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Fellowship Application

Thank you for your interest in applying for a Goizueta fellowship. Candidates may apply for these fellowships as part of their MBA application process or as a current MBA student at Goizueta.

For current applicants: A completed MBA application is required prior to the completion of the desired fellowship applications. Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit a fellowship application during the same round as their MBA application according to the deadlines below. Fellowship applicants will receive a decision approximately 1 to 2 weeks after their MBA application round decision date. If you have any questions, please email mbaapplication@emory.edu.

Fellowship Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 14, 2026  |  Round 2: January 20, 2027  |  Round 3: March 31, 2027

Applications limited to a maximum of two centers.

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Attach Essay
Please submit essay responses to your desired Center Fellowship below. If you are applying for more than one fellowship, please attach each Center separately.
Essay One: Social Enterprise Fellows are expected to be active leaders and contributors within both the Business & Society Institute and broader Goizueta community. Based on your review of the Institute’s website, identify two specific initiatives, clubs, programs, or activities that you would engage deeply with during your MBA journey. For each, explain why it interests you and how your past skills and experiences would contribute to its success and impact. (300 word max) 

Essay Two: Alumni of the Social Enterprise Fellows program are changemakers who have applied their MBA experience to create social and environmental impact across diverse sectors and industries. Looking ahead, how do you envision integrating social impact and/or climate-smart leadership into your post-MBA career? Describe the impact you hope to achieve, why it matters to you, and how your experiences prior to business school have shaped your aspirations. (300 words max) 
 
Essay One: 

1a. What experience do you have with startups, entrepreneurship, early stage investing, or corporate innovation - however small - whether through a work project, internship, founding something yourself, or working alongside a founder? Don't rewrite your resume, tell us what you learned from it. (150 words max)

1b. Please describe any relevant student activities, clubs, courses, or field work in which you are interested in pursuing while at GBS. (100 words max)

Essay Two: Of the following, which best describes the role you want to grow into: disruptor/innovator, founder/grower, or investor/connector? Explain how the CEI Fellow experience would prepare you for that specific role, using an example of what you'd want to do or build during your time at Goizueta and beyond. (250 words max)
  1. Drawing on your healthcare experience so far, what do you see as the major challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system that you are most motivated to address? How do you envision using your time at GBS to develop the business skills necessary to address them? (1,000 words maximum)
1. The MarComm Fellow should have a mix of creativity and project management skills. Describe a project that you executed from ideation to implementation. What was the project goal and what was the outcome? (500 words max)

2. Fellows will need to be deeply integrated into the network and social fabric of their cohorts to identify great student stories and activities and recruit their fellow classmates to engage with and produce content. Describe how you build relationships with others and what you enjoy doing in your personal time? (300 words max) 
Please attach a doc or pdf version of your essay. Make sure that your name is included in the document. If you are applying for more than one fellowship, please attach each essay separately.

If you are applying for more than one center fellowship, please attach the additional essay here.