Yale World Fellows is an international fellowship program atYale University for rising global leaders.
World Fellows come from around the world and from diverse disciplines. They are selected through a competitive application process. Each year, the program selects 16 World Fellows to reside at Yale for the fall semester to study, share their knowledge, and expand their networks.
In November 2000, University PresidentRick Levin announced several internationalization initiatives, including the World Fellows program, in conjunction with the university's tercentenary.[1] Journalist andWhite House aideBrooke Shearer was appointed its founding director, andDan Esty its first program director.[2] The program moved intoBetts House, restored in 2001 to house new international initiatives.[3] The first class of fellows was admitted in 2002.[4][5]
Since 2015,Emma Sky has been Director of the Yale World Fellows. Sky oversaw the transition of the program to the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,[6] and in 2016 secured a $16 million contribution from theStarr Foundation andMaurice R. Greenberg.[7]
As of November 2024[update], the program has a network of over 400 World Fellows in 96 countries.[8]
World Fellows "receive individual and group coaching and skills development training." They can audit courses at the university. They give talks and participate on panels across the campus.[9]
A key component of the program is the weekly "Good society" seminar where World Fellows present what they do professionally and how they contribute to building a bettersociety. World Fellows also host a weekly salon to which they invite Yale faculty and other guests for off-the-record conversations.[9]
Participants receive a compensation package which includes
A taxable stipend to cover the costs of living in New Haven
A modest, furnished one, or two-bedroom apartment for the duration of the program
Admission to the program is highly competitive. The program runs from mid-August to mid-December. Fellows are required to be in residence at Yale during the duration of the program.[12]
María Corina Machado, Venezuelan Congresswoman and opposition leader, 2025 Nobel Prize Winner and one ofBBC's World's 100 Most Influential Women in 2018[16][17]
Gidon Bromberg, Israeli environmental activist, named one ofTime's "Environmental Heroes of the Year" in 2008[18]
^"Landing page".Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. Retrieved2024-11-20....the Program now has a network of over 400 World Fellows contributing to their communities in 96 countries, connected to each other and to Yale.
^ab"Program". Yale World Fellows. Retrieved15 March 2020.
