Deadline: 7 January 2013
Open to: young people aged 18 to 28 who are eager to make a change
Fellowship: tuition expenses for three course program; travel expenses, room and board, insurance, and related costs for 10 weeks in Hamburg, Germany
Description
Up to 20 international Fellows will come to Hamburg for 10 weeks in April 2013 to learn how they can reach out to people through the medium of theater. During the following ten-month period, they will implement their own ventures at home, applying the newly learned skills and inspiration and with the support of the D&F Academy.
A D&F Academy Fellowships covers the tuition expenses to participate in all three courses of the one-year DreamMaker Program. For the ten weeks Challenge Phase, it also covers travel expenses, room and board, insurances and other related costs.
The D&F Academy will arrange and pay for transportation from your nearest major airport to the project and back. They will also pick you up at the airport at the beginning of the project and bring you to the airport on the way back. It is your responsibility to get to the airport and back home in your home country. Please also take a look into the Fellowship Facts for further clarification.
Challenge Phase (April 2013 – June 2013)
Each D&F Project is centered around a Challenge, a hands-on task given to the Fellows by the Project Friend, which they will work on as a group on during their ten weeks in Hamburg. In the course of the D&F Academy Theater Project, they will write, rehearse and stage a multilingual play together with Project Friend Nils Daniel Finckh. The focus of the play will be identity and love; a reaction to the new challenges our notions of individual and national identity face in an increasingly globalized world.
The Fellows will bring their own experiences, artistic creativity and imagination, and will have the opportunity to learn from practitioners about all aspects of writing and staging a play. In the process, you will not only learn more about yourself, but also experience the impact that theater can have on society.
Next to the Challenge, the Fellows will participate in three courses:
- The ChallengeLab is centered around the Challenge and provides the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully fulfill it. The course not only covers project specific knowledge from Nils Daniel Finckh and other experienced professionals from the field, but also skills in project management and team leadership, taught in sessions run by D&F Academy staff.
- The MediaLab is an interactive and hands-on course in which Fellows learn to use different media, especially video and blogs. The course enables Fellows to reach a broader audience for their ventures by creating their own websites and filling them with good quality content.
- The DreamLab, an innovative start-up course, is based on values and skills that are crucial for the Fellows to plan and implement their ventures and thus to positively impact society. The course is ongoing through both Phases. A key milestone for every Fellow is the presentation of the DreamPlan at the end of the Challenge Phase in Hamburg, which then becomes the basis for its implementation during the ten month Implementation Phase in the respective Fellow’s home country.
Implementation Phase (June 2013 – March 2014)
The 10-week Challenge Phase in the D&F Academy Hamburg is followed by the 10-month Implementation Phase in the respective Fellow’s home country. The Fellows implement their DreamPlans making use of the knowledge they gained throughout the Challenge Phase and with the support of the D&F Cloud, the D&F Academy’s online learning platform.
During the ten-month Implementation Phase, Fellows take part in the online curriculum and are coached, mentored and advised from the D&F team as they realize their own project! This way, the ongoing mutual exchange between Fellows and alumni is also fostered.
Eligibility
The prestigious D&F Academy Fellowship is a unique opportunity for young people aged 18 to 28 who are eager to make a change.
They encourage applications from university students or graduates as well as individuals without higher education alike. What counts for them is that applicants demonstrate a unique motivation to participate in the selected project and show the potential to use the experience for their own future venture and dreams.
Fellows must have a good working knowledge of English, as the projects take place in an international group and are conducted in English.
Read more about other criteria HERE.
Application
Application deadline is January 7, 2013 (10 am, CET). You must register at the website HERE and fill out the application online. The application consists of two steps. The first step is to fill your contact details in order to create an account, and the second step is to fill in and submit the application form. For more information about how to apply please go to application procedure.
The selection process is highly competitive and includes the review of all written applications by a selection committee, as well as Skype interviews with applicants who pass the first round in the Selection Phase. Some of the core criteria in the selection process are the motivation an applicant shows for taking part in the particular project, the passion for his or her venture idea, and the impact an applicant is expected to be able to make through the help of the project.
All information and more is available in a PDF file, please click HERE to download it or visit the official website HERE.
For further questions and inquiries, please contact info@dfacademy.org or projects@dfacademy.org or review the organizers’ contact page HERE.