Gain competitive skills for the global workplace plus experience the business, policy, and cultural environments of Russia and the region.
WHAT IS THE ALFA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Alfa Fellowship Program is a distinguished international initiative that each year offers up to 18 accomplished Americans, Britons, and Germans the opportunity to complete a high-level professional development program in Russia. Over the course of the program, fellows complete work placements at leading institutions, attend professional seminars, and receive intensive language training.
The fellowship provides a monthly stipend, accommodation, insurance, all program-related travel costs, language training in Russia, and private pre-departure tutoring.
The deadline to apply for the 2022-2023 program year is December 1, 2021. For details regarding the application process, please visit the Cultural Vistas website: culturalvistas.org/alfa
WHO ARE FELLOWS
FELLOWS ARE EARLY TO MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS FROM THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND GERMANY
with a demonstrated interest in Russia and the region. While Russian language skills vary, most fellows have studied Russian for at least two years at the postsecondary level.
FELLOWS HAVE A BACHELOR’S OR MASTER’S DEGREE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
in fields including arts/cultural management, business, economics, journalism, law, public policy, among others.
FELLOWS POSSESS LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS.
They exemplify personal initiative and clear goals and expectations for the program year.
FELLOWS VALUE BEING PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND A COMMON INTEREST IN RUSSIA AND THE REGION.
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TESTIMONIALS
Bianca Creutz
It was an unforgettable experience to be part of the Alfa Fellowship program. The program helped me to increase my Russian skills up to a professional level, facilitated networking and supported me in building up my professional focus. The flexibility of the program in choice of the work placement, contacts available through the Alfa Fellowship Program and the possibility to combine work placements accelerated my professional development.
Kamila Kocialkowska
I overall truly valued the experience of participating on this programme and feel I have received a huge amount from it, both personally and professionally. Not only am I now a confident Russian speaker with a varied C.V. and valuable work experience, but I have also made some lifelong friends, as well as having had the experience to travel around Russia and its surrounding regions, resulting in some truly unforgettable memories.
Scott Richards
The Fellowship was a brilliant and life-changing experience that permanently altered my career direction. Since the Fellowship, I have been deeply engaged with businesses in Russia and across the region, working in private investments & private equity with a focus on Russia and the broader Russian-speaking world.