The TED Fellows program is looking for individuals who have a proven track record of great work in their field and are on the brink of an incredible breakthrough, but need the extra support to get there. Individuals from all disciplines, and who have collaborative, kind personalities are welcomed.
Every year the program selects a new group of extraordinary, multidisciplinary individuals by open applications. The program looks for innovators on the rise in their respective fields with bold, original work.
TED was born in 1984 out of Richard Saul Wurman’s observation of a powerful convergence among three fields: technology, entertainment and design. The first TED, which he co-founded with Harry Marks, included a demo of the Compact Disc, the e-book and cutting-edge 3D graphics from Lucasfilm, while mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot demonstrated how to map coastlines using his developing theory of fractal geometry.
Program Details
- Organizer: TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design).
- Area: Any.
- Number of awards: Not specified.
- Period: April 7-15, 2022.
- Eligible countries: Open to all nationalities.
TED Fellows program Benefits
Selected participants will have the following benefits
- Costs of transportation to and from the TED conference, any visa you may need, accommodations and food while at the conference and conference registration covered.
- You’ll be given a platform to share your work and ideas far and wide, and you’ll meet individuals who can help your career.
- As a Fellow, you’ll also join the powerful global network of TED Fellows – innovators who may be future collaborators.
- Fellows also have access to personal mentorship opportunities, public-relations guidance, speaker coaching and more.
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TED Fellows program Eligibility
The program looks for different applicants than many other leadership-oriented programs. Instead of business people, professionals, policy wonks and government officials, the Fellow program focuses on doers, makers, inventors, advocates, filmmakers and photographers, musicians and artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, NGO heads, and human rights activists.
In addition to impressive accomplishment, fine character and a good heart are also important traits that the program look for in TED Fellows. Applicants must be over the age of 18 in order to be eligible. The TED Fellows program is not an academic fellowship and non-traditional educations are welcome.
Other opportunities
- Japanese Government MEXT Scholarships (Master, PhD, Research);
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation Scholarship for International Students;
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung scholarship for Master and PhD degrees in Germany;
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS).
Application instructions
Interested applicant in this program should click on the apply button below to access the online application platform and submit their applications.
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