ProFellow’s Values

We believe in knowledge-sharing. Before our founding, fellowships and grants for individuals were primarily shared by word-of-mouth within privileged academic circles. Our mission is to make funding knowledge accessible to everyone, globally. We share knowledge about fellowships through our website, articles, database, newsletter, social media and ProFellow Academy. We receive emails and posts daily with requests for funding advice and we respond to questions freely, generously and to the best of our ability.

We believe in the power of positive support. We encourage everyone with aspirations to apply for awards that will help them achieve their goals. If you are willing to commit the substantial time and effort needed to apply for a competitive award or graduate program, we commit to providing you our community’s support and encouragement. We are strongly against elitism and academic gatekeeping, and believe no one should be discouraged from engaging in the constructive process of applying for awards.

We believe in diversity, equity and inclusion. Over the last decade, we have contributed to the increased diversity of fellowship applicant pools because we actively represent and share the experiences of fellows who are minorities, first-generation college students, international students, immigrants, veterans, career-changers, disabled and formerly incarcerated. We enthusiastically work with fellowship organizations that seek to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in the fellowship recruitment and selection process.

We believe in paying-it-forward. Our community was forged by current and former fellows who reaped the benefits of fellowships and now wish to help others gain these same benefits. All of our content is voluntarily contributed by current and former fellows who wish to share their fellowship experience and insider knowledge of the application process so that more people can find and confidently apply to fellowships.