We do not discriminate based on age, or experience. Unconventional professional or personal backgrounds should not deter anyone from applying.

Anyone working full-time and/or studying full time who is committed to being a team player, and meeting other application criteria is eligible to apply.

We expect the fellows to scale up the project after the fellowship period. Strictly, there are not any such commitments once the key deliverables are received; however, we hope the fellows will be supportive of the dissemination process of the deliverables, even after the fellowship period ends.

Yes, we encourage everyone to apply for the fellowship. We had someone with disabilities in our previous rounds. However, we understand the resources required to accommodate some of the disabilities are higher than others. We encourage you to please inquire with the fellowship team ([email protected]) about specific accommodation requests before you fill out the application form.

Yes. There are no restrictions for any working individual from applying, as long as you commit 5-10 hours per week for the fellowship. We had several similar fellows last year who were working and studying full-time.

Weekly 2-hr virtual sessions are scheduled during weeknights, and in-person all day sessions occur every 3 weeks, on weekends.

P.S. Orientation will be done over 2 days either on May 12-13, or on May 13-14, so there is a chance you might need to take 1-day off.

Yes, the form can be filled in English or in Nepali language.

Not necessarily. However, if we suspect any discrepancy in any of your application responses, we reserve the right to make inquiries about your application components.

Fellows are not expected to pay any amount for the fellowship. Additionally, a modest travel and communication stipend will be provided, in addition to the Team Project Seed Funding.

No, the fellowship does not require full time commitment, neither is it a job. The selected fellows should however be prepared to spend at least allocate 5-10 hours a week for various aspects of the fellowship period.

The fellowship is primarily an exercise in solution-centric leadership approach. We let the fellows and the teams make creative decisions over the topics they want to work on for the fellowship. With a team of expert mentors and advisors, the fellows work toward finding the solutions on the identified topics. For example, the three topics fellows worked on in the previous batch of fellowship were as follows: 1. Documentation of Indigenous (Majhi) History and Knowledge. 2. Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception on Sexual Consent among Undergraduate Students of Kathmandu. 3. Feminist Approach to Climate Justice through Women Lens

The selected fellows will be provided with a modest travel and communication stipend for the overall fellowship period, but that is enough only for internal travel within the Kathmandu Valley.

Due to resource constraints, we will not be able to provide additional facilities to accommodate applicants from out of Kathmandu valley.

Selection will be based on anonymous assessments of submitted responses by a team of evaluators. If there is conflict of interest among evaluators (if an evaluator personally knows an applicant before hand), they are excused from reviewing such applicants. Select applicants move on to the next round, the interviews.

Warning: we check the validity of the essay responses to detect any signs of plagiarism and/or usage of any AI tools (including ChatGPT). If found guilty, such applications and applicants will be banned from this and any future opportunities at ALIN.

Final selection of twelve (12) will be based on the performance of the applicants in both the rounds, their compatibility with the Fellowship, and diversity of experiences they bring to the table.

Interdisciplinary, sustainable solutions.
They can be business oriented, rights based, policy or research based, the decision is a collective decision of the team you are placed in.