Rising Columbia Juniors and Seniors Invited to Apply for Social Impact Fellowship
In its second year, the Social Impact Fellowship offers a series of education and training opportunities to help realize what Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger calls the university’s “Fourth Purpose” – advancing human welfare and confronting the great challenges of our time.
Applications will be accepted until Monday, February 20 at 11:59 PM ET.
Applications will be accepted until Monday, February 20 at 11:59 PM ET.


Columbia University Announces Next President
Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will join the university in July 2023 as the 20th president, succeeding the twenty-year legacy of President Bollinger, whose leadership catapulted Columbia University to the forefront of innovative, world-class, academic institutions making a difference in our world.
Hillary Rodham Clinton to Join CWP as Presidential Fellow
Clinton will help shape the work of CWP in the area of renewing democracy and a number of additional topic areas from climate to global development to youth empowerment.


Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship
The Fellowship aims to assist early-career faculty in deepening their expertise in how to take their research and scholarship to the next step, advancing policy or programs. This is a part-time, year-long program for faculty seeking to advance their research into action.
Applications close on Tuesday, January 31 at 11:59 PM ET.
Applications close on Tuesday, January 31 at 11:59 PM ET.
Announcing the Recipients of the Inaugural CWP Impact Awards
Columbia World Projects (CWP) launched the CWP Impact Awards in 2022. The inaugural awards focused on one of CWP’s four programmatic themes, Supporting Generations, which encompasses efforts to decrease inequality and improve health and well-being specific to particular stages of life. The three selected proposals will be implemented in New York City, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.


New Faculty Grant Opportunity
The Center for Political Economy is accepting applications for one-year faculty grants up to $60,000 to advance new approaches to political economy with a robust institutional, cross-disciplinary orientation.
The application is open until Tuesday, March 7 at 5 PM EST.
The application is open until Tuesday, March 7 at 5 PM EST.