AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

Seeking Emerging Leaders for 2025 AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

The AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship (BIF), formerly known as the William J. Clinton Fellowship, is a 10-month (October-July) immersive bi-national volunteer service program with immense strategic importance in the US-India corridor. BIF places young professionals from the US and India with communities and organizations across India for mutual learning, capacity building, and leadership development–all towards the greater aim of driving social change.

Fellows work on projects closely linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and drive impact through service and fieldwork across diverse thematic areas, such as education, public health, livelihoods, social inclusion, climate change mitigation, LGBTQ+ rights, gender, arts, sports, CSR, and many others.

Program Benefits

• Benefit from a fully funded Fellowship which includes a stipend, travel expenses, health insurance, and more
• Get to know India through the lens of real-world projects that address critical social and developmental issues, directly contributing to community transformation
• Participate in workshops, conferences, and professional development opportunities like the Virtual Leadership Institute
• Build lifelong friendships and become part of the strong Fellowship alumni community: a thriving network of professionals in the development sector.

Eligibility 

Candidates must:

• Be a U.S. or Indian citizen or a U.S. permanent resident
• Be between the ages of 21 and 35 on October 1, 2024
• Have completed a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) before the start of the program on October 1, 2024

Application Deadline: February 15, 2025

Questions 

Details on the Fellowship structure and application process can be found at https://aif.org/fellowship/.  You can reach us at fellowship@aif.org or write to me directly at hari.sivasubramaniapandian@aif.org