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NextGen Service Fellowship
If you have questions about the NextGen Service Fellowship, including document submissions and/or the application process, contact the program at the address below.
Applications Are Open
Timeline
- Application Opens: April 16, 2025
- Application Deadline: May 8, 2025 (April 25 for Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs)
- Applicants Notified of Results: 2nd week of June
- Fellows Submit Require Documents: 2nd half of June
- IIE Places Fellows with International Organizations (as needed): 2nd half of June
- IIE Coordinates Travel: June/July
- Fellows Travel International: Mid-July to Mid-August (or program dates)
- Post Program Work: Mid-August to Mid-September
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Summer Program Options
Fellows’ projects may include internships, service-learning, and volunteer opportunities. Non-governmental organizations located in each destination will host the fellows. The organizations may be local or global.
Applicants may either select a pre-existing program they’d like to participate in or work with IIE to be placed at an NGO in Ethiopia, Mexico, or Southeast Asia. Placements will be made after Fellows are selected. Review the options below.
Participate in a pre-identified program (a program that you have applied to or been accepted to), through your university or through an established program – such as a study abroad organization, an international volunteer organization, or an overseas university.
- Type of Program: As long as your host organization has an experiential learning and development focus (broadly defined), you may apply for funding. Study abroad programs comprised of classroom study only will not be funded. Applicants should discuss options with their advisors, departments, and study abroad offices.
- Funding: The Fellowship will provide funding for up to 4 weeks of your program. You may participate in a longer program at your own expense. See the Benefits section for more information.
- Timing: Must be in summer 2025, and at least four weeks of the international program must be after July 1.
- Eligible Example: You have an overseas summer internship from June 20 to August 10. At least 4-weeks of this program takes place after July 1.
- Ineligible Example: You have an overseas internship from June 1 to July 10. While this program is long enough, it does not take place during the correct time frame.
- Where: Most Fellows will be based in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, but if the program is in a different international location, and focuses on international development, you may still apply for funding.
IIE will place you with an appropriate host organization.
- Type of Organization: The organization will have a development focus. Placements may be internship or service learning/volunteer project-oriented.
- Where: Ethiopia, Mexico, or Southeast Asia. You will have an opportunity to indicate your preference in the application. IIE cannot guarantee that everyone will be placed in their top location choice.
- When: Mid-July to Mid-August for 4 weeks.
- Housing and Visas: IIE will provide information to Fellows to assist in applying for visas and finding appropriate housing.
- University Credit: Fellows will need to speak to their home institutions about possible credits. IIE cannot guarantee that participants will receive credits.
- Language Skills: Spanish language skills may be required for placement in Mexico.
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Eligibility and Selection Criteria
Eligibility
All applicants must be U.S. citizens and meet the following criteria by the application deadline:
- 21 years or older
- Enrolled as a student at a partner university as of May 1, 2025 (see list below)
- Available to participate in an international summer 2025 internship, service-learning, or volunteer project for a 4-week period between mid-July and mid-August
- All fields of study are eligible
Selection Criteria
- Interest and/or Commitment to a Career in the Humanitarian and Development Sector
- Academic Merit
- Leadership and Responsibility
- Flexibility and Adaptability
Partner Universities
- Arizona State University
- Boise State University
- Clemson University
- Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs
- Duke University-Sanford School of Public Policy
- Harvard Center for International Development student affiliates
- Iowa State University
- Johns Hopkins University
- The University of Texas at Austin: LBJ School of Public Affairs
- University of Kentucky
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Program Benefits and Requirements
Benefits
Program benefits are for a 4-week program. Students participating in longer programs may self-fund portions beyond 4 weeks. Fellows with shorter programs will receive pro-rated funding. The fellowship covers:
- Up to $6,700 to cover housing, food, local transportation, and incidentals, including visa expenses, over a 4-week period
- Round-trip economy airfare from the United States to program destination*
- Enrollment in IIE’s International Health Insurance Plan*
*If you are required to purchase airfare or insurance through your program or university, IIE will reimburse based on equivalent amounts had IIE booked directly.
Program Requirements
Successful completion of the NextGen Service Fellowship Program is contingent on all of the following:
- Submission of all required documentation to IIE
- Active participation in the summer program
- Submission of a pre-survey, post-survey, and narrative report
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NextGen Service Fellowship
The NextGen Service Fellowship will provide funding for 50 U.S. college students at partner universities to gain hands-on experience in international development while addressing the needs of vulnerable and marginalized communities overseas. This Fellowship aims to inspire and equip the next generation of American public service leaders through immersive, hands-on experience working in and with communities around the world, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The NextGen Service Fellowship is powered by IIE with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Learn more about the eligibility and selection criteria.
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NextGen Service Fellowship
Take Action Lab
Take Action Lab is a semester-long program designed to equip young people ages 17-
22 with the skills needed to create lifelong impact. In Take Action Labs, students travel
abroad with a global cohort, apprentice with leading nonprofit organizations, and build
skills in cross-cultural communication, creative problem-solving, and more. At the end of
the program, students join a global alumni community, including access to an exclusive
Alumni Community Hub and professional development opportunities. Take Action Lab
tuition includes research backed curriculum, cultural experiences, apprenticeship
matching and support, room and board, a basic living expense stipend, a local support
team, and airport transfer on arrival and departure. Applicants will have the opportunity
to apply for financial aid.
Take Action Lab applicants can select from two real world learning experiences for the
August 2025 term:
Take Action Lab: Human Rights
- Cape Town, South Africa
- An immersive semester based on a unique curriculum anchored in 10 human
rights focus areas. - Includes apprenticeships with local organizations in Cape Town, advancing
universal human rights through food security, education, women’s rights, youth
empowerment, and services for refugees and migrants.
Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability
- Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia,
- An environmental and systems-focused curriculum rooted in the Nine Planetary
Boundaries. - Includes apprenticeships with local organizations advancing sustainability,
protecting nature, and building climate-resilient communities.
Contact
tiltingfutures@iie.org
Sponsor
This program is funded by Tilting Futures, a nonprofit organization on a mission to make
immersive global learning a universal rite of passage for every young person.
Application
The application must be completed online. You may review the full list of questions before starting.
- Application Deadline: May 8, 2025 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
- April 25 for Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs
Application Components
The application includes:
- Describe your academic and professional goals, including what led you to these goals, how you have worked to achieve them thus far, and how you plan to achieve them moving forward.
- Tell us about a time when you’ve had to navigate uncertainty. What did you learn about yourself that you might use for the future? You may consider past school, work, internships, or volunteer experiences.
- Describe a development challenge or project that you have studied or taken part in firsthand that you believe had a significant impact. What lessons do you take from this example, and how would they shape your approach to effective development work?
- Identify up to five current or past jobs, internships, volunteer activities, or clubs that are most relevant to this fellowship.
- Email your most recent transcript to NextGen@iie.org. If you are in your first semester at your current university, and a transcript will not be available by May 8, send a current class schedule along with your prior university’s transcript.
- Letters should be academic or professional in nature. Your recommender should be able to speak to your interest in and abilities to participate in an international internship or service-learning program.
- Your recommender should email the letter, from their work email address, to NextGen@iie.org. Ask if they are willing to copy you when they send the letter, as IIE may not be able to confirm receipt of all recommendations.
- IIE will only accept and review one letter of recommendation per applicant. While optional, this letter will strengthen your application.
Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellowship
2024-2025 competition cycle of the Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellowship is now closed.
About Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellowship
The Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellowship aims to empower women in India to take on future leadership roles in environmental sustainability. It offers professional development through discussion- and project-based learning, fostering strategic relationships and networks among peers. The inaugural cohort will consist of up to 10 outstanding young women in their second or third year of undergraduate studies, all with a demonstrated interest in environmental sustainability and leadership potential.
The EnviroChamp Fellowship, supported by the Avery Dennison Foundation, reflects the Foundation’s commitment to increasing education access, advancing environmental sustainability, and supporting secure livelihoods globally.
Fellowship Benefits
- A financial award of USD 1,500
- Professional development training
- End-of-Program celebratory event
Administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the Avery Dennison Foundation, the EnviroChamp Fellowship is committed to building the capacity of each recipient to make a meaningful impact.
About Avery Dennison
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