Moral Ambition Fellowships
We believe small groups of dedicated individuals can change the world. Through our fellowships, we fund ambitious idealists to leave behind empty careers and build lives of real impact.
Discover the new Global Fellowships. The deadline for this year’s European Fellowships has just passed, but sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when new applications open.
Our focus areas
At The School for Moral Ambition, we identify where talent is most needed by focusing on issues that are sizable, solvable, and sorely overlooked. These three challenges stand out as the most urgent for us to address first. Read our explainers to learn why we remain committed to tackling them in these year’s fellowships.
Food Transition
Tobacco Free Future
Revolutionize
your career
Over the course of seven months, you will commit full-time to building a high-impact career. You'll receive premier training, gain hands-on experience, and be placed at the heart of where real change happens.
Last year, we launched the first edition of our European fellowships for two crucial topics: the food transition and the battle against the tobacco industry. Our fellows have founded organizations, published research, spoken in parliaments, built new coalitions and influenced change in countless ways.
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Our Fellowships
Food System Reform
uSA
tax fairness
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How the fellowships work
Over seven months, you’ll commit fulltime to a career dedicated to making the greatest possible impact.
Selection
Our application process focuses on skills over credentials. We test what matters by aiming to identify talent based on the skills crucial for success in each role. Applications take place over a number of rounds, over the course of about a month. The final step is matching fellows with host organizations, which will happen in the last weeks of June.
Training
The fellowships begin with a month of intensive training, including a week at a unique location. The program builds key skills for driving change, with a special focus on how to effectively influence policy.
Placement
During the selection process, you’ll be carefully matched with a host organization, where you’ll spend most of the program. These strategically chosen organizations offer immediate opportunities to make an impact while providing six months of valuable, hands-on experience.
peer-learning
During your placement, the fellowship group meets regularly to collaborate, share insights, and learn from each other’s experiences.
Next steps
We provide external career coaching, network sharing, public speaking opportunities, fundraising training, and more to position you for a long-term career in your cause area.
Meet the class of '25
Discover how this group of 22 pioneers has reshaped their careers and made big strides in our two focus areas in the EU: combating Big Tobacco and transforming our food system.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should you apply?
Commitment
Fellows quit their job and commit full-time for the duration of the program, dedicating months to impactful work. Participants receive a modest but reasonable monthly salary to cover the cost of living and support their transition into a high-impact career.
Experience
We seek candidates with approximately ten years of experience (minimum five), including professionals from law, consulting, lobbying, economics, policy, research, taxation, communications, and marketing. As this is a career change program, no prior experience in the topic you choose is required.
Practical
Our programs are open to applicants from around the globe — be sure to check the specifics for each fellowship. This includes an in-person week of training, but are otherwise largely remote. Some host organizations may require a willingness to temporarily relocate for the duration of the program.
Watch Our webinar
We recorded our May 6 webinar about the EU-based fellowships! Get practical tips and insider insights.
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