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Ashoka Fellowship

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Tailored stipend for up to three years, if needed, so the Fellow can work full time on the idea. No fixed amount published.

Funder

Ashoka

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Nominations by network, field members or self-nomination are recorded by local country staff; no fixed deadline published.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Selects individual social entrepreneurs, not organisations. The venture can be for-profit or nonprofit but the idea must be new and systems-changing.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/program/ashoka-venture-and-fellowship

"A tailored stipend for up to three years, if needed, for the Fellow to dedicate themselves full time to the advancement of the idea"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.ashoka.org

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