CGBD Global Black Community Research Fellowship

The Council on Global Black Development (CGBD), an initiative of the US nonprofit DIFFvelopment, runs a year-long research fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students and other thinkers worldwide. Fellows join issue-specific research teams and build actionable research plans on the sustainable empowerment of Black communities, contributing to a 20-year global research agenda. It is unpaid, with a limited technology stipend for fellows who show financial need.

What you get:

• Authorship credit in the published CGBD Research Report
• A CGBD Fellowship certificate of completion and a performance report
• Access to recommendations from DIFFvelopment staff
• Membership of the CGBD Research Alumni Network
• Training in historically grounded, interdisciplinary research methods
• A limited technology stipend for internet access and remote participation, for fellows who demonstrate financial need

What you'll do:

• Attend orientation in mid November on DIFFvelopment's mission and the historical foundations of the global Black community
• Join an issue-specific research team and write an execution plan (November to December)

• Undergraduate students, graduate students, or other visionary thinkers
• Open to applicants worldwide
• No age range is published
• The programmes page frames it as for young Black researchers; the application form does not state Black identity as a requirement