The Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program is Yale’s flagship leadership fellowship, run from the International Leadership Center at the Jackson School of Global Affairs.
Each year a small cohort of leaders from outside the United States spends mid-August to mid-December in full-time residence at Yale in New Haven: weekly seminars, coaching, auditing courses, independent projects, giving talks and mentoring students. It is not a degree program.
Benefits & funding
- No tuition or fees of any kind to Yale
- A taxable stipend for living costs in New Haven
- A modest furnished one- or two-bedroom apartment for the program
- Medical insurance and round-trip travel from your home country
- Four months, full-time, with evening commitments and some multi-day trips
Eligibility
- Citizens of any country other than the United States; dual US citizens may apply, but strong preference goes to candidates whose work is focused outside the US
- About 5–25 years into a professional career, with significant accomplishments at regional, national or international level; no minimum or maximum age
- Fluent English (no TOEFL or IELTS required)
- Not open to full-time students or full-time academics
- Must live at Yale in New Haven for the entire program
Can you apply?
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Eligible nationalities
Canada · Mexico · Guatemala · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Honduras · El Salvador · Panama · Belize · Cuba · Haiti · Jamaica
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Bahamas · Barbados · Dominican Republic · Dominica · Grenada · Antigua and Barbuda · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · Anguilla · Aruba · Bermuda · Bonaire · Saba · Sint Eustatius · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Curaçao · Montserrat · Guadeloupe · Sint Maarten · Turks and Caicos Islands · Greenland · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Colombia · Peru · Ecuador · Paraguay · Bolivia · Uruguay · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Falkland Islands · UK · France · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Austria · Sweden · Norway · Denmark · Finland · Iceland · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jersey · Isle of Man · Åland Islands · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Ireland · Poland · Czechia · Hungary · Romania · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Ukraine · Russia · Albania · Andorra · Belarus · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Cyprus · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · North Macedonia · San Marino · Slovakia · Slovenia · Vatican City · China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · Japan · South Korea · North Korea · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam · Indonesia · Philippines · India · Nepal · Brunei · Pakistan · Bangladesh · UAE · Saudi Arabia · Israel · Türkiye · Mongolia · Cambodia · Laos · Myanmar · Timor-Leste · Sri Lanka · Bhutan · Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Georgia · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon · Maldives · Oman · Palestine · Qatar · Syria · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Yemen · South Africa · Kenya · Nigeria · Egypt · Morocco · Ghana · Uganda · Cameroon · Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · DR Congo · Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Somaliland · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Western Sahara · Saint Helena · Australia · New Zealand · Fiji · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Vanuatu · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · Palau · Tuvalu · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Caledonia · Pitcairn Islands · Niue · Tokelau · Wallis and Futuna
Experience required
5–25 yrs
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Application process
- 1Apply online by the deadline; the application fee is US$20 and no nomination is needed.
- 2Submit a CV (max. 3 pages), a personal statement (max. 600 words) and a short video statement.
- 3Arrange three recommendation letters, in English, due by the application deadline.
- 4Finalists are interviewed, and English fluency is assessed at that stage.
- 5Every applicant is told the outcome by email by the end of April.
Program timeline
2 December 2026, 14:00 ET
Application deadline (2027 cohort)
Decisions
By end of April 2027
Program starts
Mid-August 2027
Program ends
Mid-December 2027