The Social Innovation Fellowship is a two-year developmental program that places the community at the center and offers students coaching and hands-on social innovation experience. Fellows also benefit from inclusion in the Swearer Center ecosystem of faculty, advisors, and students.
- Fellows will have access to a curriculum designed to introduce and strengthen skills for social innovation in partnership with the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, community organizations, and campus partners.
- Fellows will also have access to hands-on learning and mentorship through their community-based internships.
- In addition, fellows receive an annual stipend of $2,000.
In year one, fellows will participate in regular workshops and intern with a community-based organization in Rhode Island. In year two, fellows continue engaging in regular workshops and can choose to either (1) explore a social innovation project of their own and/or (2) continue interning with the community-based organization they were matched with.
The Social Innovation Fellowship is a two-year program and thus is open to first-year and second-year undergraduate students.
Applications for the Social Innovation Fellowship can be found on UFunds. The 2024 cohort application will open on Monday, March 18, 2024. The application deadline is Friday, April 12, 2024. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Austin Wilson, Program Manager for Community Engaged Learning: [email protected]