Hult Prize 2026 Impact Fellowship for Young Leaders (fully funded trip to London + $475/month stipend)

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Applications are open for Hult Prize 2026 Impact Fellowship. The Hult Prize Impact Fellowship places early-career talent inside the world’s largest impact startup ecosystem. Fellows gain hands-on experience shaping founders, programs, and global initiatives while building networks that span 130+ countries.

This year, up to five fellows will spend eight months learning impact venture, program design, ecosystem building, and impact measurement, with support to launch their next career step in investment, startups, or impact roles.

At Hult Prize, they back early-career talent the same way we back founders. They run the world’s largest impact startup competition (200,000+ annual participants, 15,000+ startups, 2,000+ campuses, 130+ countries), and this fellowship places you inside that engine, shaping the entrepreneurs who will define the next decade of impact.

At the end of the fellowship, they back you to take your next step by actively supporting you to move into roles as an investor, startup operator, founder, or impact and sustainability professional.

Hult Prize Impact Fellowship Benefits

10+ masterclasses and workshops built around real investment, impact, and founder work.
200+ hours of hands-on training in startup evaluation, founder interviews, due diligence, and program ops.
1:1 mentorship from Hult Prize operators and industry leaders, on both the work and your career path.
A paid fellowship with an estimated $475/month stipend*, distributed in three installments tied to each phase of the program.
A fully funded trip to the Global Accelerator in London: flights, visas, housing, and meals covered for up to a month (worth up to $10,000).**
Global exposure across 130+ countries, working with founders, mentors, and partners in a truly international ecosystem.
A clear next step: either a full scholarship for a Master’s at Hult International Business School (upon successful completion) or warm introductions and support into roles in VC, startups, impact, or ecosystem building.

Fellowship Tracks

Fellows will specialize in one of four tracks:

Due Diligence & Venture Analysis
- You will dive into financial modeling, market research, and startup assessment.
- You will help evaluate traction, risk, and investment readiness while preparing reports and briefs for the investment team.
- Ideal for candidates interested in venture capital, consulting, or financial analysis.
Curriculum & Learning Design
- You will support the design of learning experiences for Hult Prize founders.
- You will map curriculum milestones, assist with content organization, personalize learning to startups’ needs for our venture programs (Incubator and Accelerator), and collect feedback to improve sessions.
- Best suited for those with an interest in entrepreneurship education and program design.
Alumni & Community Relations
- You will help strengthen the relationship between Hult Prize and its global alumni network.
- You will build connections and community, working across departments to activate and expand the Hult Prize alumni ecosystem.
- Ideal for those who love networking, relationship building, community strategy, and event design.
Impact Measurement & Sustainability
- You will track and evaluate the social and environmental impact ****of the Hult Prize ecosystem, past and present.
- You will measure the outcomes of startups, alumni, and even internal operations, developing dashboards and reports that tell the full story of the Hult Prize’s global impact.
- Ideal for those passionate about ESG, sustainability, and evidence-based impact analysis.

Eligibility Criteria for Hult Prize Impact Fellowship

We welcome applications from early-career talent and recent graduates who:

Are fluent in English (spoken and written).
Care deeply about startups, social innovation, and impact investing.
Have some exposure to startups, VC, finance, consulting, research, community building, or program ops through work, projects, or student leadership.
Are comfortable working remotely across time zones, in fast-changing, multicultural teams.
Can commit 20–30 hours per week from February to September, with intensity peaks in April and late August.
Are available to join us in London between August 2026 and September 5, 2026.
Are hungry to learn by doing, and ready to work directly with founders rather than just study them.

In line with our commitment to global inclusion and our mission to diversify the impact ecosystem, we strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented and overlooked communities, particularly from Latin America, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central & South Asia, to apply.

**Who this is not for**

You’re looking for a job, not a fellowship: This is an educational, upskilling program with a stipend, not a full-time salaried role or a long-term contract.
You need a fixed 9–5 schedule: We work across multiple time zones, around founder availability, and at the pace of a global competition. Some weeks are intense; others are lighter. It won’t be uniform.
You prefer theory to practice: If you’d rather take courses and collect certificates than sit with messy founder problems, incomplete data, and real decisions, this won’t feel right.
You want constant direction and hand-holding: Fellows are expected to own projects, spot gaps, and move fast with limited supervision.
You shy away from hard conversations: You’ll sometimes need to challenge assumptions, say no, and ask direct questions to founders and teammates. If that feels out of reach, this isn’t your program.
To ensure fairness and avoid conflicts of interest, fellows must not hold any other position at the Hult Prize 2025–2026 cycle (e.g., startup team member, Campus Director, National/Coordinator, etc).

Program Highlights

10+ masterclasses and workshops with real-world investment and impact focus.
200+ hours of hands-on training, including startup evaluation, due diligence, and program operations.
1:1 mentorship with Hult Prize operators and external industry leaders.
Capstone project in your track (e.g., investment memo, impact report, alumni event, or demo day delivery).
Potential follow-on opportunities: Master’s scholarship at Hult International Business School or supported entry into impact careers.

Program Timeline

Discover (February – March 2026)
- Observe startup selection and shadow Hult Prize decision-making.
- Learn how impact ventures are evaluated and how fellows operate.
- Begin reviewing live startup applications and understand the ecosystem.
Execute (April – May 2026)
- Conduct founder interviews and support due diligence.
- Contribute to shaping incubator and accelerator cohorts.
- Take on hands-on responsibilities in evaluating and supporting startups.
Lead (June – September 2026)
- Own track-specific projects and deliver your capstone output.
- Engage directly with founders, alumni, and Hult Prize teams.
- Lead founder-facing work, publish investment or impact outputs, and run learning or alumni initiative

How To Apply

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