If you are a young professional thinking beyond today’s job market, this opportunity is built for people like you.
Applications are now open for the 2027 Next Generation Foresight Practitioners (NGFP) Fellowship, a global program designed for people who want to understand how the future is shaped and how to build solutions for it.
The fellowship is run by the School of International Futures and focuses on helping participants use foresight, not to predict the future, but to understand trends, systems, and long-term changes that affect society, business, and innovation.
What This Program Is Really About
Foresight is not guesswork. It is a structured way of thinking that helps people understand long-term change, explore multiple possible futures, and make better decisions today based on what could happen tomorrow.
In simple terms, it helps you think ahead before the world forces you to react.
What You Get
This is not just a training program. It is a one-year journey built around learning, collaboration, and real-world projects.
Selected fellows receive a $1,000 kick-start funding to support their project, access to global mentors and foresight experts, a partner to guide project development, training in futures and foresight thinking, access to global communities and hubs, opportunities to join events and research projects, and a chance to win a $10,000 final prize.
Who This Is For
This program is ideal if you are between 18 and 35 years old or early in your foresight journey, interested in long-term thinking and systems change, working on ideas that solve real-world problems, open to collaboration and learning, and focused on social or environmental impact.
It is open to applicants worldwide, especially from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and other emerging regions.
Why It Matters
Most people focus on what is happening now. This program focuses on what is coming next.
Participants are trained to look at climate change, technology shifts, economic transformation, and social and political change, and then turn those insights into action.
Timeline
Applications close on June 26, 2026. Selection happens between July and September 2026. Fellows are announced in October 2026. The program begins fully in January 2027.
Apply Here
https://nextgenforesight.org/fellowship/
Bottom Line
This is not just another fellowship. It is a chance to train your mind to think in decades, not just days.
For people who want to build impactful ideas and understand how the world is changing, this is a strong opportunity to step into that space early.
