Thiel Fellowship
Thiel Foundation Remote · open worldwide
Two-year fellowship that gives young people a grant to skip or leave college and build companies, research or other projects. Fellows also get access to the foundation's network of founders and investors.
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
What it offers: $250,000 grant over two years.
Also: mentorship from founders and investors; fellow community.
Who can apply: Aimed at young people who skip or stop out of college; check the site for the current age limit.
Free to apply.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through salesforce portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, project description.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $250,000 grant”
Who can apply
- Open to founders, students
- Aimed at young people who skip or stop out of college; check the site for the current age limit.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (salesforce 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 Thiel Foundation without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.