Future Rising Fellowship Program 2022

Application for Future Rising Fellowship Program 2022 is ongoing!

About Future Rising Fellowship Program

FUTURE RISING uses storytelling to highlight the important connections between girls’ education and climate change.

The year-long, virtual Fellowship program provides financial assistance and professional development for a cohort of 10 young leaders between 17-24 who are working on storytelling projects at the intersection of gender equity and climate change or environmental justice.

During their tenure, Fellows complete a narrative project that highlights their work, or that tells the story of girls or women who are innovating and working to address the impacts of climate change and environmental injustice.

This year, the Fellowship will focus on two specific areas – FOOD AND WATER SECURITY or LOCAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. This means that applicants should propose narrative/storytelling projects focused on one or other of these two areas.

During their year-long Fellowship, they:

Receive financial, professional, and creative support
Join a growing global community
Participate in monthly convenings and storytelling workshops
Create narrative work about gender equity and climate change

Future Rising Fellowship Program- Benefit

Each fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 and can apply for a small additional grant for direct project expenses and materials.

Who is Eligible for Future Rising Fellowship Program?

You are from anywhere in the world.
You are between the ages of 17 – 24.
You are committed, creative, collaborative and motivated.
You are a storyteller who is passionate about gender equity and climate justice OR you are a climate activist/conservationist/educator/community organizer with a story to tell about girls’ education, gender equity and climate justice.
You are working on a project that harnesses the power of educated girls and women to build climate resilience in a community OR you are telling a story about empowered girls and women leading efforts to build sustainability and resilience where they live.
You are able to commit to the Fellowship’s schedule (see details in application materials).
You have access to the internet in order to attend regular virtual convenings, and communicate with the Future Rising Staff and other Fellows.

These are examples of the types of stories that would be eligible:

Stories about girls and women leading local efforts to address impacts of climate change.
Stories that highlight indigenous knowledge and nature-based solutions.
Stories about girls and women who are innovating or leading in their communities to secure food and water.
Stories that highlight issues around environmental justice and access to food and water – in either rural OR urban settings.
Stories that highlight local climate crisis issues in either rural OR urban settings.
Stories that surface indirect or hidden connections between food and water scarcity and the lives of girls – particularly harmful gendered norms like child marriage.
Stories about the ripple effects of food and water insecurity.
Stories about the specific impacts of local climate change on girls and women.

How to apply for Future Rising Fellowship Program

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Application Deadline

The closing date for this award entry submission is 11.59pm EST, MARCH 10TH, 2022

FAQs on

Each fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 and can apply for a small additional grant for direct project expenses and materials.

Yes, you will need access to communicate with the Future Rising Staff and other Fellows, as well as to attend regular virtual convenings

The time commitment for the Fellowship is flexible and we encourage as much engagement as possible.

We anticipate that Fellows will need to devote roughly 15 hours per week during the first 2 months, and 5 hours per week after September 2022. An intensive storytelling ‘bootcamp’ will take place in June, which all fellows are required to attend.

The Fellowship runs from June 2022 – May 2023.

Applications close at 11.59 EST, March 10th, 2022.

Interviews with qualifying candidates will take place via zoom in April 2022.