Global Institute for Shaping a Better FutureFellowship

Global Institute Fellowship for Transforming Systems

Sep 04, 2026

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Sep 04, 2026

About this opportunity

The Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, a Teach For All initiative, is convening 20 of the world's most influential education system leaders for GIFTS, a cohort fellowship on transforming education systems. The program is fully funded by the Enlight Foundation, and no fee of any kind appears on the program page or in the 15-page program information document.

What you get: ➤ Fully funded fellowship enabled by the Enlight Foundation ➤ Masterclasses and closed-door roundtables with senior global education leaders ➤ Triad coaching: policy mentors, leadership coaches and peer coaches ➤ A 4-day residential immersion in a transforming education system ➤ A joint publication supported by the Global Institute's writing team ➤ A lifelong global community of education system leaders

What you'll do: ➤ Commit 4 to 6 hours a month to virtual engagements ➤ Lead a system transformation project in your own context ➤ Travel to and attend the 4-day residential immersion in late January or early February 2027 ➤ Document your project and produce a final report or presentation

Who can apply

Currently serving policymaker, government official, politician or advisor in an influential education role
Open globally
Influence over the learning of significant numbers of young people at regional or national level
Commitment to developing all students holistically regardless of background
Capacity to participate in the full fellowship, including the in-person immersion
No application fees

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Good to know

+Backed by Teach For All and funded by the Enlight Foundation, with named faculty in the program document
+Hard fee check passed: program page plus the full 15-page program information PDF contain no participant fee
+Unusually rich program design: immersion, triad coaching and a joint publication

Worth checking yourself

!Audience is senior education officials, not youth; weak fit for a youth-facing feed
!The aggregator called it a nine-month program launching in-person in late January 2027; the org's PDF shows a virtual launch in October 2026 with the immersion in late January or early February 2027 (org version used)
!Application form is a Salesforce tfaforms.com URL; the info page is used as the applicationLink

What we could not confirm

?Whether travel costs to the in person immersion are covered is not explicitly itemized (the program is described as fully funded overall)
?Immersion location is not named
?Application materials beyond the online form are not listed

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About this opportunity

Who can apply

Currently serving policymaker, government official, politician or advisor in an influential education role
Open globally
Influence over the learning of significant numbers of young people at regional or national level
Commitment to developing all students holistically regardless of background
Capacity to participate in the full fellowship, including the in-person immersion
No application fees