 United States (nonresident)PaidMedium
#fellowship#foreign-policy#think-tank
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Early Career

EDUFI Fellowship

Government of Finland (Finnish National Agency for Education)

A Finnish government fellowship providing initial funding for foreign doctoral researchers to conduct thesis research at a Finnish university department.

📍 FinlandStipendMedium
#fellowship#finland#phd
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Early Career

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Herchel Smith Fund, University of Cambridge

Supports early-career researchers in biological and physical sciences, including chemistry and mathematics, at Cambridge.

📍 Cambridge, United KingdomStipendHard
#fellowship#science#postdoc
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Early Career

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Funds foreign postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese institutions under a host researcher.

📍 Japan (international applicants)StipendHard
#fellowship#research#japan
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Early Career

ZSL EDGE Fellowship

Zoological Society of London

A 28-month leadership and training program for conservationists focused on Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard
#fellowship#conservation#wildlife
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Early Career

Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship

The Company of Biologists

Funds collaborative lab visits for graduate students and postdocs in cell biology, developmental biology, and experimental biology.

📍 International (UK-based)PaidMedium
#fellowship#biology#collaboration
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Early Career

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents

L'Oréal Foundation / UNESCO

Selects fifteen top women scientists globally each year from national and regional L'Oréal-UNESCO winners for added international recognition and support.

📍 GlobalPaidHard
#fellowship#women-in-stem#science
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Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics

Simons Foundation

Provides research support for graduate students in the final years of a mathematics PhD.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#mathematics#phd
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Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Research Fellowship

Torrey Botanical Society

Funds graduate research in plant biology and botany.

📍 United StatesPaidEasy
#fellowship#botany#plant-biology
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McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY

Funding and editorial support for deeply reported business and investigative enterprise stories.

📍 United States (international topics)PaidMedium
#fellowship#business-journalism#investigative
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Early Career

PowerLines Documentary Photography Fellowship

PowerLines Productions

A three-month documentary photography fellowship focused on economic and human issues.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidHard
#fellowship#photography#documentary
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Early Career

CanadaLand Audio Journalism Fellowship

Canadaland

A fellowship for producing a twenty- to thirty-minute audio journalism project published on the Canadaland network.

📍 CanadaPaidMedium
#fellowship#audio-journalism#canada
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Early Career

One World Media Fellowship

One World Media

A year-long program supporting global journalism and documentary storytelling from the Global South, with an assigned executive producer and workshops.

📍 United Kingdom (Global South focus)PaidMedium
#fellowship#journalism#global-south
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Early Career

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Supports the career development of an early-stage female or nonbinary journalist covering human rights and social justice, including MIT coursework and major newsroom internships.

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#human-rights
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Carter Center Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism

The Carter Center

Supports journalists producing in-depth reporting on mental health issues, with structured mentoring throughout the fellowship.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidMedium
#fellowship#journalism#mental-health
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Early Career

Points North Fellowship

Points North Institute

Supports early-to-mid-career nonfiction filmmakers, including an unrestricted grant for a feature documentary in post-production.

📍 United States (international projects)PaidHard
#fellowship#documentary#film
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Early Career

Firelight Media Documentary Lab

Firelight Media

A twelve-month fellowship for filmmakers of color working on a first or second feature documentary, with production mentorship.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#documentary#film
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Alicia Patterson Fellowship

Alicia Patterson Foundation

Supports in-depth written journalism projects over six- to twelve-month periods.

📍 United States (international topics)PaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#long-form
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Early Career

Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship

Mongabay

A six-month remote fellowship supporting young or aspiring journalists from biodiversity hotspot countries reporting on environmental issues.

📍 Global (biodiversity hotspot countries)StipendMedium
#fellowship#journalism#conservation
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Echoing Green Fellowship

Echoing Green

An eighteen-month fellowship for early-stage social entrepreneurs, providing a stipend, capacity-building support, and a peer community.

📍 Global (USA-based)PaidHard
#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#funding
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Breakthrough Energy Fellows – Southeast Asia

Breakthrough Energy / Temasek / Enterprise Singapore

A regional hub supporting early-stage climate-tech entrepreneurs developing technology capable of cutting emissions at scale.

📍 Singapore / Southeast AsiaPaidHard
#fellowship#climate-tech#startup
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Early Career

OWSD Early Career Fellowship

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Supports early-career women scientists from developing countries to advance their research programs.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard
#fellowship#women-in-stem#research
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Early Career

OWSD PhD Fellowship for Women Scientists

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) / TWAS

Funds women from science-and-technology-lagging countries to pursue PhDs in natural, engineering, or IT sciences at Global South host institutes.

📍 Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America)PaidHard
#fellowship#women-in-stem#phd
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Roma Graduate Preparation Programme

Roma Education Fund / Open Society Foundations

A nine-month intensive preparatory program for Roma graduates aiming for English-language master's programs at top European universities.

📍 Europe (multi-country)PaidHard
#fellowship#roma#europe
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Early Career

British Academy International Fellowship

The British Academy

Supports emerging international research talent, including health-related humanities and social science work, to spend two years based in the United Kingdom.

📍 United Kingdom (international applicants)PaidHard
#fellowship#research#uk
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Early Career

Royal Society Newton International Fellowship

The Royal Society (UK)

Funds early-career overseas researchers, including in biomedical and health sciences, to conduct two years of research in the United Kingdom.

📍 United Kingdom (international applicants)PaidHard
#fellowship#research#uk
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Early Career

AMRF Career Advancement Fellowship

Auckland Medical Research Foundation

Supports researchers three to five years post-PhD advancing toward independent biomedical research careers in New Zealand.

📍 New ZealandPaidHard
#fellowship#biomedical-research#new-zealand
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Early Career

Auckland Medical Research Foundation First Fellowship

Auckland Medical Research Foundation

Supports outstanding graduates roughly two years post-PhD pursuing a biomedical research career in New Zealand.

📍 New ZealandPaidHard
#fellowship#biomedical-research#new-zealand
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Early Career

Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health

Fulbright Program / Fogarty International Center (NIH)

Funds roughly ten researchers annually to conduct public health or clinical research in resource-limited settings abroad.

📍 United States (international placement)PaidHard
#fellowship#public-health#global-health
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Early Career

ASH-EHA Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH)

American Society of Hematology & European Hematology Association

A year-long joint US-Europe training and mentoring program building translational hematology research careers for early-stage fellows.

📍 United States / EuropeUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#hematology#mentorship
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Early Career

KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

Funds postdoctoral fellows conducting original nephrology research under sponsor guidance.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#nephrology#research
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ASN KidneyCure Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

Funds PhD students conducting original kidney biology or disease research under the guidance of a named sponsor.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#nephrology#research
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Early Career

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Funds recent MD, PhD, or MD/PhD graduates conducting basic cystic fibrosis research, with two application rounds each year.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#cystic-fibrosis#research
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Early Career

MQ Mental Health Foundation Fellows Award

MQ Mental Health Research

Supports early-career mental health scientists to establish research independence, funding work across depression, psychosis, and related domains.

📍 United Kingdom (international host institutions considered)StipendHard
#fellowship#mental-health#research
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Early Career

The Africa Institute Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship

The Africa Institute

A residency and grant supporting African and diaspora creative writers working on a major literary project, based in Sharjah.

📍 Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesPaidMedium
#fellowship#writing#africa
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Early Career

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

Jerome Foundation

A flexible three-year fellowship for early-career generative artists across seven fields — dance, film, literature, music, theater, technology arts, and visual arts.

📍 Minnesota / New York City, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#arts#usa
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Early Career

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship

Fine Arts Work Center

A seven-month fellowship (October-May) for emerging writers and visual artists, providing an apartment, studio space, and a monthly stipend.

📍 Provincetown, Massachusetts, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#writing#visual-art
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Early Career

Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship

Copland House

A week-long, fully-scholarshipped intensive workshop and mentoring institute for emerging composers in their mid-to-late 20s.

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium
#fellowship#music-composition#usa
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Early Career

NEA Translation Project Fellowships

National Endowment for the Arts

Federal fellowships for individual literary translators bringing prose, poetry, or drama into English, prioritizing underrepresented languages and voices.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#translation#literature
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Early Career

Panthera Winston Cobb Memorial Fellowship

Panthera

A field-based internship providing training and experience on a wild cat conservation project.

📍 InternationalStipendMedium
#fellowship#wildlife#conservation
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Center for Plant Conservation Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship

Center for Plant Conservation

An annual fellowship for the study and conservation of rare and endangered US plant species, especially in the Carolinas and southeastern US.

📍 United StatesPaidMedium
#fellowship#botany#conservation
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Early Career

Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct Fellowship

University of the South Pacific

A fellowship supporting emerging leaders from Pacific Island nations to build governance and public policy skills through structured coursework and mentorship.

📍 Fiji (Pacific Islands)StipendMedium
#fellowship#pacific-islands#oceania
Student

Global Shapers Community

World Economic Forum

A global network of young leaders under 30 organized into city-based 'hubs' (including a large presence across Latin America) running local social-impact projects.

📍 Multiple cities worldwideUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#leadership#network
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Founder

Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

A lifelong fellowship recognizing leading social entrepreneurs worldwide, with a particularly strong network across Latin America, providing a living stipend and global peer community.

📍 Multiple countries worldwideStipendHard
#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#global
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Early Career

Kiva Fellows Program

Kiva

A volunteer fellowship placing early-career professionals with microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to strengthen impact measurement and operations.

📍 Multiple countries in Latin America, Africa, and AsiaUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#microfinance#development
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Early Career

African Union Youth Volunteer Corps

African Union

A continental volunteer program placing young African professionals in year-long service assignments across AU member states to build pan-African development capacity.

📍 Multiple African Union member statesStipendMedium
#fellowship#africa#volunteering
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Early Career

Next Einstein Forum Fellowship

Next Einstein Forum / African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

A fellowship recognizing outstanding young African scientists across all disciplines, providing a platform to showcase research and connect with global science leaders.

📍 Multiple African countries (biennial summit)UnpaidHard
#fellowship#africa#science
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Early Career

Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (YALI)

U.S. Department of State / Young African Leaders Initiative

A fully funded six-week leadership institute in the United States for young African leaders across business, civic, and public management tracks.

📍 United States (six-week institute)PaidHard
#fellowship#africa#leadership
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Acumen India Fellowship

Acumen

A year-long leadership fellowship for India-based professionals working on poverty-related challenges, combining moral leadership training with real project work.

📍 IndiaUnpaidHard
#fellowship#social-impact#india
Early Career

Obama Foundation Leaders Program

Obama Foundation

A leadership development program for civic and community leaders across regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, USA, Europe), combining in-person convenings with ongoing skills training.

📍 Multiple regions worldwideUnpaidHard
#fellowship#leadership#civic-impact
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Early Career

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship (Oxford)

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

A fellowship giving working journalists three to six months at Oxford to research a topic of their choice in journalism practice, combined with academic seminars.

📍 Oxford, United KingdomPaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#oxford
Early Career

Reporters Without Borders Digital Security Scholarship Program

Reporters Without Borders

A program sending journalists from conflict or high-risk zones to Berlin for intensive digital-security and safety training, with a living stipend during the program.

📍 Berlin, GermanyStipendMedium
#fellowship#journalism#digital-security
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Early Career

India Health Policy and System Research Fellowship

Sir Ratan Tata Trust / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A fellowship training graduates in rigorous Health Policy and Systems Research methods through mentored study on a real health-system problem in India.

📍 IndiaStipendHard
#fellowship#public-health#research
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Early Career

AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

American India Foundation

A fellowship placing young professionals with development organizations across India and the US to build cross-border development leadership skills.

📍 India and United StatesStipendMedium
#fellowship#development#india
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Early Career

Punjab Good Governance Fellowship Program

Government of Punjab / Indian School of Business

A fellowship placing graduates as Governance or District Development Fellows within the Punjab state government, combined with structured training at the Indian School of Business.

📍 Punjab, IndiaPaidMedium
#fellowship#governance#india
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Early Career

LAMP Fellowship

Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament (LAMP)

A fellowship placing young graduates as research assistants to sitting Indian Members of Parliament for a year, providing direct exposure to national policymaking.

📍 New Delhi, IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#policy#india
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Early Career

Delhi Legislative Assembly Research Fellowship

Delhi Legislative Assembly Research Centre

A fellowship placing young people directly inside India's legislative process, supporting Members of the Delhi Assembly with policy research and drafting.

📍 Delhi, IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#governance#india
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Adam Smith Fellowship

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

A year-long fellowship engaging PhD students with classical political-economy thought through structured reading groups and mentorship from senior scholars.

📍 Arlington, Virginia, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#economics#phd
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Early Career

KAUST Global Fellowship

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

A fully funded PhD fellowship at KAUST in Saudi Arabia across water, energy, food, health, and digital research areas, with a substantial stipend and research budget.

📍 Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaStipendHard
#fellowship#phd#research
Early Career

German Chancellor Fellowship

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

A twelve-month fellowship funding a self-designed project year in Germany for future leaders from the US, Russia, China, India, and Brazil, paired with a German mentor.

📍 GermanyPaidHard
#fellowship#germany#leadership
Early Career

Commonwealth Professional Fellowships

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (UK)

A short-term professional development placement (six weeks to three months) in the UK for mid-career professionals from Commonwealth developing countries.

📍 United KingdomPaidHard
#fellowship#professional-development#uk
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Girl Up Teen Advisor Program

Girl Up (UN Foundation)

A yearlong leadership program training teenage girls in gender-equality advocacy, public speaking, and campaign organizing alongside a global peer cohort.

📍 Remote (with in-person summit)UnpaidMedium
#fellowship#gender-equality#advocacy
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Davis Fellows for Peace (Middlebury Language Schools)

Middlebury College / Projects for Peace

A fellowship fully covering the cost of an intensive summer language-immersion program at Middlebury's Language Schools for students committed to peacebuilding work.

📍 Middlebury, Vermont, USAPaidMedium
#fellowship#language#peacebuilding
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Early Career

Bhumi Fellowship

Bhumi

A two-year paid fellowship placing graduates on school-transformation projects in Chennai, working directly with under-resourced government schools.

📍 Chennai, IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#education#india
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Early Career

Goonj Grassroots Fellowship

Goonj

A yearlong fellowship immersing young people directly in grassroots community work across urban and rural India, focused on dignity-based development approaches.

📍 IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#rural-development#india
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Dalai Lama Fellows Program

Dalai Lama Fellows

A yearlong fellowship combining contemplative leadership training with remote project work, helping young leaders build socially engaged initiatives grounded in compassion-based practice.

📍 Remote (with in-person retreats)UnpaidMedium
#fellowship#leadership#social-impact
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Vivekananda Fellowship

Ramakrishna Mission Ashram

A two-year residential leadership fellowship in India training recent graduates in values-based leadership through structured coursework, service work, and mentorship.

📍 IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#leadership#india
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Breakthrough Generation Fellowship

The Breakthrough Institute

A ten-week paid fellowship in Berkeley, California, training college students in environmental and energy policy through an ecomodernist lens, including original research and writing.

📍 Berkeley, California, USAPaidMedium
#fellowship#climate-policy#research
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Rise Global Winners Program (Rhodes Trust / Schmidt Futures)

Schmidt Futures / Rhodes Trust

A continuation track for RISE-recognized teenagers, offering ongoing mentorship, funding for independent projects, and access to a lifelong support network.

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium
#fellowship#funding#mentorship
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Early Career

Mongabay Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship

Mongabay

A six-month fellowship building environmental-journalism capacity in biodiversity-rich regions, pairing fellows with editorial mentorship at a leading conservation news outlet.

📍 Multiple biodiversity regionsStipendMedium
#fellowship#journalism#conservation
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Early Career

Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism

Reuters / Durham University

A nine-month fellowship pairing early-career journalists with Reuters mentors to build investigative-reporting skills, combining newsroom placement with academic study at Durham.

📍 United KingdomPaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#investigative
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J-PAL Research for Impact Fellowship

Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT

A fellowship training aspiring development economists in rigorous impact-evaluation methods through an MITx MicroMasters credential followed by field-based research work in India.

📍 IndiaStipendHard
#fellowship#research#economics
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UN Millennium Fellowship

United Nations Academic Impact / Millennium Campus Network

A semester-long leadership program where cohorts of student fellows on a single campus design and run a project tackling one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

📍 Multiple universities worldwideUnpaidEasy
#fellowship#leadership#sdgs
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ETH Zurich Student Summer Research Fellowship

ETH Zurich (Department of Computer Science)

A two-month fellowship giving undergraduates their first hands-on research experience in computer science, working directly with an ETH Zurich research group.

📍 Zurich, SwitzerlandStipendHard
#fellowship#research#computer-science
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Meta PhD Fellowship

Meta

A fellowship recognizing PhD students doing innovative research in computer science and engineering, including a funded visit to a Meta research lab and mentorship from Meta researchers.

📍 Multiple countriesStipendHard
#fellowship#phd#computer-science
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Early Career

TED Fellows Program

TED

A program that identifies innovators doing exceptional work across science, technology, art, and social impact, offering them a TED stage, public-speaking coaching, and a lasting peer community.

📍 Global (conference attendance required)UnpaidHard
#fellowship#innovation#public-speaking
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Early Career

The Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program

The Asia Foundation

A leadership development fellowship for professionals under 40 working across Asia on governance, development, or social-impact challenges, combining regional and U.S.-based components.

📍 Multiple countries in Asia and the USUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#leadership#asia
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RISE (Rhodes Trust / Schmidt Futures)

Schmidt Futures / Rhodes Trust

A global talent search identifying teenagers for a lifetime of support — scholarships, mentorship, and community — aimed at helping them pursue work that benefits others.

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium
#fellowship#scholarship#youth
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Non-Trivial Fellowship

Non-Trivial

An online fellowship supporting ambitious teenagers and young adults to pursue independent research, policy, or entrepreneurial projects with direct funding and mentorship.

📍 Remote (online)PaidMedium
#fellowship#youth#research
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Vital Voices Global Fellowship

Vital Voices

A ten-month fellowship for established women leaders across sectors, providing skills training, mentorship, and access to a global network built to expand their leadership impact.

📍 Multiple countriesUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#women-leadership#network
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Student

BeVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship

Mercedes-Benz

A twelve-month program training young people to design and pursue sustainability-focused projects, combining mentorship from industry experts with a peer community of fellows worldwide.

📍 Global (hybrid program)UnpaidMedium
#fellowship#sustainability#youth
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Early Career

Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity

London School of Economics / Atlantic Institute

A fully funded year at LSE for professionals working to reduce social and economic inequality, combining an academic program with a global fellows network.

📍 London, United KingdomPaidHard
#fellowship#inequality#leadership
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Early Career

FASPE Fellowships

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics

A two-week program in Germany and Poland that takes early-career professionals from fields like law, medicine, journalism, and business through the history of the Holocaust to examine present-day professional ethics.

📍 Germany and PolandPaidMedium
#fellowship#ethics#professional-development
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Early Career

Thomson Reuters Foundation Journalist Fellowship Programme

Thomson Reuters Foundation / University of Oxford

A fully funded fellowship at Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, giving working journalists three to six months to research and reflect on a topic in their field.

📍 Oxford, United KingdomPaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#oxford
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Early Career

SBI Youth for India Fellowship

State Bank of India Foundation

A 13-month fellowship placing young professionals with grassroots NGOs across rural India to work directly on development projects in health, education, livelihoods and the environment.

📍 Rural IndiaStipendMedium
#fellowship#rural-development#india
General

Acumen Fellows Program

Acumen

A year-long fellowship equipping emerging leaders to tackle poverty through moral leadership training, peer cohorts, and applied work on social enterprises, run in several regional tracks including India.

📍 Multiple countriesUnpaidHard
#fellowship#social-impact#leadership
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Early Career

Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship

Stanford University

A ten-month, full-time fellowship training clinicians, engineers, and business professionals to identify unmet health needs and invent new medical technologies from scratch.

📍 Stanford, California, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#medtech#innovation
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Early Career

Einstein Fellowship (Einstein Forum)

Einstein Forum

A residential fellowship at Einstein's former summer house in Caputh, Germany, giving a scholar or professional time and space to pursue a project outside their usual field.

📍 Caputh, GermanyStipendMedium
#fellowship#germany#interdisciplinary
Early Career

Humboldt Research Fellowship

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

A postdoctoral research fellowship enabling researchers of any nationality to conduct a self-chosen, long-term research project in Germany with a host of their choice.

📍 GermanyStipendHard
#fellowship#research#germany
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Early Career

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program

NVIDIA

A research fellowship for PhD students in fields like AI, graphics, robotics, and systems, providing funding plus a paid internship at NVIDIA Research.

📍 Multiple countriesStipendHard
#fellowship#phd#ai
Student

Google PhD Fellowship Program

Google

A multi-year fellowship recognizing outstanding PhD students doing innovative research in computer science and related fields, paired with a Google Research mentor.

📍 Multiple countriesStipendHard
#fellowship#phd#computer-science
Early Career

Rotary Peace Fellowship

The Rotary Foundation

A fully funded fellowship at one of Rotary's Peace Centers worldwide for a master's degree or professional development certificate in peace and conflict resolution.

📍 Multiple countriesPaidHard
#fellowship#peace#conflict-resolution
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Early Career

Obama Foundation Scholars Program

Obama Foundation / Columbia University

A nine-month, non-degree leadership program at Columbia University for young professionals already working on community and civic challenges in their home countries.

📍 New York, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#leadership#civic-impact
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Early Career

Schwarzman Scholars Program

Schwarzman Scholars / Tsinghua University

A fully funded one-year master's program in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a network of future leaders with firsthand understanding of China.

📍 Beijing, ChinaPaidHard
#fellowship#china#leadership
Student

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowship

World Bank Group

An eight-month, DC-based research fellowship pairing early-career economists with World Bank researchers on development-economics topics, aimed at candidates from developing countries.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#research#economics#fellowship
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