Halcyon Incubator Fellowships – Spring 2022 for Early-stage Social Entrepreneurs 76 views

Fellowship opportunity for candidates from all over the world. Free entry. Many valuable benefits. Deadline 08 Oct 2021.

Halcyon Incubator Fellowships – Spring 2022 for Early-stage Social Entrepreneurs

About Halcyon Incubator Fellowships – Spring 2022 for Early-stage Social Entrepreneurs

Halcyon Fellowships equip early-stage social entrepreneurs with the tools and relationships they need to achieve scalable, lasting impact.

They are currently accepting applications for:

• Halcyon’s Flagship Residential Fellowship: The fellowship that launched the Halcyon Incubator in 2014 has supported over 100 inspiring founders and their ventures. Sector agnostic, open to early-stage social entrepreneurs from around the world, and offered in-person during a 5-month (February – July 2022) residency in Washington, DC.

• Africa Intensive Fellowship: The newest fellowship! Developed exclusively for social entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa. Offered in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), fellows receive an extensive range of AWS resources including access to solutions architects, training, certification, and cloud credits. Hybrid format with a virtual experience and a one-week in-person Washington, DC residency in February 2022.

• Opportunity Intensive Fellowship: Designed for social entrepreneurs living in or primarily serving government-designated Opportunity Zones in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (including suburban Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Baltimore). Ventures receive holistic support designed to close funding gaps. Offered in a hybrid format, including monthly virtual programming throughout the year and two weeks of in-person residency in summer 2022.

Who can participate

Open to candidates who:

• Lead an early-stage for-profit or hybrid social business that solves a social and/or environmental issue and has the potential to grow and scale (both the business and the impact).

• Hold primary decision-making power in the growth and strategic vision of their social business, typically as a founder and CEO (ventures with multiple founders may apply with up to two co-founders).

• Will contribute to the growth and development of the Halcyon Fellow community by sharing your talents, expertise, and empathy with your peers.

• Can travel to Washington, DC and stay at Halcyon for the duration of their residency. For the Flagship Residential Fellowship this is for five months (February- July 2022), Africa Intensive Fellowship this is for approximately one week (tentatively February 16-25, 2022), Opportunity Intensive for two weeks tentatively scheduled for summer 2022.

• Applicants for the Flagship Residential Fellowship may live and work anywhere in the world, Africa Intensive applicants must be currently based in Sub-Saharan Africa, applicants for the Opportunity Intensive must be living in and/or primarily serving a government-designated Opportunity Zone in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Awards/Prizes/Benefits

• Equity free stipend.

• Final showcase to pitch Halcyon community members, investors & strategic partners.

• Pro-bono support from Halcyon’s legal, business, consulting, and technical partners including Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs who successfully scaled their businesses.

• Mentorship and leadership coaching.

• AWS cloud credits & training.

• Skill development and capacity building programming.

• Five months housing and workspace in Washington, DC (Flagship Residential Fellowship only).

• Lifelong community of global impact innovators.

• Halcyon team members are always there to cheer for you and your impact.

Deadline

Application deadline is 08 Oct 2021.

Entry fee

There is no entry fee.

Some useful information

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