About this opportunity
The Yale World Fellows programme is now accepting applications for the 2027 cohort. Yale describes it as the university's flagship four-month, full-time residential program for extraordinary leaders from across the globe who serve, inspire and motivate others, based at the International Leadership Center, now housed in the Jackson School of Global Affairs.
The
Eligibility
rule is a citizenship one. The programme page states that applicants must be citizens of a country other than the United States, and it welcomes leaders from fields including public policy, healthcare, education, business, technology, international development and social entrepreneurship, so Nigerian and other African citizens are inside the stated pool.
Applications close on Wednesday, 2 December at 14:00 PM Eastern Time. Submissions go through the programme's own online application system, and the page notes that recommenders upload letters inside that system rather than by email.
Two things worth knowing before you start. The programme page does not print a stipend or award figure, so read the award terms in the application portal before you plan a four month absence from work.
And the Fellows centre states that individual application feedback cannot be given because of the volume received, so treat the application itself as the whole case you make.
What you receive
- A four month, full-time residential fellowship year at Yale
- Cohort programming with leaders from across the globe at the International Leadership Center
Who can apply
- Applicants must be citizens of a country other than the United States
- Leaders working in fields the programme names, including public policy, healthcare, education, business, technology, international development and social entrepreneurship
- Applications for the 2027 programme are made through the programme's own online application system
How to apply
- Apply through the Yale World Fellows online application system
- Ask your recommenders to upload their letters inside the same application system
- Submit before the closing time of 14:00 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday 2 December 2026
Selection process
- The programme states that it cannot give individual application feedback because of the volume received
Sources and verification
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