Dalai Lama Fellows Program 2027 for Emerging Changemakers – YOA

Deadline: November 11, 2026

Applications are open for the Dalai Lama Fellows Program 2027. The Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) affords a one-12 months fellowship program for rising changemakers aiming to domesticate management practices rooted in knowledge and compassion. The interdisciplinary and deeply contemplative program offers a curriculum, teaching, group studying, and extra types of assist to assist Fellows apply what they’re studying within the fellowship to their necessary work on this planet.

During the fellowship 12 months, every Fellow implements an authentic discipline undertaking addressing a neighborhood problem. With this system’s assist, Fellows domesticate capacities of self-consciousness, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, listening and communication, methods-pondering, and rather more to assist their work make a genuinely constructive influence on the communities they serve. Fellows’ studying can be supported by instruction in a variety of contemplative practices that foster a deeper connection to self, others, and ecosystems.

DLF integrates the native and world, serving to its Fellows perform necessary work of their native communities whereas connecting them to a world community of kindred spirits. Upon commencement, Fellows be part of the group of LifeLong Fellows, with whom they join in mutually supportive methods whereas persevering with to advance their management journeys.

Program Components

• For a lot of the fellowship, Fellows take part remotely. They work on their compassion-in-motion initiatives whereas partaking with DLF’s on-line management curriculum and receiving digital teaching and mentorship. At the start and finish of the fellowship 12 months, Fellows collect for per week-lengthy Contemplative Leadership Assembly within the United States.

Eligibility

Candidate should show:

• Be 20-36 years previous as of April 1, 2027
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Current engagement with or effectively-articulated plans for a social change undertaking and sustained engagement with the undertaking all through the fellowship 12 months (NOTE: as a result of issue of launching a social innovation undertaking from scratch, we give desire to candidates who’ve ongoing initiatives, however every year we now have chosen Fellows who’ve a concrete imaginative and prescient for a undertaking and plans to launch throughout the fellowship 12 months, given they’ve the ample experience, sources, and group connections on the time of making use of)
• In-depth information of the group and the problem that the undertaking is looking for to handle, ideally with at the least one 12 months of earlier expertise working with the group
• Interest in studying and fascinating in contemplative practices all year long
• Commitment to collaborating in all dimensions of this system, together with on-line studying platform, 1-on-1 teaching calls, group studying calls, and so forth. (We estimate full participation within the fellowship requires about 12 hours per 30 days, not together with Fellows’ work on their initiatives)
• Attendance on the digital Contemplative Leadership Assembly in May 2027

Application

The application for Dalai Lama Fellows consists of 5 foremost components:

• Applicant background and overview
• Short essay questions
• Video submission
• Resume/CV
• Letter of advice

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For extra info, go to Dalai Lama Fellows Program.