Deadline- December 15, 2012
Countries/Region- Nigeria
Youths are invited to join Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative(CYFI) program 2013. This supports youth leadership and projects with a social impact, CYFI is a fellowship program, not simply an organization or NGO that gives grants. CYFI fellows are put into teams and each team works collectively to design and implement a project with a social impact. Though some of these projects do indeed dovetail with existing projects and organizations that the fellows are involved in outside of CYFI & the CYFI project is intended to be a team effort, and an original effort. CYFI is meant to bring like-minded young leaders together.
Tenure- CYFI is a one-year fellowship.
Advantages of being a CYFI fellow-
- Implement concrete, youth-oriented solutions to issues that concern applicant
- Access U.S. Government resources and contacts
- Catch the attention of American and Nigerian leaders in the public and private sectors
- Work alongside talented and motivated peers with diverse backgrounds, but similar visions
- Participate in CYFI Alumni Program
How to apply?
Applicants can apply in two ways these are as follows-
Individual Applicants-
- Applicants who apply as individuals will complete and submit the Standard Application Form online and the “Hypothetical Scenario Essay.” Find instructions for the Hypothetical Scenario Essay in website.
- The purpose of the Hypothetical Scenario Essay is to judge the individual applicants’ ability to develop a plan of action in a logical, step-by-step manner. Individual applicants who are selected for the fellowship will be grouped into teams based on their interests as expressed in the written application and interview. Please carefully review the Hypothetical Scenario Essay instructions. Individual applicants should not e-mail in a project proposal.
Group Applicants-
- Applicants who apply as part of a group will complete the Standard Application Form and submit a Group Project Proposal.
- Groups can consist of two or three applicants. Each group will submit one proposal via e-mail to provided email address and each applicant will submit his or her own Standard Application Form. Groups selected for the fellowship will likely have to substantially revise their project proposals upon joining CYFI. Group applicants do not have to answer the Hypothetical Scenario Essay. Note again that all projects must take place in Lagos state.
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