Top Fellowships for the month of December 2020 to look out for

NGOBOX, India’s largest development sector platform, brings together various opportunities for the development sector professionals in India. Here’s the list of Top 10 Fellowships for December 2020

Title: GNI Emerging Voices Fellowship Program

Organization: Global Network Initiative (GNI)

Deadline: 30th December, 2020

About:

The Global Network Initiative (GNI) was launched in 2008 is a unique multistakeholder platform. Fellows will work with GNI’s diverse membership, including information and communications technology (ICT) companies and human rights and press freedom non-governmental organizations to foster shared learning, advocacy, and contribute their own experience to GNI’s unique multistakeholder platform.

Criteria:

• Be based in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, or sub-Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated experience or interest and aptitude for working on freedom of expression and privacy issues in the ICT sector.
• Ability to attend three in-person meetings (health and travel restrictions permitting) and one remote (call-in) event, as well as preparation calls.
• Willingness to designate one member of the applying organization to be the main point of contact for this fellowship.

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Title: IMMANA Fellowships for emerging leaders in agriculture, nutrition, & health research

Organization: Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA)

Deadline: 31st December, 2020

About:

IMMANA is a research initiative led which develop scientific evidence to inform policies and investments in agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition and health. Career development Fellowships on Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA Fellowships) aim to create a cadre of emerging leaders in agriculture, nutrition, and health research.

Criteria:

• Eligible candidates have completed a doctoral degree in any field related to agriculture, nutrition or health research and practice.

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Title: Social Alpha Agritech Innovations Challenge 2.0

Organization: Social Alpha

Deadline: 31st December, 2020

About:

At Social Alpha, they believe that science and technology innovations and entrepreneurship has the potential to bring about a positive change in the life of masses. The core objective of the Social Alpha Agritech Innovations Challenge 2.0 is to curate innovative technologies that positively impact the lives of smallholder farmers. Winners will receive support in their lab to last-mile journey, including sponsored pilots in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Criteria:

• Social Alpha Agritech Innovations Challenge 2.0 is a search for innovators and entrepreneurs with transformative technologies that address a curated set of challenges faced by the smallholder farmers. Individuals, group of individuals, social enterprises and start-ups registered in India are eligible to apply for the program.
• Applicants are requested to select the most appropriate category based on the development stage/technology readiness level of the product.
• In case you apply to the wrong category they will shift you to the right category based on your product’s stage of development. However, you may have missed some questions that had to be answered as a part of the correct category since both the application forms have certain unique questions. So, you are advised to please choose carefully.

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Title: Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability (GPODS) Fellowship 2021

Organization: EnviPol

Deadline: 3rd January, 2021

About:

EnviPol is an environmental consultancy whjich provide various verticals across paradigms to integrate enviro-legal structures into the vision and workings of organizations to make their functioning more organic and organized. The GPODS fellowship program goes beyond traditional academic learning by offering enriched experiential learning and interdisciplinary collaboration through its courses offered in diplomacy, public policy and sustainability.

Criteria:

• GPODS is made for students and professionals who are at a Watershed Threshold in their academic or professional lives. The Watershed Threshold would signify a significant moment at which the professional would seek to transit into bigger roles in her/his career or scholarly pursuits. This would mean an effort which is catalyzed by GPODS, to delve deeper into areas of their respective interests or expertise by dedicating time and energy towards multi-disciplinary learning to hone their skills - all while developing an intra and inter-peer network of global leaders.;
• Be open to working in or studying sectors outside their comfort zone;
• Basic knowledge of English language is required.

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Title: Resilience Fellowship 2021

Organization: Global Initiative

Deadline: 4th January, 2021

About:

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime is an independent civil society organization. The Resilience Fellowship is a new initiative of the Resilience Fund that provides support and opportunities to a cohort of individuals from around the world, including civil-society actors, human-rights activists, journalists, artists, scholars, policymakers, community leaders and others working to counter the effects of organized crime.

Criteria:

• These can represent the fields of journalism and media; activism; advocacy and community mobilization; the creative arts (including artists, writers, filmmakers and others); community leaders (religious, cultural or youth leaders); academia (researchers and scholars), and the public sector (policymakers). Individuals from other disciplines will be considered if their work is relevant to the Resilience Fellowship’s objectives and annual theme.
• The Fellowship welcomes applications from individuals of any gender, ethnicity, age, religion, or any other defining factor, who work in communities affected by organized crime. The overall make-up of the 10 Fellows will be diverse and will reflect an equitable geographic and gender balance.

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Title: FASPE Journalism Fellowship Program 2021

Organization: FASPE

Deadline: 6th January, 2021

About:

FASPE was founded in response to two distinct yet interrelated societal forces which engages with their Fellows by providing them with the forums for sharing, collaborating and advising on matters that affect them and their professions. FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program.

Criteria:

• FASPE Journalism applicants must be interested in journalism as a career and fit into one of the following two categories: 1) be enrolled in a graduate program of any kind and planning to work as a journalist; 2) be working as a journalist with an undergraduate degree in any field received between May 2015 and May 2020 or a graduate degree in any field received between May 2019 and January 2021.
• FASPE seeks Fellows who are about to embark on their career as professionals, are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to unpack difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings.
• FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership and ability to contribute to the program and the alumni community. All applications are welcome and reviewed.

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Title: HUCE Environmental Fellows Program 2021

Organization: Harvard University

Deadline: 11th January, 2021

About:

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The Fellows program enables recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard’s extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows will work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department while also strengthening connections across the University’s academic disciplines.

Criteria:

• Candidates for 2021 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2017 and August 2021. (Fellows must have filed their dissertation before starting their appointment in September 2021.)
• Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose research projects in any discipline. Applicants without a Ph.D. may apply if they have studied in fields where the Ph.D. is not the typical terminal degree. All successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience performing scholarly research.
• Candidates may have received their degrees at any university in the world. Foreign nationals are eligible for fellowships, though study at Harvard requires proficiency in English.

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Title: Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program 2021

Organization: CDDRL - Stanford University

Deadline: 11th January, 2021

About:

CDDRL at Stanford University is an interdisciplinary center for research on development in all of their dimensions:  political, economic, social, and legal, and the ways in which these different dimensions interact with one another Draper Hills Summer Program (DHSF) is a three-week intensive academic training program that is hosted annually at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. 

Criteria:

• This program is aimed at mid-career practitioners working actively in the fields of democracy, development, and the rule of law.
• Each year we strive to recruit a diverse group of 25 to 30 individuals who are at the right stage in their professional trajectory to benefit from rigorous academic training to enhance their potential to promote democratic change in their home countries.
• Successful applicants will have academic credentials necessary to participate and contribute to the six-hour seminars each day and tackle advanced academic readings to complement the classroom-based curriculum. Ninety-nine percent of our alumni hold a bachelor’s degree at the time of their participation in the program but this is not a requirement for admission to the program.
• A working knowledge of English is an important prerequisite for participation in the program. It is expected that each fellow has a solid command of written and spoken English to fully benefit and participate in the program.

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Title: Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Program 2021

Organization: Clinton Foundation

Deadline: 15th January, 2021

About:

Clinton Foundation works with strategic partners to develop and implement programs that create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. The Clinton Global Initiative University is looking for higher education student leaders who are committed to take action in their community to address a pressing challenge. They are looking for undergraduate and graduate students across the world who is motivated to make a positive change in the areas of education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.

Criteria:

• You are eligible to apply to the CGI U Class of 2021 if you have never previously been accepted to CGI U;
• You are at least 18 years of age; and
• Currently enrolled in an institution of higher education at the time of application.

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Title: Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) 2021

Organization: The Association of Commonwealth Universities

Deadline: 18th January, 2021

About:

ACU is an international organisation dedicated to building a better world through higher education. A Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship is a unique opportunity to study for a two-years Master’s degree in low or middle-income country of the Commonwealth.

Criteria:

• Citizens (or those who hold refugee status) in a Commonwealth country are welcome to apply
• Applicants must apply for a QEAS award in a country other than their home country/country of citizenship
• There is no upper age limit to be eligible for a QECS Award
• You must have already completed your degree and have graduated with an equivalent of a 2:1 at the time of application. As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your final transcript and degree certificate
• QECS awards are only for new students and cannot be used to fund a course that has already been started

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