Bush Fellowship Program

The Bush Fellowship Program is back, but with a new focus on preparing fellows to strengthen local communities:

Applicants self-determine the community and demonstrate their connection to it, the problem/issue they want to address, and their plan for building their leadership capacity to address it. 

• The main requirement of the proposed learning plan is that it prepares the applicant to mobilize others in their identified community to find solutions to the identified problem/issue.
• Grants will be for a minimum of $25,000 and a maximum of $75,000. Funding will be paid out over two years.
• The Bush Foundation expects to have a long-term relationship with Bush Fellows. In addition to the two years of funding, fellows also commit to engage with the Foundation to advance its goal of building leadership capacity within its defined geographic region for two more years immediately following the end of their funding as part of the fellowship.
• Bush Fellows will not be required to take a leave of absence from their employment in order to pursue the fellowship.

Applications are due February 25th. Several virtual information sessions are offered and more complete information can be found at this link.