Dalai Lama Fellowship 2025 for Social Entrepreneurs Leaders (Funded to United States of America)

The Dalai Lama Fellowship 2025 offers emerging leaders from all around the world mentorship and coaching to design and implement their own original field project addressing a global challenge.

Application Deadline: 3rd December 2024

Eligible Countries: All

To be taken at (country): United States

About the Award: The Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) experience is an immersive, year-long commitment that mentors each Fellow through a leadership curriculum inspired by exemplary leaders like the Dalai Lama.  This curriculum will help you become more mindful, increase awareness of your inner values and how they relate to your work, deeply connect with people around you, and provide new ways of building sustainable solutions to complex problems.

We are inviting interested applicants to participate in an honest self-reflection process that offers an opportunity not only to apply to the program but also to reflect on personal values and goals.

• Be Authentic: As you reflect on and respond to these questions, remember not to tell us what you think we want to hear. Be authentic with yourself and share that authenticity with our team.
• Be Courageous: This application is an opportunity to reflect on how you can grow as a leader. Be courageously bold, imagine the kind of leader you can become, and tell us about it.
• Be Thoughtful: Take time to respond to each question. Save drafts. Share reflections with trusted friends and colleagues. The most successful applications are not only well written but demonstrate thoughtfulness and introspection.
• Save an Offline Copy: We recommend that you first reiew the entire application form and then spend time offline composing your responses in Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Be sure to save an offline copy in case of a technological error or broken connection.

Type: Fellowship (Professional)

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

• Age requirements: 20-36 years old as of April 1, 2025
• 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, including online learning platform, 1-on-1 coaching calls, group learning calls, etc. (We estimate full participation in the fellowship requires about 12 hours per month, not including Fellows’ work on their projects) 
• Attendance at the Contemplative Leadership Assembly in mid-July 2025 (DLF will cover all costs for travel, lodging, and meals for the Assembly)

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: We provide each Project Fellow with:

• Immersion in our distinctive yearlong Head, Heart, Hands leadership curriculum;
• One-on-one coaching to support their projects in social change and personal development as contemplative and collaborative leaders;
• Participation in two week-long Global Assemblies  with Fellows from around the world and dynamic faculty; and
• Lifelong affiliation in our global learning community and support system.

Duration of Programme: 

How to Apply: The application for Dalai Lama Fellows consists of six major parts:

•  Your Resume/CV
•  Applicant Background and Overview
•  One Letter of Recommendation
•  Essay Questions
•  Application Video

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