Presidential Precinct Global Democracy Fellowship 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 2, 2026

Applications are open for the Presidential Precinct Global Democracy Fellowship 2026. This 6-week immersive program will speed up your development as a frontrunner in democracy, equipping you to domesticate lasting transformation in your group, nation, and area.

Building on the legacy of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, and expanded to incorporate Fellows from all over the world, this signature program is designed for rising and established leaders with the potential to make a difference for democracy. Fellows will interact in educational and sensible programming on the University of Virginia and William & Mary, two premier American universities, in addition to the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James Monroe’s Highland, and Colonial Williamsburg.

This is a collaborative studying expertise through which Fellows develop partnerships throughout borders and disciplines. Fellows will return home with the information, abilities, and connections they want for the subsequent section of their management in democracy.

Costs

• The Fellowship will cowl participant prices for the DS-2019, which is required for a U.S. J-1 visa. Note that individuals are answerable for visa appointment and SEVIS charges.
• Participants will likely be answerable for paying for any well being bills not coated by their insurance coverage, together with however not restricted to co-pays, over-the-counter medicine, and prescription medicine. The Fellowship will cowl all meal bills.
• Meals will likely be offered straight (i.e. catered), served at a eating corridor, or meals will likely be by yourself which will likely be paid for utilizing a debit card with pre-loaded funds. For all programming actions and airport transfers from Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Charlottesville and Williamsburg to IAD, transportation will likely be offered. For any actions exterior of official programming, individuals are answerable for discovering and paying for their very own transportation.
• All lodging is roofed by the Fellowship.

Eligibility

• Qualified candidates are social motion leaders, leaders of civil society organizations, native authorities officers, parliamentarians, democracy and human rights defenders, journalists, and creatives.
• Applicants ought to have at the very least seven years’ demonstrated expertise in democracy-constructing, drawing on a number of of those skilled disciplines: authorities and politics, regulation, peacebuilding, advocacy for weak communities and communities underneath menace, communications, media and journalism, and cultural heritage and preservation.
• Applicants have to be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Preference will likely be given to candidates from key nations primarily based on indices revealed by V-DEM, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Atlantic Council Freedom Index, and comparable sources.

Application

Applications are due by February 2, 2026, at 11:59 PM Eastern. The Fellowship runs from June 13 by way of July 23, 2026.

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For extra info, go to Global Democracy Fellowship.