Humanity in Action Fellowship (US)

Application Deadline: TBD

Open to: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, alumni, and early-career graduate students
Award Type: Academic/ Professional
Area(s) of study: All fields, with an interest in human rights and social justice
Award criteria: leadership; academic achievement; diversity
Award provides: Provides a three-week-long summer program centered around a collaborative investigation and interpretation of spatial data to investigate the January 6th uprising at the Capitol. Fellows will use mapping and multimedia storytelling to visualize the fragility, shortcomings, and strengths of American democracy.
Open to international students: Yes
Institutional Support or Endorsement Required: No

Applicants must have:

a demonstrated record of commitment to minority rights and social justice
evidence of significant leadership potential
an outstanding academic record
personal traits including intellectual curiosity, collaborative spirit, open-mindedness, and entrepreneurial drive

Applicants to the Humanity in Action Fellowship must be one of the following:

currently enrolled undergraduate students from the US or at US-based colleges and universities (sophomores, juniors, and seniors); or
recent graduates (for the 2024 Fellowship, we define recent graduates as individuals from the undergraduate or graduate classes of 2021 and 2022. For undergraduates, we define recent graduates as individuals who attended accredited, four-year undergraduate colleges or universities in the United States, having graduated in spring 2021 or later); or
currently enrolled, second-year community college students who plan to continue their secondary education; or
currently enrolled Masters and PhD students at US-based universities.

If you are a non-US citizen studying at a university in the United States, you are eligible to apply to the Humanity in Action Fellowship through the US office.

Visualizing Landscapes of Democracy: A Place-Based Exploration of Washington D.C.

The 2023 US Fellowship is a hybrid program consisting of one week of online workshops followed by two weeks of in-person programming based in Washington, DC. Following this programming, Fellows further participate in monthly online Action Project Labs taking place from September 2023 to May 2024.

A group of approximately 20 American and European Fellows and Senior Fellows embark on a collaborative investigation and interpretation of spatial data to investigate the January 6th uprising at the Capitol. Fellows will use mapping and multimedia storytelling to visualize the fragility, shortcomings, and strengths of American democracy.

Fellows then return to their communities to consider the global connections of political and social movements and how these questions of democracy – and tools of data visualization and storytelling – can be applied to their own context. This will also be the basis of the Action Projects that Fellows will develop over the next 10 months.

Application form
Personal statement
Response essay
Essay on program theme
2 letters of recommendation
Transcripts
Résumé
$40 application fee [Humanity in Action will extend a fee waiver for the $40 application fee for applicants with demonstrated financial need and all those from Michigan.]

This award does not require Emory endorsement. For more information and to apply, visit http://www.humanityinaction.org/programs/75-the-john-lewis-fellowship and https://www.humanityinaction.org/programs/91-the-detroit-fellowship. Note that applicants may apply for both the HIA- Europe and HIA- John Lewis Fellowships; there is a single application for both awards.

2014/15:

William Eye (‘12C), Music; Philosophy

Digant Kapoor (‘12C), Economics; International Studies

If you are interested in learning more about the application process and recommended timeline, visit our main Canvas course.

If you are not currently enrolled in our Canvas course, you may self enroll.