Project Invent Fellowship Application
The Project Invent Fellowship is a 1-year design thinking and making fellowship for disruptive educators. As a fellow, you will lead your students to invent a solution to a real problem in the community. We train and support fellows to run invention teams and inspire a nationwide young changemaker movement.

Apply to become a fellow in 2021-2022! You get:

1) one-on-one and small cohort support throughout the year by experts from Stanford d.school, MIT, and more.
2) 4 days of intensive design thinking, making, and entrepreneurship training.
3) 4 professional development workshops in best practices for leading project-based learning over the year.
4) a chance for your students to present to top Silicon Valley investors and tech leaders for funding.
5) membership in our national community of educators.
6) support with securing a community partner for real-world problem solving.

Before applying, make sure you can commit to the following:

1) you can attend our virtual Summer Institute on July 26-29, 2021
2) you can attend four 2-hour professional development workshops during the year
2) you can dedicate 2-3 hours/week to lead your team from October 2021 to May 2022
3) you are excited by design thinking and student-centered, project-based learning models.
4) you can recruit 5-8 high school students to form a team.

If you have any questions, reach out to hello@projectinvent.org.
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This application is designed to be filled out by the prospective fellow who is the educator who will be working directly with the students throughout the year and attending the summer training and school-year workshops. If that is not you, please send this application along to your team's prospective fellow instead.
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Why are you interested in being a Project Invent fellow? *
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What experience do you have in engineering, entrepreneurship, and/or design thinking? (none is required!) *
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What experience do you have working with students? *
We love fellows who are curious and willing to take risks, inspiring their students to do the same. Tell us about a personal project you've worked on that demonstrates your curiosity and excitement to tackle new problems. *
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Community partnership is core to Project Invent's model. How have you partnered with people and problems in your community to bring the real-world into your classroom? *
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Will you be able to attend our virtual summer training July 26-29, 2021? *
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