Deadline:
September 21, 2024
Location(s)
United States of America
Overview
The Bush Fellowship is a recognition of your extraordinary accomplishments and support for your potential. It is an investment in you, so that you can make a difference in your community.
Details
The Fellowship is a flexible grant of up to $100,000 to help you strengthen and develop your leadership. As a Fellow, you define your own vision and create a unique Fellowship plan to learn the skills and build the relationships that will help you make your vision a reality.
As a Fellow, you define your own vision and create a unique Fellowship plan to learn the skills and build the relationships that will help you make your vision a reality. We encourage you to think bigger and differently about what is possible for yourself and your communities.
YOUR FELLOWSHIP
Your Fellowship journey begins with a personal goal to become more effective in your leadership and a vision for what that could mean for your community. You define your vision, create a Fellowship plan and carry it out.
As you consider applying for the Fellowship, think about things like:
- What is your vision for making your community stronger? What is the impact you want to have?
- How do you need to change, grow and develop to make that happen? How will you build your skills to work inclusively with people of all different backgrounds?
- Remember, this is an opportunity to stretch beyond your comfort zone. Think big about the skills, connections, knowledge and experiences that would help you turn your vision into reality.
- Talk to others about your ideas. Listen to their feedback and use it to strengthen your plan.
The Fellowship can last anywhere between 12 and 24 months. During that time, Fellows submit monthly reflections in which they reflect on their experience. Every six months, they provide a public reflection on their leadership journey in the form of a Learning Log.
Fellows also come together once a year to meet one another and share the insights and experiences they have gained through the Fellowship.
WHAT WE FUND
The Fellowship is an investment in you, so that you can make a difference in your community. It funds your self-development, skill building and personal growth. The Fellowship is designed to equip you with the resources and time you need to reflect, strengthen your leadership skills and acquire new skills to become even more effective.
Your Fellowship funds can be used for a wide range of costs, including living expenses, tuition, conference registration, equipment, travel and childcare. No portion of the Fellowship can be directed to another person or organization.
Here are a few ways past Fellows have used their Fellowships to develop their own leadership:
- Gain a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree.
- Attend conferences and conventions within or outside of their current expertise and network.
- Build a network of colleagues and thought partners.
- Develop business acumen and credentials.
- Grow capacity to build and sustain coalitions.
- Study effective change strategies.
- Learn from successful organizations and initiatives.
- Take part in leadership programs.
- Seek and work with mentors.
- Develop specific skills, including professional coaching, conflict and change management, facilitation and communication skills.
IRS regulations restrict how certain government and elected officials can use their Fellowship.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Bush Fellows come from all sectors, ages, backgrounds and walks of life. There are Fellows who are CEOs of major companies, and there are Fellows who are starting out in their careers. What makes them Fellows is their record of accomplishment, potential to do even more for their communities and commitment to lead inclusively.
Up to 24 Bush Fellows are selected each year. Our criteria for selecting Fellows is based on the combination of an extraordinary track record of success, a Fellowship plan that reflects the ability to dream big about what is possible and the skills and potential to bring the plan to life.
Selection criteria:
YOUR TRACK RECORD
- Record of success: You make the most of opportunities regardless of where you are in your career. You continuously find ways to have more impact inside your job and/or outside your job. You are persistent and resilient in the face of difficulty.
- Outstanding character: You are admired and respected by others. You demonstrate integrity and generosity of spirit.
- Active Learner: You recognize your own strengths and weaknesses. You seek and incorporate feedback. You have an inquiring mind, actively searching out new ideas and new experiences to broaden your perspective and increase your effectiveness.
YOUR POTENTIAL
- You demonstrate the vision and the drive to be extraordinary in your leadership and the capacity to make a far greater impact in your community affecting larger scale changes than you are making now. You are committed to working to benefit people and communities in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the geography.
YOUR PLAN
- You clearly articulate how the Fellowship will be transformative to changing or accelerating your trajectory in your career and life. You clearly articulate how you will be a stronger, more effective leader after the Fellowship than you are today.
To be eligible for a Bush Fellowship you must be:
- at least 24 years old at the time of the application deadline.
- a resident who lives in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota or one of the 23 Native nations that shares the same geography, for one continuous year immediately prior to the application deadline.
- You are ineligible if you have previously received a Bush Fellowship, Bush Artist Fellowship, Bush Leadership Fellowship, Bush Medical Fellowship or Enduring Vision Award.
There are no specific citizenship requirements to be eligible for the Bush Fellowship. However, if a Fellow is not a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the Bush Foundation may be required to withhold income taxes on Fellowship payments and report such payments and withholdings to the Internal Revenue Service.
Dates
Deadline: September 21, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The Bush Fellowship provides a flexible grant of up to $100,000 to be used over 12 to 24 months. Start date for the Fellowship is August 1.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
