citiesRISE Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Mental Health and Spirituality 2026 ($500 stipend)

Deadline: October 12, 2026

Applications are open for the citiesRISE Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Mental Health and Spirituality 2026. This is a dynamic fellowship for young leaders (18-25) in New York City ready to build skills, deepen connections, and expand their impact at the intersection of mental health and spirituality.

If you’re already showing up for your community, school, family, or peer group, this fellowship is a chance to go deeper. Join a cohort of 30 young leaders from across NYC for hands-on training, mentorship, and opportunities to shape emerging practice, research, and advocacy.

Benefits

$500 stipend for participation.

Eligibility

They are looking for young people in the Greater NYC area between ages 18–25 who believe individual and community well-being can be supported in more holistic ways. This fellowship may be for you if you:

Value culture and community wisdom as foundations for well-being.

Are curious about spirituality—the pursuit of meaning, purpose, connection, and belonging—as a foundation for collective well-being.

Support community care, youth engagement, or intergenerational connection through formal or informal roles.

Want policies, services, and programs to be more holistic and culturally responsive.

Application

Bring your care, experience, and curiosity and explore how to put them into practice. citiesRISE welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and spiritual and faith traditions, including none.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit NYC Fellowship.

They are looking for young people in the Greater NYC area between ages 18–25 who believe individual and community well-being can be supported in more holistic ways. This fellowship may be for you if you: Value culture and community wisdom as foundations for well-being. Are curious about spirituality—the pursuit of meaning, purpose, connection, and belonging—as a foundation for collective well-being. Support community care, youth engagement, or intergenerational connection through formal or informal roles. Want policies, services, and programs to be more holistic and culturally responsive.

Application

Bring your care, experience, and curiosity and explore how to put them into practice. citiesRISE welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and spiritual and faith traditions, including none.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit NYC Fellowship.

$500 stipend for participation.

Bring your care, experience, and curiosity and explore how to put them into practice. citiesRISE welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and spiritual and faith traditions, including none.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit NYC Fellowship.