Every year the TED Fellows program selects a new group of extraordinary, multidisciplinary individuals by open application. They look for innovators on the rise in their respective fields who are doing bold, original work.

Who Can Apply

• The TED Fellows Program recognizes the folks working on-the-ground on world-changing ideas — the doers, makers, inventors, advocates, filmmakers and photographers, musicians and artists, educators, scientists, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and human rights activists.
• If you’re at work on a future-shaping idea and over the age of 18, you should apply.
• If you have impressive accomplishments, fine character and a good heart are also important traits we look for in TED Fellows.

Deadline

• Applications for the 2025 cohort will open next year.

Helpful tips

• Write clearly for a general audience and assume no one knows nothing about your field.
• Applications must be written in English.
• Applicants may receive requests for additional information from our team. But unless we reach out to you, we require no further information from you.

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