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Applications for the 2024 Fellowship for US-based Fellows are now closed. To be notified when applications open for 2025 programs, please complete this form.

Scroll down for detailed information on what criteria we ask applicants to meet. Applications received from individuals who are not eligible will not be considered.

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2024 Eligibility Requirements for Applicants from the United States

Applicants to the Humanity in Action Fellowship must be one of the following:

  • currently enrolled undergraduate students from the US or at US-based colleges and universities (sophomores, juniors, and seniors); or
  • recent graduates (for the 2024 Fellowship, we define recent graduates as individuals from the undergraduate or graduate classes of 2022 and 2023. For undergraduates, we define recent graduates as individuals who attended accredited, four-year undergraduate colleges or universities in the United States, having graduated in spring 2022 or later); or
  • currently enrolled, second-year community college students who plan to continue their secondary education; or
  • currently enrolled Masters and PhD students at US-based universities.

If you are a United States citizen studying at a foreign university, you are eligible to apply to the Humanity in Action Fellowship through the United States. If you are a United States student studying at a university in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands or Poland, you may also be eligible to apply through the Humanity in Action offices in those countries. Please contact those offices directly to confirm your eligibility.

If you are a non-US citizen studying at a university in the United States, you are eligible to apply to the Humanity in Action Fellowship through the US office.

If you are a student or recent graduate from and/or based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, or Ukraine, you will need to apply through the European application process. Please click here to see which programs you are eligible for and how to apply. If you are unsure through which country’s application you should be applying, please contact admissions@humanityinaction.org.

Applicants are encouraged to apply to all programs you are interested in.

More questions? Please reference our FAQs page for more information.

Fellowship & Application Resources

Become a Fellow

Every year, new Humanity in Action Fellows come together in six cities across Europe and the United States to study how and why people resist intolerance and protect democratic values.

01 Year duration

06 Cities

150 Fellows per year