How to Apply

Undergraduate, as well as graduate/professional students who intend to be enrolled and on campus during the 2012-2013 Fellowship year, are eligible to apply for the Dalai Lama Fellows Program.

A successful applicant has:

• An appreciation of the Dalai Lama’s leadership style, compassion, and universal values
• A deep commitment to collaboration
• A strong work ethic
• An excellent academic record
• A demonstrated capacity to problem solve and manage challenges
• The ability to manage long-term, complex projects
• Commitment to the empowerment of the communities the projects propose to work with and facilitating leadership amongst others
• Ability to integrate the project into the life of the campus.
   

A successful project has:

• A faculty mentor, or a clear plan for securing faculty mentorship
• An orientation to service: the projects deepen fellows’ ability to give time and non-monetary resources
• The ability to plug into and springboard off existing networks
• Innovation: creating new solutions to old problems
• Sensible, prudent and creative budgeting
• Ideally, all projects will engage with the target community in a sustained and meaningful way

Click here to apply.

If you have any further questions, please contact Christian Simamora, program director, by email at csimamora@dalailamafellows.org or by phone at 415-400-8627.