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Civic Innovators Fellowship for Teenagers

  • Organization: Civics Unplugged
  • Type: Fellowship
  • Location: United States
  • Deadline: September 4, 2026
  • Funding: No Funding

Civics Unplugged has been running since 2019 and says it has trained more than 6,000 young people to treat civics as something you do rather than something you study. The Civic Innovators Fellowship is the way in: two eight-week online blocks where you learn to think like a civic innovator, meet other teenagers doing the same, and start a project in your own community. Finishing it unlocks the rest of what they run, including a tuition-free in-person Academy and a social impact incubator that offers alumni funding and mentorship. **What you get:** - A place in a two-part online fellowship, eight weeks in the autumn and eight in the spring - A cohort of other 13 to 18 year olds from across the country - Mentors, and a route to funding for your own project - On graduating, access to the Civic Innovation Academy, a tuition-free week-long in-person programme for 50 to 100 fellows - Access to the Civic Innovation Lab, a social impact incubator offering alumni financial support and mentorship - Membership of CU Society afterwards, with funding and job opportunities, coaching and local hubs **What you'll do:** - Work through the two-part fellowship curriculum on civic innovation - Connect with fellows from around the country - Begin bringing a change to your own community - Choose a track after the fellowship to keep going **Key dates:** - Applications close 4 September 2026 - Part One runs September to November, Part Two February to April

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Civic Innovators Fellowship for Teenagers

Sep 04, 2026 23:59:00 ET
Opportunity type
Fellowship
Funding
No Funding
Location
United States
Deadline
Sep 04, 2026 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

Civics Unplugged has been running since 2019 and says it has trained more than 6,000 young people to treat civics as something you do rather than something you study. The Civic Innovators Fellowship is the way in: two eight-week online blocks where you learn to think like a civic innovator, meet other teenagers doing the same, and start a project in your own community. Finishing it unlocks the rest of what they run, including a tuition-free in-person Academy and a social impact incubator that offers alumni funding and mentorship.

What you get:

  • A place in a two-part online fellowship, eight weeks in the autumn and eight in the spring
  • A cohort of other 13 to 18 year olds from across the country
  • Mentors, and a route to funding for your own project
  • On graduating, access to the Civic Innovation Academy, a tuition-free week-long in-person programme for 50 to 100 fellows
  • Access to the Civic Innovation Lab, a social impact incubator offering alumni financial support and mentorship
  • Membership of CU Society afterwards, with funding and job opportunities, coaching and local hubs

What you'll do:

  • Work through the two-part fellowship curriculum on civic innovation
  • Connect with fellows from around the country
  • Begin bringing a change to your own community
  • Choose a track after the fellowship to keep going

Key dates:

  • Applications close 4 September 2026
  • Part One runs September to November, Part Two February to April

Who can apply

  • Aged 13 to 18
  • Delivered entirely online
  • Framed around American civic institutions. Their own page says it is for motivated Americans, though no formal citizenship rule is published
  • Two parts: eight weeks September to November, then eight weeks February to April
  • Every Civics Unplugged member starts here; the Academy and the Lab are open only to Fellowship graduates
  • Apply through their online form
  • No fee is stated on their site either way

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Good to know

  • +Reaches 13 to 18 year olds, the youngest bracket anything in this batch is open to
  • +Fully virtual, so there is no travel cost
  • +A stated track record: more than 6,000 young people trained since 2019
  • +The path after the Fellowship is published: a tuition-free in-person Academy, then a social impact incubator offering financial support and mentorship
  • +Named alumni with real projects are shown on their own site
  • +The two-part structure and its dates are published up front

Worth checking yourself

  • !No fee is stated for the Fellowship either way, so the zero recorded here is inference
  • !Heavily framed around American civic institutions; their own page says 'For motivated Americans'
  • !No funding attached to the Fellowship itself. Money comes later and only to graduates who go on to the Lab
  • !No closing time or timezone published

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Civic Innovators Fellowship for Teenagers
Sep 04, 2026 23:59:00 ET