Hansen Leadership Institute Program 2024 (Fully Funded to the USA)

DEADLINE: JAN 15 2024 | Hansen Leadership Institute Program 2024 (Fully Funded to the USA)

Now Accepting 2024 Scholarship Applications

The Hansen Leadership Institute 2024 search for International applicants is now open. International Applicants have until 11:30 PM Pacific Time on January 15, 2024 to apply. U.S. Applicants have until 11:30 PM Pacific Time on March 15, 2024 to apply.

Leadership

HLI provides training in the principles, practices, and psychology of effective, ethical and visionary leadership. We also train Hansen Fellows to be effective communicators and public speakers. In recent years, we have begun to expand our focus to gender issues in leadership as well. The intense, 24/7 face to face community of our three-week program becomes a path to a vibrant virtual hub, where Hansen alum engage, connect, and mutually support each other’s projects of peace and community building.

Mediation & Conflict Resolution

Making peace is an art that calls for understanding and nuanced social abilities. HLI offers excellent training and practical instruction in these fields. Additionally, we give our Fellows the tools they need to successfully and politely connect across cultural and political divides in order to promote restorative justice and reconciliation. In many conflict resolution scenarios, human rights concerns are crucial. Thus, a human rights activist and specialist with substantial knowledge and experience in these areas also serves as a trainer for HLI Fellows.

International Cooperation

The heart of HLI is that it fosters deep friendship and solidarity with like-minded others from zones of conflict across the world. Fellows become lifelong members of a close-knit and highly engaged international community, which exposes them to new opportunities for service, education, and friendship across borders. The three-week program itself is a yearly experiment in international cooperation. People from warring countries start as awkward roommates. They leave the program as close friends with a mutual resolve to make peace between their peoples.

Our Vision

International cooperation was to be the means by which Fred J. Hansen envisioned a more peaceful world. He wanted foreigners to come to the United States to see its government, economy, and culture firsthand. He also wished for more knowledge among Americans on the peoples and customs of the wider world. To realise this vision, he was aware that principled, driven, and unwavering leadership would be necessary.

This vision of global peace brought about by increased mutual understanding and morally sound leadership serves as the foundation for the Hansen Leadership Institute. By means of generational shift, we aim for this. We think that bringing together young leaders from conflict-ridden regions of the world is necessary to ensure future peace. It is necessary for foes to become friends. They need to learn how to work through their issues with mutual respect as well as without resorting to violence. They will then inspire others to follow suit. Kindness and respect are contagious, just like violence is.

HLI aims to increase hope in a world that sometimes seems to be without it. We do not think that perpetual warfare and ever-present violence are inevitable or appropriate. The belief held by Hansen Fellows is that they have the power to drastically improve the world. HLI is here to support them in doing so.

Eligibility requirements?

To participate in the Hansen Summer Institute, candidates must meet the following eligibility requirements:

NON – U.S. STUDENTS: (from zones of conflict and/or social strife)

• Upper division undergraduate with 2 years of college/university or graduate student with a professional interest in international relations, diplomacy, international economic development or related fields.
• Students must be between the ages of 20-25 at the start of the program.
• Must have demonstrated leadership potential outside of the classroom in the community, nation or region.
• Have an academic adviser verify in writing the candidate’s English proficiency
• Have a valid international passport with U.S. visa if necessary by the time the program begins
• Preference will be given to those who have never visited the United States

What if I have been to the United States before?

Preference will be given to students who have never been to the United States before but all qualified students are encouraged to apply.

U.S. STUDENTS: (Students from any university in the United States)

• Upper-division undergraduate with 2 years of college/university or graduate student with a professional interest in international relations, diplomacy, international economic development or related fields.
• Students must be between the ages of 20-25 at the start of the program.
• Must have demonstrated leadership potential outside of the classroom in the community, nation or region.

Successful applicants must demonstrate leadership potential by having worked outside of class in community service, another public service, or in a non-governmental organization. A 

• International Scholarship Application is due January 15, 2024 by 11:30 Pacific Time
• U.S. Scholarship Application is due March 15, 2024 by 11:30 Pacific Time
• All application materials must be in by these deadlines; late submissions will not be reviewed.

The Hansen Leadership Institute 2024 Scholarship application portal for both International and U.S. appplicants can be found here:

APPLY HERE : Hansen Leadership Institute Program 2024