Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program 2026-2027 (up to $50,000) – YOA

Deadline: January 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program 2026-2027. The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship is an 11-month fellowship to develop a deep understanding of efficient options to starvation and poverty and their very own roles in reaching Zero Hunger within the United States.

Following orientation and area coaching in Washington, D.C., Emerson Fellows spend 5 months with group-primarily based organizations all through the United States. In mid-February fellows return to Washington for a second placement with organizations and authorities businesses centered on nationwide anti-starvation and anti-poverty coverage. Throughout the fellowship, fellows hone important expertise and type a powerful skilled cohort by way of in-individual trainings, retreats, {and professional} improvement periods.

Benefits

• Emerson Fellows sometimes obtain monetary packages of at least $50,000 over the period of the fellowship.
• Emerson Fellows achieve:
  • Membership in a dynamic studying group of fellows
  • Connection to an intensive community of alums, companions and consultants
  • Experience working with group and coverage leaders
  • Training, mentoring, and management improvement
  • Project administration expertise.

Eligibility

• U.S. citizenship or everlasting authorized residency (required)
• Commitment to ending starvation and poverty within the United States
• Ability to modify and adapt to new conditions
• Commitment to addressing root causes of starvation and poverty
• Demonstrated management qualities and expertise
• Ability to remedy issues in inventive and modern methods
• Enthusiasm for studying from all kinds of people with experience within the space anti-starvation/anti-poverty area
• Willingness to seek for new fashions in anti-starvation and anti-poverty work
• Lived expertise with starvation and poverty
• Experience working in low-earnings communities
• Excitement about peer studying in a good knit group of fellows
• Bachelor’s diploma, or equal expertise

Application

Assemble your supporting supplies. Submit, as a single pdf, the three paperwork outlined beneath. Applications that don’t embrace all three paperwork won’t be thought of.

• A one-web page resume;
• A one-web page private assertion, single spaced, which addresses the next:
  • What values, experiences, or views have formed your curiosity within the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship?
  • What specific qualities, data, experiences, and expertise will you contribute to your potential area and coverage placements?
  • How do you anticipate this fellowship to contribute to reaching your skilled objectives?
• A one-web page response to the next brief essay questions (every response needs to be single spaced and half-web page in size):
  • How have your group work and life experiences modified your perspective on starvation and poverty over time?
  • What position do you imagine authorities performs, or ought to play, in addressing advanced social issues similar to starvation and poverty

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship.