Dalai Lama Fellows, founded in 2010 with the inspiration and encouragement of the 14th Dalai Lama, is reimagining leadership by cultivating and supporting a global movement of next generation leaders applying universal values and local understanding to solve global challenges at the communal level.  The program is secular and ecumenical.

We award year-long Fellowships to such next generation leaders that are working on social change projects in local communities to address one or more of the following areas: mitigating economic disparity, diminishing violence, gender inequity, improving cross-cultural and interreligious cooperation, facilitating new and more holistic educational approaches, and enhancing environmental sustainability.

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 Assembliesy with Fellows from around the world and dynamic faculty; and
• LifeLong affiliation in our global learning community and support system.

Requirements:

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

(1) Next generation leader who is between ages 20-35 years;

(2) Fluency in written and spoken English;

(3) Experience or interest in learning and practicing contemplative practices throughout the year;

(4) Description of project of social change/justice that can be undertaken over the year;

(5) In-depth knowledge of the community and the issue that the proposed project is seeking to work in and address, preferably with more than one year of previous experience working with the community in question;

(6) Commitment to participating in our online learning platform, which hosts our year-long curriculum;

(7)  Attendance at week-long Global Assembly in June 2019 and again in June 2020,  participation in monthly coaching calls through video conference, participation in monthly group calls with other Fellows, completion of curriculum, and peer-to-peer interaction on the platform.

Application Summary:

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