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Application Roadmap

Application Roadmap

The application for the 2024 Fellowship is now closed. To apply for the 2025 Fellowship, you must be in 11th grade in the fall of 2024, be from the U.S. or Canada, and self-identify as Jewish. To apply next year, please add your name to our interest form.

If you are an adult who works with teens, please fill out this form.

Read about our commitment to inclusion and pluralism on the Fellowship.

Application Period: 

Application Opens: mid-August, 2023

Keep in mind that your application must include:

  • Two (2) recommendations from individuals who know you well. At least one of these recommendations must be from a teacher. The other can be any non-relative who knows you well (including another school professional, Rabbi, employer, etc.).
  • A high school transcript (through 10th grade).

See a preview of this year’s application (to help prepare your application, but this cannot be submitted. Application must be completed online here).

Click to see a preview of the application.

Virtual Info Sessions: Prospective applicants, parents, and educators are invited to join one of our two virtual info sessions (sign up for whichever one is more convenient). Teens are also welcome to join our Q&A session, a more informal Zoom where they can talk directly to recent Fellows.

Application Deadline: December 4, 2023

Deadline for Supplementary Materials (recommendations & transcript): December 6, 2023

Quick Application Tutorials:

     
     

After Submitting Application:

Finalists notified: Mid-January. Finalists will be invited for in-person interviews.

Interviews for Finalists: Early to mid-February. 

Fellows notified of acceptance: Early March

 

Dates for 2024 Fellowship Year:

The Fellowship year begins with a summer in Israel and the U.S., and continues with virtual monthly meetings and a winter and spring seminar in the U.S., typically in the Northeast.

  • Summer Seminar: June 25 – July 29, 2024
  • Winter Seminar: January 23-28, 2025 (tentative)
  • Spring Seminar: April 6-9, 2025

 

Resources:

Download our application tips.

Download our press kit.