Alaska Fellows Program

The Alaska Fellows Program (AFP) is a fall-to-spring residential fellowship program that nurtures the next generation of Alaska-based leaders by pairing talented young people with strong communities and professional mentors. The program hosts fellows in Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka and Fairbanks. Forty-six percent of alumni continue to live and work in Alaska for a year or more following their fellowships.

Fellows serve with a dynamic non-profit or public-sector organization for the fellowship term and receive modest living stipends and housing is provided and paid for by the program. Fellows live communally, work closely with professional mentors, and make lasting contributions to their host community.

All fellows receive a monthly stipend of $1200, as well as housing and utilities. Fellows receive a flat $750 travel stipend to defray the cost of travel to the program site. Travel and housing for opening and closing retreats are fully funded. Upon successfully completion of the program fellows also receive a $500 end-of-year honorarium.

Eligibility

The Alaska Fellows Program is open to all early-career professionals who fit the other criteria of the program. We do require that fellows be 21 years of age by the start of the program. Host organizations, however, will each have specific professional criteria for applicants. To participate in the program, fellows are required to live in program housing and complete the full program term with their host organization.