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Elevate Your Research Career with a High-Impact Fellowship: Fully Funded, 12-Week Online Program (Global Eligibility)

Are you passionate about conducting impactful research to drive positive change? The Ambitious Impact Research Program offers a fully-funded, 12-week online fellowship designed to equip aspiring researchers with the tools, skills, and experience to tackle complex global challenges and produce decision-relevant research.

Program Details

  • Dates: April 7 – June 27, 2025
  • Format: Full-time, online
  • Cost: Fully funded, with stipends provided to cover living expenses
  • Deadline for Applications: February 2, 2025

Why Join?

This program addresses critical gaps in nonprofit research by training participants to:

  • Assess the effectiveness of charities and interventions.
  • Apply advanced methodologies like cost-effectiveness analysis and theory of change modeling.
  • Explore under-investigated solutions and generate impactful reports.

Key Features

  • Learn essential research skills: theory of change, literature reviews, decision-making frameworks, and more.
  • Collaborate with experienced researchers on real-world projects.
  • Build a portfolio of intervention reports.
  • Receive mentorship and regular feedback.
  • Connect with a network of researchers and explore job opportunities.

Who Should Apply?

This program is ideal for:

  • Early-career researchers looking to build practical skills.
  • Professionals in global health, mental health, biosecurity, and related fields seeking effectiveness-focused methodologies.
  • Motivated individuals eager to explore high-impact career paths.

Benefits

  • 12 weeks of online training, consisting of roughly four  weeks of self-directed learning, projects and workshops and eight weeks of hands-on work assisted by an AIM mentor.
  • Our complete researcher’s toolkit, including templates, methodologies, and resource access
  • Stipends to cover your living costs during, and potentially after, the program (Please reach out if you have dependents or childcare costs, to ensure financial constraints don’t hinder your participation)
  • Support for job applications in the research and nonprofit sectors.
  • Ongoing membership in a vibrant research community.

What You’ll Gain

  • Comprehensive research methodologies.
  • Practical experience and published intervention reports.
  • Career capital for roles in impact-focused organizations.

Application Process

  1. Written Application: (~30 minutes)
  2. Test Task: (~3 hours)
  3. In-Depth Interview: (~60 minutes)

The entire process takes no more than 10 hours. Only 10–15 participants will be selected for this competitive program.

  • We will contact you about the outcome of your application, regardless of whether you progressed to the next stage.
  • We will only invite you to the next stage if you have a good chance of success. We are sadly unable to give individualized feedback to rejected candidates. However, we build our test tasks to be useful to you as a candidate as well as for us in vetting applicants.
  • We have designed the process to help you learn more about what is important for a career in nonprofit research and weigh it against other career options and pathways to impact.

Start Your Impact Journey Today!

Join the Ambitious Impact Research Program and contribute to building a more effective, equitable world through research.

For more details, visit Program Page.

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