Applications are open.
Dates: August 1st to November 12th, 2024 (16 weeks of programming).
Time Commitment: 10-12 hours per week
Format: Virtual with an in-person Immersive in Boulder, CO
Cost: Fully-funded with venture development stipend opportunities
Provides award-winning training, committed mentorship, and a powerful community of peers for next generation entrepreneurs to advance their impact-focused ventures, careers, and lives. The ideal candidate for the Watson Institute Flagship Fellowship is an entrepreneur whose impact venture is in the Product Market Fit or Scaling Stages.
Applications are open.
Dates: Starts in August 2024
Time Commitment: 3 or 4 year degree program
Format: In-Person in Boca Raton, Florida
Cost: Tuition-based program with scholarships
The revolutionary Bachelor of Science in Social Impact and Entrepreneurship from Lynn University, in collaboration with Watson Institute, is designed for students to major in their mission, gain experience as interns with leading organizations in their field, and develop the skill sets necessary to create impactful, successful careers.
Applications are closed.
Dates: February 17th to June 6th, 2024
Time Commitment: 16-week program, 10–12 hours per week
Format: Virtual with an in-person immersive and programming in Atlanta
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
Equips entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit founders with technical training, directly applicable business skills, and financial literacy to increase their positive impact within the communities they support through job creation and economic development. This Fellowship is for individuals impacting or serving emerging markets across rural and urban Georgia.
Applications are open.
Dates: August 8th, 2024 to November 19th, 2024 (16-weeks of programming).
Time Commitment: 10-12 hours per week
Format: Fully-virtual with localized in-person events
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is for next-generation entrepreneurs and community leaders from and working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe. This program is ideal for early-stage entrepreneurs.
Applications are closed.
Dates: March 4th to June 27th, 2024
Time Commitment: 10-12 hours per week
Format: Fully-virtual with localized in-person events
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
The Ford Fund Fellowship is a fully-funded virtual program that aims to equip next-generation entrepreneurs with the essential skills and hands-on experience necessary to enhance their ventures, access invaluable networks and resources, and drive transformative change in their communities.
Applications are open.
Dates: September 7th to December 12th, 2024. (14-week fellowship)
Time Commitment: 5-8 hours per week
Format: Virtual with an in-person immersive and optional programming in Bradford, PA
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
This Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute, will provide robust entrepreneurial training, mentorship, and venture development stipend opportunities to aspiring, early-stage entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders in the Bradford area. Fellows will deepen and expand the local entrepreneurial ecosystem with new and innovative ideas and ventures.
Applications are open.
Dates: August 1st to November 12th, 2024 (16 weeks of programming).
Time Commitment: 16-week program, 10-12 hours per week
Format: Fully-virtual with localized in-person events
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
The ‘Rising Leaders of Mexico’ Fellowship is a program designed to equip next-gen entrepreneurs from Mexico with ventures in the Product Fit or Scaling stage. With the support of the Watson Institute team, you will gain a roadmap of how to grow and scale your work and impact.
Applications are closed.
Dates: March 18th to July 2nd, 2024
Time Commitment: 16-week program, 10–12 hours per week
Format: Fully-virtual with localized in-person events
Cost: Fully-Funded with venture development stipend opportunities
The BMO Fellowship is a fully-funded venture and leadership program designed to provide comprehensive support to highly promising, diverse sustainability entrepreneurs and leaders. You will gain the skills to construct and refine your pitch, and you’ll have the opportunity to present it at the high-profile Summit event.
If you are not from one of the required countries, but the impact that you are creating with your venture is in one of the required countries, we will consider your application. Please make it clear where and how you are creating impact. Otherwise, take a look at one of our other programs that do not have country specific requirements. Our flagship Venture Accelerator is typically open to all countries.
We launch applications 4 months prior to the start of the program. Once an application is submitted it will take about two weeks for us to review. For applicants who make it through to the interview round, we release final admission decisions on a rolling basis and within a few weeks of your interview.
The average age for our Fellows is 29. We do not have age restrictions but we do take into consideration your professional background, education, venture stage, and entrepreneurial experience to best assess your fit for our programs.
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