Applications are now open for the 2026 Echoing Green Fellowship Programme

Ednah Carrick September 26, 2025

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Closing Date: 8 October 2025

Applications are now open for the 2026 Echoing Green Fellowship Programme

Overview

Echoing Green supports bold leaders from all over the world who see possibility in the face of the most existential challenges of our day. Together, Echoing Green strives to build a world that has yet to exist: a future free from systemic inequality where all people can thrive

Through the Fellowship programme, Echoing Green find innovators, mobilizers, community organizers, and social justice leaders working on a plan to make the world better in a big way. Then help them grow their impact by connecting them with the tools, resources, and communities they need to bring their ideas to life.

This Fellowship Programme is for people whose enterprises are at an early stage and who are experts on the challenge they’ve chosen to confront. Echoing Green seek leaders who reflect the community they serve and bring deep knowledge of the issues into their work as they co-design solutions with and for their communities.

Applicant Eligibility

Will you be 18 years or older by the time you begin the Fellowship?
- Echoing Green Fellowship applicants must be 18 years or older by June 1, 2026.
Are you able to communicate proficiently in English?
- To be eligible for the Fellowship and fully participate in programming and support offerings, you must be able to proficiently communicate in English. Support throughout the Echoing Green Fellowship is offered in English. Please note that reasonable accommodations will be made to support the full participation of those with visual, hearing or speech impairments.
Are you an original founder or a leading member of your proposed organization’s original founding team?
- Echoing Green use the term “original founder” to describe people who launched or are launching an organization that is their original idea. You cannot have assumed a leadership position within the organization after its founding. To be eligible, you must be a leader with decision-making power within the organization and be either 1) a sole founder or 2) a leading founder on a team of people who
  created the organization.

Examples:
Eligible
* You came up with the idea for your organization, recruited a co-founder and together you launched the organization
* You are the sole founder of your organization and have full decision making authority.

Not eligible
* You joined an existing organization as a CEO or Executive Director and did not play a role in its founding.
* You are a board member or advisor to an organization but were not part of the original founding team.

Are you the primary decision maker for your organization?
- To be eligible for an Echoing Green Fellowship, applicants must be the primary decision maker and have the ultimate authority over your organization’s growth and strategic vision.
Will you be able to work full time on your proposed organization throughout the 18-month Fellowship?
- If selected for an Echoing Green programme, you may hold other professional responsibilities, but you must work full time, defined here as 40 hours a week, on the work outlined in your Fellowship application, and it must remain as your main professional priority.

Writing Your Application

Echoing Green application is open for three weeks but don’t wait until the last day to start an application. The best answers are well thought out, reflective, and concise. Build in time for several rounds of proofreading and review. Submitting your application before the due date gives you time to deal with any unforeseen technical issues. Your application must be received before the application deadline.