"Who are the right candidates for the CJP/ PresenTense Fellowship?"
The answer depends on how much you want to turn that idea you have into a full-blown venture. Because we're good at that - here are only some of the ventures we've launched in the past three years in our Jerusalem Fellowship program.
Applications should be:
- Between the ages of 22 and 40
- Self-identified as Jewish
- Based in the Greater Boston area
- Committed to pursuing an idea that will engage, leverage, and inspire Boston's Jewish community?
- Interested in learning valuable tools and making important connections that will help you impact the world through sustainable ventures
- Interested in developing a culture of innovation for the Boston Jewish community
- Willing and able to participate fully in all components of the program, from January 10 - May 27, 2010
Check out some sample ventures for the CJP/PresenTense Fellowship.
- Self-identified as Jewish
- Based in the Greater Boston area
- Committed to pursuing an idea that will engage, leverage, and inspire Boston's Jewish community?
- Interested in learning valuable tools and making important connections that will help you impact the world through sustainable ventures
- Interested in developing a culture of innovation for the Boston Jewish community
- Willing and able to participate fully in all components of the program, from January 10 - May 27, 2010
Check out some sample ventures for the CJP/PresenTense Fellowship.
"Ok - so what does this require," you ask?
Details about the Pilot Class of 2010:
- TIME COMMITMENT: The Boston Fellowship is a five-month long program, from January to the end of May, 2010. Fellows will be expected to devote approximately one evening a week to skill-building, trainings, and networking programs. In addition, fellows are expected to work on their ventures for 2-10 hours per week, with their mentors, peers, and on their own.
- NUMBER OF FELLOWS: The pilot year of the Boston Fellowship will target 10-15 fellows.
- CURRICULUM: The CJP/PresenTense Fellowship is a unique training program for Jewish social entrepreneurs built by entrepreneurs with the needs of entrepreneurs in mind. As such, programming is scheduled for the evening, with no more than one evening a week of programming. A number of training modules intertwine to provide the innovator with the web of resources, skills and opportunities needed for venture success: fellows are taught core skills in three day-long seminars, their tool-kit is refined by practicioners in the field, they are mentored by leaders in their field, coached by professionals, connected in workshops with peers -- and showcased to the greater community in a Launch Night where fellows will present their ventures to a community of potential supporters and partners. Learn more about the curriculum.
- TRAINERS, MENTORS, AND TEACHERS: The CJP/PresenTense Fellowship will draw from the incredibly knowledgeable and experienced Boston community to find speakers, mentors and teachers who are committed to growing Boston's innovative capacity among young adults, and who believe in a vision of Boston as a center of innovation and engagement. A list of trainers, mentors, and teachers will be available in December.
- COST: The CJP/PresenTense Fellowship is a scholarship-supported program; admitted fellows participate at no cost to them and have their tuition covered for the course of the five months.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Applications are available online.
Deadline for applying was November 11, 2009.
ORIENTATION: 9am - 5pm on Sunday, January 10, 2010.
