Program Details

The Emerging Leader Fellowship provides an opportunity for exceptional graduates interested in social policy and public service to work for one year at an organization in the public or non-profit sectors of the greater Philadelphia area. The Fellowship is designed to provide a dynamic, hands-on experience for the fellow, resulting in a tangible work product that advances the work of the partner organization.

We are interested in supporting projects that focus on issues connected to:

• Child Welfare
• Juvenile Justice
• Education
• Health
• Behavioral Health

Successful projects give partner organizations an opportunity to strengthen their program through policy, research, or advocacy work, and provide the fellow with the chance to gain new skills or experience.  The projects should have a discrete start and end point and allow the primary activities to be completed by the fellow within one year.

Philadelphia Emerging Leader Fellowship

• Program Guidelines & Eligibility Criteria
• Application Process
• Timeline

Harrisburg Emerging Leader Fellowship

• Program Guidelines & Eligibility Criteria
• Timeline

Philadelphia Emerging Leader Fellowship:

Program Guidelines & Eligibility Criteria

Organizations eligible to host an Emerging Leader Fellow

• Organizations interested in hosting a fellow must attend an information session hosted by Stoneleigh Foundation in September, regardless of whether they have applied before. This is a mandatory meeting where the philosophy of the program, application process and fellowship expectations are explained. Stoneleigh Foundation will not accept applications from organizations that did not attend the information session.
• Organizations that currently have a fellow are ineligible to apply this cycle. These organizations are welcome to apply in future cycles.
• Any organization that submitted a project in previous years but was not selected for funding is eligible to apply in the current cycle.

Projects eligible for fellowship consideration must:

• Give the fellow an opportunity to help design and carry out a discrete project or phase of a project within a one-year time frame.
• Provide a valuable professional development experience for the fellow.
• Focus on issues connected to child welfare, juvenile justice, and the education, health or behavioral health of vulnerable populations.
• Provide the fellow with an opportunity to conduct research, test new ideas, build programs, develop social policy and/or create strategies for system improvement.

Candidates eligible for an Emerging Leader Fellowship

• Candidates should have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree within the last three years.
• Candidates who are completing graduate degrees are eligible to apply. The candidate must demonstrate that s/he can effectively balance a full-time fellowship and partial coursework.
• Current employees of an organization are not eligible to apply for an Emerging Leader Fellowship at that organization.

Application Process

Our application process begins early each fall and brings together interested fellowship candidates with organizations seeking to host a fellow. The process has four steps:

1. Partner organizations submit to Stoneleigh Foundation a description of the project they are interested in pursuing with a fellow. Organizations should see Instructions for Submitting a Project Abstract. 
2. We advertise selected projects through our website and email distribution.
3. Interested candidates apply directly to the partner organization using the Candidate Application.
4. Each partner organization selects a candidate and together they submit a Joint Application to Stoneleigh.

Timeline

The Emerging Leader Fellowship for the 2012 Cycle is Now Open.

The timeline for the Emerging Leader Fellowhip Cycle is as follows:

• September 28, 2011 - Information Session for organizations interested in hosting an Emerging Leader Fellow
• October 21, 2011 - Project abstracts due to Stoneleigh Foundation
• November 3, 2011 - Projects will be available on our web site for interested candidates
• November 29, 2011 - Individual Applications due to organizational partners
• Friday, January 13, 2012 - Joint applications due to Stoneleigh Foundation
• March 2012 - Notification of Emerging Leader Fellowship awards
• July 2, 2012 - Emerging Leader Fellowship begins
• June 30, 2013 – Fellowship ends

Further Questions?

For further details on the program, we invite you to view our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact Stoneleigh directly at info@stoneleighfoundation.org or at 215-735-7080.

Harrisburg Emerging Leader Fellowship: 

Program Guidelines & Eligibility Criteria  

Organizations eligible to host an Emerging Leader Fellow

The Emerging Leader Fellowship Program in Harrisburg is a pilot program. Stoneleigh initially selected three organizations to participate in the 2011-2012 cycle. More organizations may be invited to participate in the future, pending initial results. Please sign up to receive updates.

Projects eligible for fellowship consideration must:

• Give the fellow an opportunity to help design and carry out a discrete project or phase of a project within a one-year time frame.
• Provide a valuable professional development experience for the fellow.
• Focus on issues connected to child welfare, juvenile justice, and the education, health or behavioral health of vulnerable populations.
• Provide the fellow with an opportunity to conduct research, test new ideas, build programs, develop social policy and/or create strategies for system improvement.

Candidates eligible for an Emerging Leader Fellowship

• Candidates should have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree within the last three years.
• Candidates who are completing graduate degrees are eligible to apply. The candidate must demonstrate that s/he can effectively balance a full-time fellowship and partial coursework.
• Current employees of an organization are not eligible to apply for an Emerging Leader Fellowship at that organization.

Timeline

Because the Harrisburg fellowship is a pilot for 2011-12, we do not currently have a timeline for applying.  Pending results from the pilot, we will post a new timeline when that information is available. 

Further Questions?

For further details on the program, we invite you to contact Stoneleigh directly at info@stoneleighfoundation.org or at 215-735-7080.