Columbia Students Invited to Apply for 2024-2025 Social Impact Fellowship
Rising juniors and seniors committed to using their talents to help solve complex social problems are invited to apply for the Social Impact Fellowship.
Columbia Global launches five grant opportunities for faculty
Columbia Global just launched five exciting funding opportunities for faculty. These opportunities are designed to support faculty, foster innovation, and create lasting impact.
Early Career Faculty Invited to Apply for Impact Fellowship
This is a year-long program for early career faculty at Columbia University’s schools and affiliates. The fellowship, which was launched in 2023, is designed to support faculty in exploring ways in which their scholarly work and research can be broadened to achieve social impact.
Columbia World Projects Opens Application for 2024-2025 Obama Foundation Scholars Program
The Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Columbia University, a part of Columbia World Projects and Columbia Global, launched the application for its seventh cohort today, inviting rising leaders from around the world to apply to participate in a nine-month immersive program of academic, skill-based and experiential learning.
Introducing the 2023-2024 Obama Foundation Scholars
Columbia World Projects is excited to introduce the sixth cohort of Obama Foundation Scholars. From combating fake news in Southeast Asia and uplifting youth in Brazil's favelas, to driving transformative education in war-torn Ukraine and fostering democracy in El Salvador, our newest Scholars are at the forefront of global social impact. The 12 emerging social change leaders, selected from across the globe, will spend a full academic year at Columbia University.
CWP Director Wafaa El-Sadr Shares Her Vision for New Columbia Global
In July 2022, President Lee C. Bollinger named Wafaa El-Sadr the executive vice president for Columbia Global, a new entity that presently brings together Columbia World Projects, the Columbia Global Centers, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.