If you are a young professional and want to apply your expertise to making positive change in your community, a BOLD Professional Fellowship can help you take that next step. Professional Fellows will have the unique opportunity to work along experts in your same field in the United States, where you will receive intensive leadership training and mentoring toward the goal of developing and implementing a project idea in your community in Serbia.
They are available to BOLD members aged 25-35 and usually last 5-6 weeks.
Find out which of the fellowship programs listed below are best suited to you and apply!
Application is now open!
BOLD Professional Fellowships on
Civic Engagement
The BOLD Professional Fellowship Program (PFP) brings emerging leaders from the region in the fields of governance and society to the United States where they will be matched with a host in a U.S. organization dealing with issues relating to your work in Serbia for approximately one month. Carefully designed full-time fellowships will provide hands-on exposure to national legislative offices, state legislatures, local government offices, businesses, and non-profit organizations.
Details:
Program Eligibility:
- Young professional 25-35 years of age
- Must have permanent residence in Serbia
Program Details:
- Fellowship dates: May – June 2025
- Pre-departure orientation: April 2025
- Virtual programming: January – March, 2025
- Application deadline: April 30, 2023
Visit the Professional Fellows website for more information.
Apply for this opportunity here.
Application is now closed
BOLD Professional Fellowships on
Economic Development
The Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders
Initiative (YTILI) Fellowship Program is the U.S. Department of State’s flagship program for
emerging entrepreneurs from Europe. YTILI is a two-way exchange program for emerging entrepreneurs ages 25-35 from 49 countries in Europe.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
– Individually tailored Fellowship with a U.S. company
– Opening Program in Chicago
– Closing Program in Washington D.C.
– Five week fully funded U.S. experience
– Entrepreneurship curriculum from DePaul University and GEA College, Slovenia
– Reciprocal Exchanges: A select group of American participants travel to Europe to work with YTILI
Fellows on joint projects relating to work and community.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY:
- Young professional 25-35 years of age
- Must have permanent residence in Serbia
PROGRAM DATES:
- Application deadline: February 5, 2024
- Virtual curriculum: July – August, 2024
- U.S. segment: September – October, 2024
For more information, please visit the YTILI website
This application is now closed.
BOLD Professional Fellowship on
Community Solutions Program
The Community Solutions Program (CSP) offers community leaders working in the fields of gender equality, conflict resolution, environmental issues, governmental transparency, and other civic engagement issues a four-month professional development experience in the United States which includes
- a 32-hour per week practicum at a U.S. host organization,
- a 10-hour per week leadership development course, and
- a six-month community action project that leverages the knowledge, skills, and network that fellows developed in the United States.
Eligible applicant must:
- be between the ages of 26 and 39;
- have a permanent residency in Serbia.
Click here to learn more about the program and apply.
Program duration: August 2024 – December 2024.
Deadline for application is November 1, 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions
Any BOLD member who is age 25-35. The most qualified applicants will be those who are seeking to best utilize their professional skills and experience to make a difference in the civic engagement or economic development of their community.
We will notify all BOLD members about new opportunities through the BOLD website and notify BOLD members on BOLD Forum.
There is no standard requirement, but the BOLD program wants young professional leaders who seek to use their skills and experience to improve communities in Serbia.
Yes! It’s very easy to become a BOLD member. Click here to sign up now!
Each program differs. Click on the links for information about each one.
Yes, the U.S. Embassy will assist you with the visa application process, but there is no guarantee that you will be granted a visa. If, according to U.S. immigration law, you are ineligible for a visa, you will not be able to attend the program.
