The Non-Trivial Fellowship is an online program for ages 14-20 to start doing impactful research, policy or entrepreneurial projects.
You’ll get access to:
• Up to $15,000 in funding
• A $500 scholarship for all accepted applicants
• Guidance from facilitators at top universities like Oxford, Cambridge, and Stanford
• Exclusive sessions with speakers having a global impact, like philosopher Peter Singer and AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio
• A world-class community of likeminded people who deeply care about the world
With flexible participation options, the Fellowship can be completed part-time alongside other programs and schoolwork.
Young people who are aged 14-20 and haven’t started university by the start of the fellowship. No standardised test scores are required.
You can apply no matter where you are in the world.
The fellowship operates across all timezones. You’ll work with your project group and conduct your 1:1 meetings at a time convenient to you. The program is flexibly structured so that you can complete your independent learning at your own pace.
Applications close: To be determined
Program dates: To be determined
At age 18, Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein. Shelley and other prodigies shared a common trait: rather than waiting for permission, they took action. Our curriculum provides a foundation to help you identify critical issues, set long-term career goals, and develop innovative, effective solutions.
Note: you’ll be given the chance to work on impactful projects, but we cannot guarantee that you will have an impact. That’s down to you!
“Together with my group, we have worked on and started a project which will aid malnourishment and feed the world in a time of crisis- had I told this to me in 2022, I would never have believed it, as it did not seem within reach at all.”
Meet once a week with your group and facilitator to get resources and advice to improve your project.
Guidance on how to find a pressing problem where you can make the biggest difference.
Present your project and get feedback and up to $15,000 to support your next steps.
You're busy, so we've designed the program to work around your schedule.
The program requires a minimum commitment of 5 hours per week, which can be completed on a flexible schedule that works for you. Our team is dedicated to providing support and resources to ensure that all participants can still have a meaningful and impactful experience.
However, the more effort you put in, the more you will get out of the fellowship, so we encourage you to spend as much time as you have available on your project.
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“Everyone was incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, and driven in their respective fields, and it was truly inspiring to be surrounded by such motivated individuals.”
Fellows will be selected through a competitive process and join a global community of committed peers and alumni. You will then be matched in a group of fellows from a similar background, and will be paired every week with a new member who shares your interests. The fellows in your cohort and our alumni community will, we hope, go on to become your friends, advisors, collaborators, and co-founders.
Get matched for a call with another fellow and work out how you could help each other accomplish your goals.
Change your and others’ minds in an anti-debate, challenge your forecasting skills in an estimation game, or relax with other fellows for a casual social event in the happy hour.
Join a regularly active Discord to get support for whatever you’re struggling with or discuss topics you’re interested in.
Through our curriculum spanning philosophy, economics, math and more you will explore cutting-edge concepts for tackling the world's most pressing problems. We aim to help you discover crucial insights others are missing for a truly outsized positive impact.
We don't have all the answers - in fact, we're confident some of the cutting-edge ideas we cover will turn out to be wrong. Our goal is to equip you with the critical thinking skills to evaluate them independently and reach your own conclusions.
“The Non-Trivial Fellowship is definitely the most useful thing I have done all year… I liked the worksheets because I feel as if I have learnt so much about new topics like effective altruism, philosophical schools of thought and AI.”
A guided step-by-step process to help you plan your project and develop your idea.
Learn in your own time about the week's topics to help you with your project.
Meet with other fellows who share your interest and help each other with your projects.
