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*********APPLICATIONS HAVE CLOSED*********** ARE YOU A YOUNG LEADER OR A STORYTELLER WORKING FOR A FAIRER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE? If so, this is for you! FUTURE RISING FELLOWS 2023 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ***APPLICATION DEADLINE JUNE 29, 2023 IMPORTANT: Applications without a work sample will NOT be considered. About the Fellowship Program The Future Rising Fellowship Program supports young leaders ages 17-25 who are working at the intersection of climate change, environmental justice and gender equity and who wish to tell stories in that space. Successful applicants receive a $5,000 stipend and participate in a year-long program consisting of virtual workshops that cover storytelling training, professional development and creative enrichment. Throughout the year, Fellows have access to experts drawn from a diverse range of disciplines: media professionals, journalists, educators, advocates, filmmakers, artists, academics, authors and climate scientists. Each fellow creates a narrative project during the course of their Fellowship with practical support from the Future Rising team as well as external mentors and advisors. These narrative projects can be fiction or nonfiction and can be created in any medium. To date, Fellows have made short films, podcasts, graphic novels, photo essays and long form articles all related to climate change, environmental justice and gender equity. More information about project requirements can be found in our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ section on our website. You may also attend one of our information sessions to ask questions and learn more. 2023 COHORT SPECIAL TOPICS The work of the 2023 Cohort will be focused around two topics: Women and Girls in Conservation Local Solutions What do we mean by ‘Girls and Women in Conservation?’ All over the world, girls and women are innovating and implementing new practices of conservation, or rejuvenating and sustaining time-tested indigenous practices. When women take part in managing natural resources and conservation efforts, collaboration, solidarity and conflict resolution all increase. A growing body of evidence shows that when women and girls participate in conservation programmes, there are improved outcomes and more equitable benefits for all. Therefore, the 2023 Future Rising Fellowship seeks to support young leaders working on conservation projects with a gender equity lens, AND/OR young storytellers working on a project that tells a story about girls and women leading in conservation. What do we mean by ‘local solutions?’ Climate change is a global phenomenon but its impacts are local. The solutions to climate change must therefore be local as well in order to meet the needs of specific environments and people. We are interested in supporting projects about local initiatives, innovations and projects by, for or about girls and women, that are intended to address the needs of a specific community (urban or rural) and its population AND/OR young storytellers working on a story ABOUT local solutions that are by, for or about girls and women or gender justice in a local community. REQUIREMENTS: PLEASE READ application guidelines that can be found on our website https://www.girlrising.org/future-rising-applications This is not a full time or residential fellowship. It is designed to dovetail with candidates’ existing or ongoing work/studies and commitments. At the start of the Fellowship (in August 2023) we will require a weekly commitment of 15 hours per week. Subsequent months will require up to 5 hours per week. In order to participate in the program, applicants must have access to the internet to enable them to attend regular virtual meetings and workshops. Though individual projects may use or may be created in any language, meetings and group communication will be held in English. Any special arrangements for travel, access to subjects or for living arrangements related to the creation of Fellows’ pieces of work, must be made and paid for independently by the Fellows themselves. Each fellow will receive a stipend of US$5,000. In addition fellows will be invited to apply for a small additional grant for direct project expenses and materials. Girl Rising is an equal opportunity organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status or disability. BEFORE YOU COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION PLEASE READ APPLICATION GUIDELINES ON OUR WEBSITE. https://www.girlrising.org/future-rising-applications APPLICATION DEADLINE 11.59PM EST, JUNE 29TH, 2023 IMPORTANT: Applications without a work sample will NOT be considered. Please make sure to upload a work sample before submitting your application. ***WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT USE AI LANGUAGE GENERATORS TO WRITE YOUR APPLICATION. EVIDENCE OF THE USE OF CHAT GPT OR OTHER AI TOOLS, WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING DISQUALIFIED*** *********APPLICATIONS HAVE CLOSED***********

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Tell us a little bit about yourself, where you live, are you in school, what inspires you? (100 words)
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Choose one of the following questions to answer: How has climate change affected you in your life or community? (200 words) OR What does or would climate education mean to you? (200 words)
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Do you have access to WiFi?
Please describe your experience as a storyteller. Have you had experience using a particular medium? (150 words
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Tell us about your storytelling project
Each Future Rising Fellow is required to create a narrative / storytelling project during their yearlong fellowship. In this section, we would like to learn about the story you intend to tell. This can be a project that you have already started or it can be something new. The project should be achievable within the timeframe of one year. In order to be accepted to the Fellowship, you must demonstrate that you already have access to the people or places that feature in your story. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR DIRECT INTERVENTIONS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO STORYTELLING Please provide a 200-300 word description of the STORYTELLING project you plan to complete during your Fellowship. We encourage you to be as detailed as possible. PLEASE NOTE: We cannot consider applications that do not include a detailed description of a proposed STORYTELLING project.
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Is your storytelling project Fiction Non Fiction
What medium do you intend to work in?
Which of the Fellowships special projects does your narrative project relate to?
Please explain how (100 words)
(In relation to question above)
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What issue or important environmental justice or climate change subject you will address through your work and how it relates to girls, girls’ education or gender equity. (200 words)
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The successful completion of projects in the year-long timeframe is dependent on having an established connection and access to potential story subjects.
Do you already have access to your story subjects? If your answer is 'no' please describe how you plan to access your story subjects before you begin the fellowship?
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What will be most challenging in practical terms, about achieving your storytelling goals? What practical obstacles do you foresee? (Practical details) (50 words)
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WORK SAMPLES: Please upload examples of your prior narrative or storytelling work. Include no more than 5 PDF pages. Your work samples do not need to be in the same medium as your project proposal, however it is advantageous to provide evidence that you are equipped to tell your story.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT CONSIDER APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE WORK SAMPLES. PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE UPLOADED A WORK SAMPLE. Please note that these are limited to 5gb. If your sample is a larger file, you may upload a document containing links.
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