Deadline: 3 February 2025
The New America’s Fellows Program invests in thinkers—journalists, scholars, filmmakers, and public policy analysts—who generate big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of their day.
The Fellows Program aims to support National Fellows in three primary areas: provide funding to support talented individuals to pursue ambitious endeavors, build a community grounded in cohort gatherings throughout the year, and provide access to platforms and partners that can support their work.
New America fellows are selected on a highly competitive basis and serve—most on an adjunct basis, some full-time—for a one-year term. During that period, they aim to give them an intellectual home where they have the time, space, and resources to pursue their projects; a community where they can learn from one another; and opportunities to engage with others at New America and help shape the longer-term agenda and focus of their organization.
Funding Information
- Stipends generally fall into the following levels: $15,000-$30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- They consider applications from those who may be based abroad for all or part of the year, and they accept applications from non-US citizens.
- The important consideration is that no matter where you are based, they expect New America Fellows to be involved in the New America community. That may include traveling to their various offices for events as speakers or moderators, attending or calling into their Fellows Program sessions, and otherwise engaging in conversations they are having at New America.
- New America is headquartered in Washington, DC, but they also have a presence in San Francisco, and Chicago that can serve as local hubs for Fellows.
Application Requirements
- 1-3 sentence project description
- Statement of interest (2,000-word limit)
- Plan of approach (500-word limit)
- Policy implications (500-word limit)
- Resume (not to exceed five pages)
- A cover page for written work samples
- However, if you prefer to prepare your own cover page, please note that it should include your full name and the following information about each sample as follows:
- Title:
- Publication:
- Publication date:
- Description of the piece (1-3 sentence summary):
- However, if you prefer to prepare your own cover page, please note that it should include your full name and the following information about each sample as follows:
- Up to three (3) written and/or non-written work samples
- Two (2) reference letters
For more information, visit New America.
