TOMA BAṜRE EDUCATION
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP
Strive • Unite • Build.
School & Institutional Partner Brief
Connect Students With Applied International Experience
The Global Development Fellowship is an October–August applied-learning experience connecting Fellows with active international humanitarian and community-development initiatives. Fellows contribute through research, project planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional mentorship, and selected on-site engagement.
Why Share the Fellowship
The Fellowship provides students with opportunities to strengthen:
- Applied research
- Written and verbal communication
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Project planning
- Professional responsibility
- Cross-cultural awareness
- Community-development understanding
Eligible Educational Pathways
- Gap-year applicants within three years of secondary-school completion
- Technical and vocational students
- Trade-school students
- Two-year and four-year college students
- University undergraduate students
- University graduate students
Eligible applicants may be located in Texas, elsewhere in the United States or U.S. territories, or internationally.
TOMA BAṜRE EDUCATION · Global Development Fellowship
School & Institutional Partner Brief
How Institutions Can Engage
- Share approved Fellowship materials
- Refer eligible students
- Nominate students through an approved pathway
- Host Fellowship information sessions
- Explore institutional collaboration
- Develop a verified Fellowship partnership
Verified Partner-Institution Consideration
Applicants enrolled at an active, verified Fellowship partner institution may receive five additional points during formal application review when an approved institutional pathway applies. This consideration does not guarantee an interview, placement, or Fellowship offer. All applicants remain subject to complete eligibility review and human evaluation.
Technical schools, trade schools, colleges, and universities may be considered for institutional partnership.
Share the Fellowship with eligible students or connect with TOMA BAṜRE EDUCATION to explore an institutional partnership.