Diplomat Fellowship Program is an inspirational hands-on opportunity for college students who want to change the world and have a transformational impact on the lives of others.
The Fellowship is a structured program that includes cohort meetings and seminars, a mid-project evaluation, and a final project presentation at the end of the summer. It is an extra-curricular program for which Fellows do not gain course credit. However, a certificate of achievement will be provided, as well as access to project funding opportunities.
The Fellowship allows you to take on an important societal challenge. Sample areas include health care, homelessness, environment, education, economy and emergency preparedness and response. Fellows will be expected to:
- Identify, summarize and analyze publicly available, relevant research conducted to date.
- Create a solution that can be replicated for a well-defined social challenge in an urban environment.
- Outline recommendations for further study and research.
- Make recommendations on policy implications of the research.
- Draft white papers, along with presentations for dissemination to sector.
The Diplomat Fellowship provides the Fellows with a stipend of $4,000 over the course of the summer program to create a social venture. The purpose of the funding is to allow the Fellows to work full-time on their venture during the summer. Fellows should expect to work up to 30 hours a week. Fellows will be responsible for travel, meals and other incidental expenses.
Eligibility Requirements
A candidate must be a graduate student, an undergraduate student or a recent college graduate (within six months of beginning the Fellowship). Students who apply for the Fellowship must have a specific social impact area of interest they are passionate about commencing.
Your vision can range from small-scale social challenges to global needs. You may also work on an “intrapreneurial” project—an entrepreneurial project within an existing organization or company. We do not restrict our applicants; we encourage you to follow your passion in creating social impact solutions.
The successful candidate will be a positive team player with the moral imagination to effect long-term social change, with excellent thought leadership, writing, research, communication and presentation skills.
Application deadline is March 31, 2015.
For further details and application please visit the Diplomat Fellowship Program page.
