Executive summary: Over the past two years, Leaf has piloted various talent search programs to support exceptional teenagers in exploring how to best help others, with online fellowships emerging as a promising, scalable model for engaging students in effective altruism and longtermism.
Key points:
Leaf ran multiple in-person and online programs between 2021-2024 to support talented teenagers in exploring high-impact careers and causes.
The 2023 Changemakers Fellowship had disappointing results in a rigorous follow-up study, leading to deprioritizing residential programs.
Online subject-specific and cause-specific fellowships in early 2024 showed promise in terms of application numbers, participant engagement, and self-reported impact on university and career plans.
Leaf plans to scale the online fellowship model, with a focus on subject-specific programs and expanding to new countries.
The author is seeking expertise, facilitators, guest speakers, and funding to support Leaf’s 2025 plans for hiring and scaling.
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Executive summary: Over the past two years, Leaf has piloted various talent search programs to support exceptional teenagers in exploring how to best help others, with online fellowships emerging as a promising, scalable model for engaging students in effective altruism and longtermism.
Key points:
Leaf ran multiple in-person and online programs between 2021-2024 to support talented teenagers in exploring high-impact careers and causes.
The 2023 Changemakers Fellowship had disappointing results in a rigorous follow-up study, leading to deprioritizing residential programs.
Online subject-specific and cause-specific fellowships in early 2024 showed promise in terms of application numbers, participant engagement, and self-reported impact on university and career plans.
Leaf plans to scale the online fellowship model, with a focus on subject-specific programs and expanding to new countries.
The author is seeking expertise, facilitators, guest speakers, and funding to support Leaf’s 2025 plans for hiring and scaling.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.