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OVERVIEWHow would you make Los Angeles a better place? The Durfee Foundation’s Stanton Fellowship provides up to six fellows with $75,000 each over a two-year period to think deeply about the intractable problems in their sector, and to tease out solutions that will improve life for the people of L.A. Each fellow will design his or her own project and plan. We are looking for projects that build on the fellow’s expertise and allow him or her to reach in new directions. Fellows should present projects that they would not otherwise be able to do in the course of their day-to-day work, if not for the Stanton Fellowship. Possible use of the funds might include travel to sister organizations in the U.S. or abroad, apprenticing to experts, writing policy papers, enrollment in training programs, or supplementing salaries of co-workers to allow release time for the fellow to concentrate on the project. The goal is to enable fellows to expand knowledge, hone professional skills, form strategic alliances, and advance their work to the next level. It is presumed that the project will require the fellow’s release from regular responsibilities for planned segments of time. Peer learning is an important component of the Stanton Fellowship. The Stanton Fellows will meet regularly to share their work, learn from one another about their respective fields and projects, and discover more about Los Angeles from field trips to different neighborhoods and hearing from local experts. We anticipate that the Stanton Fellows will come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, and expect that they will bring curiosity and engagement to a cross-disciplinary peer network. |
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The Stanton Fellowship