Funded Dalai Lama Fellowship in USA 2024

Funded Dalai Lama Fellowship in USA 2024-

Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) offers emerging social innovators a rigorous, interdisciplinary, and deeply contemplative program to reimagine leadership as involving self-awareness, personal sustainability, genuine compassion for others, and the capacity to skillfully navigate complex systems at multiple levels.

Over the course of a year, with the support of mentors and coaches, each Fellow implements an original field project addressing a local challenge and learns how to interweave their own transformation with the transformation of the communities with which they are engaging.

Upon graduation, Fellows join a community of LifeLong Fellows, with whom they connect in mutually supportive ways while continuing to advance their leadership journeys.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to fulfill the minimum requirements, through the application a candidate must demonstrate:

• Age requirements: 20-35 years old as of July 1, 2023
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Current engagement with or well-articulated plans for a social change project and sustained engagement with the project throughout the fellowship year (NOTE: due to the difficulty of launching a social innovation project from scratch, we give preference to applicants who have ongoing projects, but each year we have selected Fellows who have a concrete vision for a project and plans to launch during the fellowship year, given they have the adequate expertise, resources, and community connections at the time of applying)
• In-depth knowledge of the community and the issue that the project is seeking to address, preferably with at least one year of previous experience working with the community
• Interest in learning and engaging in contemplative practices throughout the year
• Commitment to participating in all dimensions of the program (online learning platform, 1-on-1 coaching calls, group learning calls, etc.)

Also, see: Fully Funded Emerging Global Leaders Scholarships at American University 2024

Benefits

• Attendance at the Contemplative Leadership Assembly in late July 2023 (DLF will cover all costs for travel, lodging, and meals for the Assembly)

The application for Dalai Lama Fellows consists:

• Applicant background and overview
• Short essay questions
• Video submission
• Resume/CV
• Letter of recommendation