Hosted by: Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship and Development

The Legatum Fellowship is a competitive program designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs gain a world class education at MIT in order to launch and scale their ventures and maximize their likelihood of success as principled entrepreneurial leaders and agents for change who will transform society and improve global wellbeing. Every year, they select a cohort of approximately 20 highly-motivated student entrepreneurs to join a one-year Fellowship. During this time, Fellows receive funding to support their tuition, stipend, project development and travel.

This Fellowship is intensely action-oriented and suits students who are fully committed to becoming principled leaders, motivated to improve the lives of others through entrepreneurship. In addition to the up to $50,000 in financial support, program elements include: travel funding; specialized leadership curriculum; high-touch mentorship; and a strong community.

To be eligible, applicants must either be: a current MIT student; admitted to begin a (full-time) degree program at MIT in the fall semester of the coming academic year; and enrolled as an MIT student for the duration of the one-year fellowship.

The ideal applicant will be a principled innovative leader who has a track record for driving change and, through action, demonstrated commitment to improving lives in the developing world, as well as a deep level of know-how relevant to his or her venture. Legatum Fellows are self-motivated visionaries who embody the Center’s mission. Applicants’ ventures are evaluated based on three key criteria: stage, impact and innovation.

Details

Application Deadline: March 1, 2018

Questions? Contact legatum-fellowship@mit.edu

For more information and to apply, visit the Legatum Center website