Get Engaged Year-long Student Fellowship and 2025 Summer Leadership Conference
The Open Society University Network Civic Engagement Initiative is accepting applications for the Get Engaged Year-long Student Fellowship and 2025 Summer Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference.- Approximately 40 OSUN-wide undergraduate students will be selected for the fellowship with conference.
- Participants attend 12 monthly interactive, community-of-practice workshops; six workshops prior to the conference and six workshops after the conference.
- Fellows will attend the week-long, immersive, in-person conference held halfway through the fellowship.
About the Fellowship
The OSUN Civic Engagement Fellowship is a year-long program designed to equip students across the OSUN network with the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to lead impactful civic engagement initiatives. The cohort will be comprised of 40 outstanding undergraduate students based on their demonstrated leadership of community-based civic engagement projects.
Throughout the fellowship, participants will engage in structured virtual learning sessions, mentorship, and hands-on project development over the course of one year including 12 interactive workshops and leadership programming. Following the immersive, in-person conference held mid-way through the program, participants will be eligible for microgrant funding to support project expansion. At the end of the year, a separate online conference open to the Network will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on lessons learned.
SUMMER CONFERENCE LOCATION & DATES: Vilnius, Lithuania at the European Humanities University, from July 14 (arrival) - July 21 (departure)
*Reserve July 13 and July 22 as extended travel days
About the Summer Conference:
Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership conference is a student leadership and civic engagement focused conference. The conference brings together students who lead community based projects together from across the Open Society University Network. Students share lessons learned, discuss challenges and opportunities, collaborate on network initiatives and attend skills-based leadership workshops that include leadership, public speaking, networking, community partnerships, innovation and creativity, fundraising and grant writing, and emotional intelligence. Read about last year's conference
The Fellowship is designed to support OSUN student leaders who will be returning to their campuses to implement lessons learned. Only students on OSUN campuses are eligible to apply.
*Students must be enrolled at their universities for the 25-26 academic year and plan on continuing to lead their community-based project.
For questions, email your OSUN Civic Engagement Campus Coordinator noted in the application
Deadline to apply is Wednesday March 5
Cross Reference: Application, Conference, Fellowship,Opportunities,Get Engaged Conference
Deadline: March 5, 2025