Deadline:
January 13, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and St. Louis
Overview
The Coro Fellows Program develops emerging leaders to work and lead across different sectors by equipping them with knowledge, skills, and networks to accelerate positive change.
Details
We achieve our mission by:
- Honing communication and critical-thinking skills with an approach unlike those taught in any other professional or academic programs. This empowers you to build relationships faster and increase your impact.
- Exposing you to multiple sectors. By working across various industries, you directly experience whole-systems thinking that provides a tangible understanding of different paths to being effective.
- Providing a cohort structure that gives you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to practice complex decision-making and active feedback. This allows you to better lead across differences.
- Facilitating hands-on learning in real-life situations. This ensures you grow from your experience and develop the skills and confidence to tackle whatever issue or opportunity comes next.
CONNECT DOTS FOR BIG IMPACT
Through a rotation of placements, Fellows work with multiple sectors, from governments to nonprofits to businesses. This cross-sector exposure fosters your ability to think holistically and build connections among and across different communities.
LEARN FROM IN-FIELD EXPERTS
Fellows learn directly from in-field experts. You build knowledge and skills in a real-world environment with guidance from experienced alumni and partners committed to accelerating your growth.
BECOME YOUR BEST SELF
The Coro Fellows program combines professional development with personal development in a rigorous and challenging environment. The experience is uniquely curated for your strengths, weaknesses, and goals, in order to develop your best self.
JOIN A PRESTIGIOUS NETWORK
Founded more than 70 years ago, the Coro Fellows program has a rich history. Our methodology has been honed over time and proven through a long line of prestigious alumni. You benefit from the learning of those who came before you and access to the powerful network built over decades.
LOCATIONS
The Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs will be offered in five cities in 2024-25: Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and St. Louis.
APPLICATION STEPS
- Complete a brief Interest Form that provides Coro with basic contact information.
- Fill out an full online application. Applications must be submitted by 11:59PM PST Saturday, January 13, 2025. The online Application requires:
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Background and contact information
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Resume
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Written essays (2)
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1-minute video submission explaining “Why Coro?”
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Reference forms (2)
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Transcripts from all post-secondary academic institutions you have attended (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
WHAT MAKES A GREAT CORO FELLOW?
Coro Fellows have varying backgrounds, beliefs, and goals, but they are driven by a common desire to take action and expedite their impact in the world. They value lifelong learning and seek experiences that provide an opportunity to reflect and grow.
Candidates may be at an inflection point, whether fresh out of school or in the workforce and looking for a path to their next opportunity. Fellows are eager to see where their passion can take them as they explore connections between sectors and apply their learnings in creative ways.
Ideal candidates are curious and ambitious – open to being challenged and excited to collaborate with others across differences. They are self-defined change-makers and leaders in their communities, committed to taking on big issues and willing to adapt in order to make a difference.
Dates
Deadline: January 13, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Coro provides a stipend to help defray, but not cover, a fellows’ living expenses. Financial aid forms are submitted in advance of Selection Day and are reviewed after a candidate has been selected for the program. Coro Fellows who receive a stipend may be legally required to pay taxes. Fellows should consult a tax adviser or the IRS on this matter.
Housing
Coro does not provide housing. We try to provide the fellows with leads on housing but we cannot guarantee a match. Some fellows choose to find housing together, and this is based on the interest and initiative of individual fellows.
Benefits
Some Coro centers also provide additional benefits such as health insurance premium reimbursements while fellows are in the program and certain travel expenses directly related to program activities. Coro does not reimburse for relocation expenses.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
