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[Aspen Institute](https://www.aspeninstitute.org)

September 30, 2026 (Healthy Communities nominations open) | October 30, 2026 (Nominations close) | Early December 2026 (Notification) | January 2027 (Fellowship begins)

Healthy Communities: all fellowship costs covered, no pay | Impact West Africa: participation and convening travel costs covered, no stipend (12 months)

Aspen Global Innovators Group supports locally rooted leaders through fellowships, advocacy training, and partnerships advancing equitable health, development, and climate solutions.

Healthy Communities fellows must fully attend four in-person meetings, each approximately three to four days.

--- ## Description The Aspen Global Innovators Group (AGI), housed at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC, cultivates locally rooted, globally networked leaders advancing health and development. Its fellowships, strategic partnerships, and advocacy tools emphasize values-based leadership and community-based innovation: solutions grounded in lived experience, unmet needs, and overlooked approaches that can drive sustainable social change. The Healthy Communities Fellowship provides U.S. community leaders with individualized communication, narrative, and leadership training. Fellows develop opinion pieces, advocacy plans, interview skills, and a digital media presence. Other initiatives include New Voices, which strengthens frontline experts’ influence on global development; Impact West Africa, which supports regional advocates; and the Climate Innovators Accelerator, which helps frontline leaders scale community-driven climate solutions through leadership development, communications coaching, and investor engagement. --- ## Due Dates For the 2027 Healthy Communities Fellowship cohort: - September 30, 2026: Nominations open. - October 30, 2026: Nominations close. - Early December 2026: Applicants notified of their status. - January 2027: Fellowship begins. New Voices and Impact West Africa are not accepting applications at this time. --- ## Funding Amount Healthy Communities offers no pay but covers all fellowship costs during the fellowship year. Impact West Africa is a 12-month fellowship with no participation cost and no stipend. Covered costs for its two in-person convenings include airfare, local transportation, lodging, and food. --- ## Eligibility Healthy Communities applicants should: - Be local community leaders working in the United States. - Bring a deep connection and commitment to their community work. - Demonstrate significant positive local impact through innovative health work, equity, or frontline-health-worker advocacy. - Actively engage in training, mentorship, writing, and cohort support. - Commit approximately five to ten hours monthly outside training weeks. There is no age limit. The fellowship is intended for local community leaders rather than journalists, PR professionals, or communications experts. For 2027, priority consideration goes to grassroots leaders, community organizers, entrepreneurs, and innovators addressing social and economic challenges in Laredo, Texas; the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas; and Louisville, Kentucky. The named priority Rio Grande Valley counties are Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Edwards, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala. Additional requirements for Impact West Africa: - Be a citizen of, and reside in, a West African country (no age limit). - Demonstrate commitment to advocacy addressing one or more key regional issues. - Have reliable internet and participate throughout the entire program. - Obtain an organizational support letter approving full participation. Impact West Africa seeks individuals with: - A solid record of bold, innovative ideas improving community lives. - A clear vision for their initiatives’ impact and transformative change. - Proven leadership in business, entrepreneurship, civic engagement, or public/government service. - A desire to strengthen storytelling, speaking, and written communication. - Commitment to applying fellowship skills within their organizations and movements. - Demonstrated coalition-building commitment or strong collaborative skills. Participants should remain in their full-time jobs. Participation includes two approximately five-day, all-day in-person convenings with cohort activities, all three virtual training sessions, and at least monthly mentorship meetings. Fellows should expect ten to fifteen hours monthly outside the in-person convenings. --- ## Application Process - **Submission:** Submit Healthy Communities nominations through the [online nomination form](https://aspeninstitute.tfaforms.net/wfok03M). - **Self-nomination:** Healthy Communities applicants may nominate themselves. - **Program details:** Review eligibility and participation expectations on each fellowship’s program page. - **Required document:** Impact West Africa requires an organizational support letter uploaded through its application. - **Updates:** Check the New Voices and Impact West Africa pages for future application availability. - **Questions:** Contact the relevant fellowship team listed below. --- ## Additional Information Healthy Communities alumni join a lifelong network and may access op-ed development support, prize nominations, Aspen events, travel stipends, and other opportunities. Impact West Africa offers similar ongoing alumni engagement and typically selects ten to twelve fellows per year. New Voices has worked with close to 200 experts from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Its alumni support includes amplification of fellows’ work, award and speaking nominations, quarterly peer-led training, and monthly virtual gatherings for writing feedback and collaboration. The year-long Climate Innovators Accelerator, developed with the John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation, focuses on leaders from the Global South and underserved U.S. communities. It provides investment-pitch and public-engagement coaching, leadership training, peer support, expanded networks, and opportunities to pitch to new investors. AGI’s wider portfolio also includes the Advanced Advocacy Program, Communities First Global Collaborative, and Aspen Maternal Survival Initiative. --- ## External Links - [Aspen Global Innovators Group program overview](https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspen-global-innovators-group/) - [Healthy Communities Fellowship details and FAQ](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/healthy-communities-fellowship/) - [Healthy Communities nomination form](https://aspeninstitute.tfaforms.net/wfok03M) - [Impact West Africa Fellowship details and FAQ](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/impact-west-africa/) - [New Voices Fellowship and alumni support](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/new-voices-fellowship/) --- ## Contact Information | Contact | Email | Phone | Webpage | |---|---|---|---| | Healthy Communities Fellowship | [HealthyCommunities@aspeninstitute.org](mailto:HealthyCommunities@aspeninstitute.org) | | [Program page](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/healthy-communities-fellowship/) | | Impact West Africa Fellowship | [impact@aspeninstitute.org](mailto:impact@aspeninstitute.org) | | [Program page](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/impact-west-africa/) | | AGI team / Climate Innovators Initiative | [globalinnovators@aspeninstitute.org](mailto:globalinnovators@aspeninstitute.org) | | [Climate Innovators Initiative](https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/en/programs/climate-innovators-initiative/) | | Aspen Institute | | (202) 736-5800 | [Contact page](https://www.aspeninstitute.org/contact) |76:T8ce,## Grant Eligibility Requirements ### Citizenship/Nationality - **Impact West Africa Fellowship:** Applicants must be citizens of a West African country and reside there. (This program is not currently accepting applications.) ### Geographic/Institutional - **Healthy Communities Fellowship:** Applicants must be local community leaders working in the United States. - **Impact West Africa Fellowship:** Applicants must reside in a West African country (in addition to holding citizenship there — see Citizenship/Nationality). - *Preference (not a requirement):* For the 2027 Healthy Communities cohort, priority consideration goes to grassroots leaders, community organizers, entrepreneurs, and innovators addressing social and economic challenges in Laredo, Texas; the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas (counties: Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Edwards, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala); and Louisville, Kentucky. These are stated priorities, not hard eligibility limits. ### Other Eligibility Requirements - **Healthy Communities Fellowship** is intended for local community leaders; it is not aimed at journalists, PR professionals, or communications experts. (Note: this is stated as who the fellowship is "really for," rather than a formal bar.) - **Healthy Communities Fellowship:** Applicants are expected to have a record of significant positive impact in a local community through innovative health work, an explicit equity lens, or strong advocacy for frontline health worker issues, and to bring a deep connection and commitment to their community work. - **Impact West Africa Fellowship:** Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to advocacy addressing one or more key issues affecting the West African region. - **Impact West Africa Fellowship:** Applicants must have access to a reliable internet connection and be able to participate throughout the entirety of the program (all virtual trainings, in-person convenings, and mentorship sessions). - **Application availability:** New Voices and Impact West Africa are not accepting applications at this time; only the Healthy Communities Fellowship is currently open (nominations for the 2027 cohort).77:Te43,Funder: Aspen Institute Due Dates: September 30, 2026 (Healthy Communities nominations open) | October 30, 2026 (Nominations close) | Early December 2026 (Notification) | January 2027 (Fellowship begins) Funding Amounts: Healthy Communities: all fellowship costs covered, no pay | Impact West Africa: participation and convening travel costs covered, no stipend (12 months) Summary: Aspen Global Innovators Group supports locally rooted leaders through fellowships, advocacy training, and partnerships advancing equitable health, development, and climate solutions. Key Information: Healthy Communities fellows must fully attend four in-person meetings, each approximately three to four days. --- ## Description The Aspen Global Innovators Group (AGI), housed at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC, cultivates locally rooted, globally networked leaders advancing health and development. Its fellowships, strategic partnerships, and advocacy tools emphasize values-based leadership and community-based innovation: solutions grounded in lived experience, unmet needs, and overlooked approaches that can drive sustainable social change. The Healthy Communities Fellowship provides U.S. community leaders with individualized communication, narrative, and leadership training. Fellows develop opinion pieces, advocacy plans, interview skills, and a digital media presence. Other initiatives include New Voices, which strengthens frontline experts’ influence on global development; Impact West Africa, which supports regional advocates; and the Climate Innovators Accelerator, which helps frontline leaders scale community-driven climate solutions through leadership development, communications coaching, and investor engagement. --- --- ## Funding Amount Healthy Communities offers no pay but covers all fellowship costs during the fellowship year. Impact West Africa is a 12-month fellowship with no participation cost and no stipend. Covered costs for its two in-person convenings include airfare, local transportation, lodging, and food. --- ## Eligibility Healthy Communities applicants should: - Be local community leaders working in the United States. - Bring a deep connection and commitment to their community work. - Demonstrate significant positive local impact through innovative health work, equity, or frontline-health-worker advocacy. - Actively engage in training, mentorship, writing, and cohort support. - Commit approximately five to ten hours monthly outside training weeks. There is no age limit. The fellowship is intended for local community leaders rather than journalists, PR professionals, or communications experts. 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