Acumen Global Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs and Changemakers 2019

Acumen is offering global fellowships for entrepreneurs and changemakers in 2019. The Acumen Fellowship is a one year program that immerses Fellows in world-class leadership training, field work with social enterprises on the front lines, and a community of changemakers and thought leaders.

The program is the start of a journey towards mastering the skills, attributes, and values of moral leadership: a combination of empathy, immersion, understanding, and action. What binds our Fellows is shared values, a common commitment to a world beyond poverty and injustice, a pledge to accompany one another, to help and celebrate one another, and to hold each other to account

They’re building a pipeline of leaders who understand what it takes to create change in our complex, interconnected world. The Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program designed to connect and cultivate a pipeline of social changemakers who are committed to tackling poverty and injustice in their communities.

Worth of Award

Acumen covers all program-related expenses during the fellowship year. This includes all costs associated with the seminars including lodging, food, transportation and visas.

Eligibility

Although many of our Fellows do work in social enterprises, Fellows can be working in any sector (including for-profit, nonprofit, corporations, and government).

Fellows go on various career paths and personal journeys over their lives, but many of the Fellows we’ve seen over the years include:

• Entrepreneurs who have founded or are leading a for-profit or nonprofit organization that provides critical goods and services to the underserved
• Intrapreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to tackle poverty or injustice from within existing institutions by shifting institutional culture and building new collaborations.
• Organizational builders who are supporting the growth of poverty or injustice-focused institution from within, but not as the founder or CEO

They are looking for individuals who currently have a leadership role in an organization or initiative committed to fighting poverty or injustice on a full-time basis. They will, on an exceptional basis, consider applicants who are working part-time, as long as they demonstrate a full-time commitment to fighting poverty or injustice.

How to Apply

Application for Acumen Fellowships must be completed and submitted online.

Deadline: Applications are open until August 11th for the 2020 cohort of Acumen Fellows. 

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