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The Project 55 Fellowship provides nonprofit organizations, government entities, and other public service organizations with extraordinary Princeton undergraduate students and recent alumni committed to your mission and to delivering meaningful high-impact work. Fellows bring creativity, skills, and energy to their roles. The Project 55 Fellowship is highly competitive amongst Princeton graduates with 10% of Princeton’s graduating class applying each year.
For 30 years, Princeton AlumniCorps has partnered with more than 500 public interest and nonprofit organizations to implement the Project 55 Fellowship Program. Our highly-talented Fellows graduate Princeton with diverse educational backgrounds and a desire to contribute to social change. Partner organizations host Fellows in substantive, paid positions, to deliver outcomes that are meaningful to both the Fellow’s professional development and the organization’s mission.We are always looking for new partner organizations!
For the 2024-25 P55 Fellowship program, Princeton AlumniCorps is hosting only one round of partner applications and selections to be host-site for Fellows. Please use this timeline to inform your planning process. These dates are subject to change.
Princeton AlumniCorps is committed to partnering with leaders and organizations with a shared vision for equity and justice; are dedicated to the success and sustainability of Princeton AlumniCorps programs; and prioritizes delivering an enriching Fellowship experience that produces high-impact contributions to the mission of our partnership organizations. The Project 55 Fellowship program is a full-time, 12-month commitment between Princeton AlumniCorps, Fellows, and Partner Organizations. The following expectations are necessary conditions for success of the Fellowship program.
Attentive Supervision: Our partner organizations provide attentive and supportive supervision to our Fellows from the beginning to the end of their Fellowship. Attentive supervision from our partners looks like:
Meaningful Work: Our partner organizations provide our Fellows meaningful work that connects them to the mission while making them feel like a valued member of your team. Meaningful work from our partners looks like:
Professional Development: Our partner organizations are also invested in the professional growth of our Fellows throughout their year and beyond. Professional Development from our partners looks like:
Respectful Partnership: Our partner organizations partner with Princeton AlumniCorps and host Fellows in a respectful approach that aligns with our commitments to equity and justice. A respectful partnership looks like:
Fellowship Salaries are directly paid to the Fellow via our partner organizations. Princeton AlumniCorps does not fund Fellowship positions or pay Fellows directly. Method of payment and frequency will be determined by individual partner organizations. These salaries are for a full-time, 12-month position.
Our Partner Organizations are required to pay the minimum salary, although if you have the capacity, we encourage them to offer a more competitive salary.
Partner organizations are required to pay Fellows a minimum salary set by AlumniCorps. In addition, they must provide health insurance at no cost to the Fellow for their health insurance premium. Fellows are responsible for their copays for doctor visits and prescriptions. Partners are encouraged to provide the Fellow with any other benefits offered to employees in their organizations such as paid time off, 403bs, travel reimbursements, etc.
Partner organizations must pay Fellows a minimum salary in the following cities, although they are welcome to offer above these salaries:
While Partner Organizations are required to pay the minimum salary, although if you have the capacity, we encourage them to offer a more competitive salary.
Partner organizations are also responsible for providing health insurance and covering the cost of monthly premiums. Fellows will be responsible for any co-pays or out-of-network costs as applicable through your organization’s health insurance. Partner organizations that require an employee contribution toward health insurance may require the same of their Fellow as long as the agency increases the Fellow’s stipend to offset this cost. For example, if the Fellow contributes $35 to their health insurance each paycheck, the paycheck should be increased by $35 to offset that cost.
We understand that human resource compliance for health insurance is necessary when onboarding your Fellow as a new team member. Partner organizations have been able to provide Fellows with health insurance in the following ways:
Please Note: Every organization’s situation is different. Please feel free to contact Tim Schmidt, Program Manager of Partnership Engagement and Investment at abilbija@alumnicorps.org with any questions or concerns about funding, healthcare, and Fellow benefits.
The Project 55 Partner Fellowship Application is open! Successful applications include specific projects and responsibilities and clearly articulate the contributions a Project 55 Fellow can make to your organization. Applicants are eager to see what they will learn from working with your organization and how they can grow professionally and personally in your role.
The application deadline for the 2024-25 P55 Fellowship is December 8, 2023.
Consider the following action steps:
Review our application and apply.
Prepare a detailed position description that will be shared to prospective Fellows upon partner selection as a host-site.
Schedule a 30-minute meeting with Andrijana at abilbija@alumnicorps.org to discuss questions you may have.