Application questions

Applicants are expected to complete the form and upload their CV in one session.
We recommend reviewing the questions and updating your CV before starting the application.

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Step 1 — About You

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Phone Number
  4. Email Address
  5. Date and Year of Birth
  6. Citizenship
  7. Country of Residence
  8. LinkedIn and other relevant professional or public social media channels
  9. What are your preferred pronouns? (she/her, he/him, they/them, or another set of pronouns you use)
  10. Academic Degree(s)
  11. What fellowships, leadership programs, or accelerators are you currently participating in or have participated in previously?
  12. Please upload your CV
  13. What do you consider your three most significant accomplishments to date (personal, professional, or both)?
    Why do you define these moments as accomplishments, and what do they reveal about how you measure success and impact?
  14. Describe a moment in your human rights or social justice work when you had to make a difficult or high-risk decision.
    What was at stake, what options were available to you, and how did you decide?
    What were the immediate and longer-term consequences?
  15. Human rights and social justice leadership often comes with personal cost.
    What has your work required you to give up or carry, and how has this shaped you as a leader and as a person?
  16. Please describe up to three leadership initiatives that have been most meaningful to you.

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Step 2 — About your Organization

  1. How did you hear about Global Fellows in Courage?
  2. What is the name of your organization or initiative?
  3. Please share your organization’s website and social media presence.
  4. What is your current role and level of decision-making responsibility within the organization?
  5. What is the single most important change your organization is trying to achieve right now — and why does it matter in your country's context?
  6. Tell us about some of the key challenges and opportunities your organization is currently facing.
  7. Where do you realistically see yourself and your organization in five years — and what must change for that future to be possible?

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Step 3 — Fellowship Project

  1. During the course of the Fellowship, we ask that each Fellow focus on making progress on a certain new initiative. What initiative will you focus on? This could be a new program, a geographic expansion, or the creation of a revenue-generating initiative to help support your organization’s sustainability.
  2. What part of your proposed Fellowship project feels most uncertain or risky to you?

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Step 4 — Your Fellowship Participation

  1. Do you anticipate any changes in your work or schedule in 2026 that could make full participation in the Fellowship a challenge?
  2. Can you commit to attending two 3-hour Zoom sessions each month?
  3. As part of the Fellowship, each Fellow will be matched with an expert coach who can provide customized advising.
    Have you ever worked with a coach before? Describe your experience.
  4. Can you commit to meeting with your coach at least two times per month in the second half of the Fellowship?