Mandela Washington Fellowships Scholarships

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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship Catalyst Grant 2025

    •  IREX is excited to announce the launch of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Catalyst Grant application, a unique funding opportunity for Fellowship Alumni! Through a partnership with D-Prize, a non-profit organization that works to distribute and scale proven technologies to benefit peopl
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  • • 2024 Mandella Washington Fellowship for Young Africans

    • The Mandela Washington Fellowship will bring up to 700 young leaders to the United States in the summer of 2025 for a comprehensive executive-style program that is designed to build skills and empower Fellows to lead in their respective sectors and communities. The Mandela Washington Fellowship d
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowships Seeking Readers Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2025

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX are seeking academic, professional, and regional experts to read and score applications for the 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.  Over the first nine years of the Fellowship, the program received nearly 434,000 applications from
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowships Mandela Day Service Grants 2024

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX are excited to announce that applications for the Mandela Day Service Grant, a unique collaboration opportunity for Alumni of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, are now open. Mandela International Day of Service is official
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowships Readers for 2024 Fellowship Applications

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX are seeking academic, professional, and regional experts to read and score applications for the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.  Over the first nine years of the Fellowship, the program received nearly 330,000 applications
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) 2023 Mandela Day Service Grants

    • The Mandela Day Service Grant, funded by the U.S. Department of State, will provide funding for Fellowship Alumni to design, implement, and actively engage in short-term volunteer-driven community campaigns that contribute to longer-term projects focused on improving livelihoods.  Through
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship 2023 for Young African Leaders

    • The Mandela Washington Fellowships for Young African Leaders empowers young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. The Fellowship will provide up to 700 outstanding young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to hone their skills at a U.S. college or
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship 2023 for Young African Leaders

    • The Mandela Washington Fellowships for Young African Leaders empowers young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. The Fellowship will provide up to 700 outstanding young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to hone their skills at a U.S. college or
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  • • USAID IREX 2022 Reciprocal Exchanges

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to announce that applications for the Reciprocal Exchange component are being accepted through October 13, 2021. The goal of the Reciprocal Exchange component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship is to provide opportunities for
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  • • MWFAAN 2021 Beyond School Community Challenge for Secondary School Students (Nigeria)

    • Applications are open for the MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge for Secondary School Students in Nigeria 2021. The Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria (MWFAAN) in collaboration with United States Mission Nigeria invites applications for this Challenge. The Beyond Sc
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship 2021 for Young Africans

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX is pleased to announce the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program 2021/2022 to participate in a six-week Leadership Institute at a U.S. college or university to share your experiences with and learn from U.S. citizens and other Fellows. The Fellowship&nbs
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowship 2022 Application Readers Program

    • The U.S. Department of State and IREX seek academic, professional, and regional experts to read and score applications for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship.  Over the first seven years of the Fellowship, the program received nearly 300,000 applications from 49 Sub-Saharan African cou
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  • • Mandela Washington Fellowships 2020 Beyond School Community Challenge (Nigeria)

    • The Beyond School Community Challenge is a flagship initiative of The Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria in collaboration with United States Mission to develop entrepreneurial mindsets of young people between 13-17 who are predominantly in both public and private secondary s