McCain Global Leaders Ukraine Fellowship 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2026

Applications are open for the McCain Global Leaders Ukraine Fellowship 2026. The McCain Global Leaders Ukraine Fellowship honors Senator John McCain’s legacy of character-pushed management, serving a trigger higher than ourselves, and his robust assist of a free and impartial Ukraine by bringing collectively a various, cross-sectoral cohort of Ukrainian leaders for a pilot management initiative centered on put up-struggle reconstruction. 

This three-month hybrid program will present contributors with the OPPORTUNITY to hone their management and technical expertise, together with communications and proposal improvement, in addition to to interact with worldwide specialists within the discipline of put up-struggle reconstruction. Fellows will even have the chance to join with the McCain Institute’s intensive community within the Washington, D.C. coverage house. The fellowship will run July by way of September 2026.

Costs

• Fellows’ journey and lodging bills are lined of their entirety by the McCain Institute.

Eligibility

• Be primarily based in Ukraine. 
• Have at the very least six years of related skilled expertise. 
• Have working English language proficiency.  
• Have permission from the Ukrainian authorities to depart Ukraine to take part within the August workshop. 

The McCain Institute seeks fellows from the next sectors: 

• Policy 
• Veterans 
• Civil Society 
• Business / Technology 
• Environment / Ecology 
• Media  
• Culture 

In service of Arizona State University’s dedication to inclusion, the McCain Institute strongly encourages candidates primarily based outdoors of the Kyiv area to apply. 

Application

Interested candidates should submit the next supplies: 

• A CV (not more than 2 pages) 
• A canopy letter (not more than 1 web page) that explains your motivation for collaborating within the fellowship and highlights any skilled or private experiences you could have within the discipline of put up-struggle reconstruction.  
• An essay (not more than 1 web page) that:
  • Outlines what you suppose are, and can be, the principle put up-struggle reconstruction challenges to your sector, and suggests how these intersect with a number of of the opposite sectors listed above.
  • Outlines how the fellowship will aid you to positively impression your sector and group.

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For extra info, go to McCain Global Leaders Ukraine Fellowship.