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FellowshipCycle: Annual per region; dates differ by fellowship.

Acumen Fellows (Regional Fellowships)

Acumen Open worldwide

Moral leadership fellowships for people tackling poverty and social challenges, run as regional cohorts with seminars and a peer network.

Free to start · no account needed

Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.

You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.

About

Also: leadership seminars; regional peer cohort; global Acumen network.

Who can apply: Each regional program (Latin America, East Africa, West Africa, India, Pakistan, Spain, UK, Southeast Asia) sets its own eligibility and dates.

Free to apply.

Annual per region; dates differ by fellowship.

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: application form, essays, references.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Our Fellowship programs run across eight regions.”

Who can apply

  • Open to working professionals, founders, licensed professionals
  • Each regional program (Latin America, East Africa, West Africa, India, Pakistan, Spain, UK, Southeast Asia) sets its own eligibility and dates.

What you will need

  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Acumen without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.