ELIGIBILITY:

Young professionals (18-35 years old) at the beginning of your futures and foresight journey and those who are older with under one year of experience in futures and foresight.

Looking to expand their futures & foresight knowledge and network.

Committed to community and network building.

Working on a brave, pioneering, futures-focused project idea for lasting change at the systems level in your communities or globally, and can be enhanced, scaled, and its impact deepened by using foresight.

Collaborative lifelong learners with a long-term vision for impact (at least 10 years ahead).

From anywhere in the world, especially those anchored in Asia and Africa – including Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific Islands and the Balkans.

We are particularly enthusiastic about applications from those working on the world’s most complex issues, or what we call Foresight Transformation Missions. They are Climate & Just Transitions, Democracy & Sustainable Development, Emerging Technologies, Futures Methods From Around the World & Indigenous Futures, Intergenerational Fairness, Nuclear Security, and Peacebuilding.

BENEFIT:

A USD 1,000 kick-started fund to support your project

A platform to connect with like-minded people from around the world

A project partner (usually an expert foresight practitioner) 

Foresight capability building via our introductory training course

Bi-weekly news & opportunity emails, including information about grants to develop your changemaking projects

Opportunity to be part of regional or thematic hubs 

Opportunity to participate in relevant futures and foresight events and projects

Opportunity to run for a USD 10,000 prize at the end of the fellowship year