NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship Graduate Fellowship Application 2010



Please complete the following to submit your NYU Reynolds Graduate Fellowship Application.

Please note: This application can only be submitted once and must be received by your school's Graduate Fellowship Application deadline which can be found on this document.

All fields are required, except as indicated.

1. Background Information
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2.How did you learn about the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship?
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Reynolds Web site
NYU Admissions Office
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3. Filing status


Consideration for the Reynolds Fellowship is contingent on being accepted to a fulltime two year master's program beginning September 2010, or being a student currently enrolled in the NYU schools of law, medicine, dentistry, or Tisch School of the Arts with two years remaining beginning September 2010.

I am applying to one or more two-year fulltime NYU masters degree programs.
I am applying to a dual degree program.
(Dual degree candidates must submit their Reynolds application and essay to both schools.)
I am currently enrolled in an NYU graduate program that is longer than two years in the schools of
law, medicine, dentistry, or Tisch School of the Arts, and will have two years remaining beginning
September 2010.


Please list all schools and degree programs at NYU to which you are applying, and/or in which you are currently enrolled. You must list at least one program.

Note: Schools whose application deadline have passed are shown in red. Applications for schools in green are still open. See all school-specific deadlines (PDF)

NYU School Degree Program and
Expected Concentration
Start Date (MM/YYYY) Anticipated/ Actual Completion Date (MM/YYYY) Currently Enrolled?
School 1     Yes  No
School 2 Yes
No
School 3 Yes
No
4. Upload Section

Please upload one PDF document (no Word documents) including all five components below and adhering to the guidelines below and those specified for each component. Not following these guidelines will result in an incomplete application which will not be considered for review. You may view a sample of a complete document with each of the four components by clicking here.

Guidelines

Your document must include your name and the name of the NYU school(s) to which you are applying at the top right corner of each page. Page numbers should be included in the bottom right corner of each page. Each new component should begin at the top of a new page.

Resume divided into the following six sections:

  1. Education (including GPA and any standardized test scores and percentiles,
  2. Work Experience,
  3. Volunteer Experience (including any relevant non-paid research work and conference presentation(s),
  4. Honors/Scholarships/Awards (if applicable),
  5. Publications/Certifications/Professional Affiliations, and
  6. Other Relevant Skills/Interests.

Endeavour Statement/Job Description: If you have already launched a company or social entrepreneurial endeavor, or have developed an idea for a social entrepreneurial endeavor, please describe it or them in approximately 500 words. What was your theory of change or business model, and why did it work or not work?

If you have not, provide a description of approximately 500 words for a job you would like to realize five years from now. It could be for an existing position, or for something not yet invented. It could be as head of an as yet unrealized organization or any other role associated with it. It could be a logical extension of what you are currently doing, or something completely different. Whatever the role, be sure to touch on the specific responsibilities you imagine yourself having.

Essay: In approximately 500 words, describe the following: some previous experience where you had the opportunity - working with others or alone - to participate in, design or create a strategy for tackling an issue of social importance. Explain what the problem was/is, how you became interested in the work, what your role was, what the strategy was, and who your allies were. We are as interested in stories of failure as much as we are interested in stories of success. Describe what you learned both about yourself and about the challenge. Identify some of the particular obstacles you encountered, and describe the ways in which you addressed them. Please include "Essay" at the top of each page of your essay.

Biographical Sketch: Broadly speaking, the program attracts three types of changemakers; 1) those that have or are in the process of developing an innovative idea to address a specific social problem in a pattern-breaking, sustainable, and scalable way, 2) those that will work in and/or build the infrastructure needed for social entrepreneurial work to take root, including individuals who will practice their profession in a social entrepreneurial organization (accountants, lawyers, etc.) and individuals who want to improve the operations and management systems of public, private and not-for-profit organizations and, 3) those who will bring action oriented awareness on a national and/or global scale to particular social problems through, journalism, the arts, photography, film making, television production and other media avenues.

These roles are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and one individual can play multiple roles. Further, each role can be thought of having its own trajectory beginning with the desire to change the world, and ending with the implementation of a pattern breaking, sustainable and scalable idea or approach. Eligible applicants can be at different points on these trajectories with some working to fully develop an idea, while others may be ready to launch an idea, while still others may be ready to bring an already launched idea more fully to scale. (See www.nyu.edu/reynolds for more information.)

Imagine that you have been selected as a Reynolds Graduate Fellow. Please write a biographical sketch of approximately 500 words that describes the experiences in your personal history that have brought you to the Reynolds program. What qualities do you see in yourself that would make you an effective changemaker as described above? Be sure to discuss which changemaker role(s) you plan to play, and what you hope to accomplish both during and following your Reynolds fellowship experience. Please include "Biographical Sketch" on the top of each page of your biographical sketch.

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5. Optional Information
How would you describe yourself? (optional)
African American/African/Black/ Caribbean American Asian American/Asian/Pacific Islander
Latino/Hispanic Asian/Indian
Caucasian Biracial/Multiracial
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6. STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION / CONSENT AND SIGNATURE

I certify that the information I have provided on this application is complete and correct and that the essay and biographical sketch have been written by me. (International applicants are not to have their statement translated from their native language into English by anyone else.) I understand that any misrepresentation or omission may be cause for denying consideration or acceptance. I understand that the New York University Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship ("the program") reserves the right to deny consideration or admission to anyone whom it considers not qualified and to require withdrawal of any student at any time for any reason it consider sufficient, including scholarship, character, and personal conduct. I understand that any items submitted to the New York University Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship in conjunction with this application become the sole property of the program and will not be returned. Further, I grant permission to the admissions and financial aid offices of the schools to which I have applied to release copies of my admissions file to the program and their selection advisory committee for the purpose of evaluating my candidacy in the program.




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NOTE: This application can only be submitted once. Please check your information carefully before you press the Submit button. If you have any questions, contact reynoldsgraduate@nyu.edu

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