Venture For America Venture For America 2020 Fellowship Application

Venture For America 2020 Fellowship Registration

Welcome to the first step in the application process
for Venture For America’s Class of 2020!
We’re excited you’re here and we’re looking
forward to getting to know you.

To get started, please complete the form below,
which should only take a couple of minutes.
This page has four components: (1) Your Basic Information,
(2) Your Academic Background,
(3) How you heard about Venture For America, and
(4) Your Demographic Information.

Once you submit this registration form, you will be directed to a new page to upload your resume & share more about your recent accomplishments. Click here for an overview of the rest of the application process.

In order to be eligible for Venture For America’s Class of 2020, you must:

Be available to attend Training Camp in Detroit for the month of July 2020.
Finish your undergraduate degree by June 2020.
Have received your undergraduate degree no earlier than Spring 2017, unless you secure an exception from Venture For America’s Talent Team
Be a US Citizen / Permanent Resident or DACA Recipient

If you have any questions, please review our FAQs and/or reach out to Venture For America’s Talent Team at apply@ventureforamerica.org.

Basic Information (Step 1 of 4)

First Name	Preferred Name
Last Name	Preferred Contact Number

Hometown City	Hometown State
Hometown Country

Current City	Current State
Current Country

Email Address

Are you a US citizen/permanent resident or DACA holder?

Yes

The companies that Venture For America works with are primarily early-stage and resource-constrained. They do not have the ability to sponsor visas, and therefore we are unable to consider applications from candidates who are not U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or DACA holders.

Academic Experience (Step 2 of 4)

Undergraduate Graduation Date

To be eligible to apply for this year’s Fellowship, you must have completed an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree by June 2020. Our Fellowship is designed for recent college grads, so those with three or more years of professional or post-graduate experience are not eligible to apply. If you graduated before Spring 2017 but feel very strongly that Venture For America is the right next step for you, contact us at apply@ventureforamerica.org.

When did you graduate?

Where did you or will you complete your undergraduate degree?

Name of school (if not listed)

Field of Study	Primary Major
Second Major/Minor	GPA

Please select any of the following that are applicable to your academic accomplishments.

I won an academic awardI received a highly selective scholarship or fellowshipI graduated (or am on track to graduate) with honors

Post-Graduate Experience

What have you been up to since completing your undergraduate degree?

Graduate SchoolWorking full timeWorking part timeOther

Where are or did you complete your graduate degree?	Name of school (if not listed)
What degree will or did you receive?	Date of Completion (Month & Year)

At what company (or companies) did you work, and what roles did you fill?

What have you been up to?

Recruitment Information (Step 3 of 4)

This information helps us understand where applicants are coming from. The following information will not be used in our evaluation of your candidacy.

How did you hear about Venture For America?

What is their name?

What were you searching for when you found Venture For America?

Which job board?

Which article did you read/where did you read the article?

Which social media channel?

Which event(s) did you attend?

Please elaborate:

Please select your top motivation for applying to Venture For America:

Access to training and mentorshipBecoming a leader at a startupCreating an impact on a Venture For America cityJoining the community and networkStarting a business and accessing founder resourcesWorking at a startup

If you found out about Venture For America from one or more of the following national organizations, please check the corresponding box.

ACT HouseCode 2040Design for AmericaGirls in TechHBCUvcHispanic Heritage FoundationKIPPLeadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)Prep for Prep Rewriting The CodeSeizing Every Opportunity (SEO)Teach for America (TFA)Tech LadiesThurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)UBS NextGen LeadersOther

Which national organization?

Have you previously applied to Venture For America?

YesNo

To which class did you previously apply to Venture For America?

Which Venture For America cities are you most interested in? (Note: We know your preferences are personal and may shift. This is only used to better understand your interests at this point.)

BaltimoreBirminghamCharlotteCincinnatiClevelandColumbusDetroitKansas CityMiamiNew OrleansPhiladelphiaPittsburghSan AntonioSt. LouisI’m not sure yet

(Optional) Please feel free to elaborate on your preferences.

Demographic Information (Step 4 of 4)

Venture For America is committed to recruiting and selecting a diverse, outstanding group of Fellows. We are committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. Disclosing the following information is optional; your responses will be kept confidential and will not be used in any evaluative way.

I identify my ethnicity as: If you would like, self-identify your race or ethnicity more specifically:	I identify my race as: Please specify which races you identify with. American Indian / First Nations / Native American / Inuit / Native AlaskanBlack / African American / Afro-CaribbeanEast AsianMiddle Eastern / North AfricanNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderSouth AsianSoutheast AsianWhiteLatinx / Latina / Latino or HispanicI prefer not to say
I identify my sexual orientation as: Please self-describe: I identify my gender as: My pronouns are: What are your gender pronouns?

Are you a first-generation college student?	Do you have student loan debt?
What is your family’s household income?

Please note: Clicking register will create a new record in our system, and may take up to 1 minute to process. Please be patient and do not reload the page.

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