2026 spring fellowship

Puffed.org Fellowship

The Puffed.org fellowship is a one-of-a-kind program that allows skill development in the following areas:

• Accounting

• Communications

• Curriculum and Pedagogy Development 

• Event Coordination

• Grant-writing

• Independent Research

• Project Development and Management

• Videography, Cinematography, and Photography

We are a unique kind of organization in building infrastructure for people. We do this through scholarship, facilitating unique opportunities via projects, and breaking exclusivity with an inclusive-forward community. 

This fellowship is open-invite, with waitlist, to be a part of our cohort. Applicants must be 18+ to be a fellow. High School Seniors are eligible if they are graduating, are 18, and received approval from their school administrators and/or have graduated (i.e summer before college or gap year). Remote fellowships for non-institution affiliated (i.e, neither part of an organization or university) are limited, and ATX applicants will be preferred. For eligibility questions or questions about anything on this page, please email ammu@puffed.org.

Fellows are not required to have any experience. We encourage any and all folks interested or looking to gain experience to send in application. The fellowship is designed to break barriers and allow for all folks to benefit from a tight-knit community and individual teams of collaborators, mentors, peers, and so much more. 

The fellowship is designed to be flexible and tailored to each fellow. Fellows should expect to prioritize obligations no more outstanding than a combination of school credit hours (i.e, your credit hours + fellowship should not exceed 40, or any additional jobs and obligations). 

Puffed.org is a 501(c)(3), which means you are eligible to apply for credits recognized by your institution, and any additional funding external to our organization. 

Our fellowship may or may not be a good based on the kinds of projects and things we do at any given moment. The waitlist is designed so that if a project is under our development, we would reach out to waitlisted applicants. 

The fellowship is normally unpaid, with the eligibility for compensation based on certain kinds of fellowships and project budgets. 

To be considered or added to the waitlist, please send an email to: ammu@puffed.org, cc: team@puffed.org with the subject "Lastname, First – Puffed.org Fellowship Application", and the following body:

• Name

• Referral

  • Not required, but will be prioritized based on invites from current non-profit members, fellows, and affiliates. 

• Resume or Portfolio

  • No more than 1 page, unless it is an extended research CV. 

• Location

  • Required to determine if you will be seeking a remote fellowship, or an ATX based fellowship. 

• University or Organization Affiliation

• Demographic Information (self-disclosed)

  • This is optional. We will not make any determinations based on whether demographic information is provided or not. 

• Would you like to be on the waitlist?

• Application Questions (250 words maximum per each question, please attach in a PDF in the email):

  • Describe yourself, creatively. 

  • What area of development or current project under our organization are you most interested in, and why?

  • What project would you want to curate, develop, or manage if you had no restrictions of any kind?

  • Describe an important experience to you. How did it make you feel?

You will be notified within 1-2 weeks for a follow-up interview, waitlisted, or denied. There may be delays if you do not follow the format for sending in your fellowship application interest above.

All AI-generated applications and AI-content used in your application will be automatically denied and blacklisted from applying. We will not penalize for spelling errors or any non-substantial grammar/structure errors. 

Current Fellows (Spring 2026)

Deseo Acosta-Patel – ex-Mellon Foundation Fellow, UT '25. Research Fellowship.

Ashok Danavath – D.Phil @ UVA (Amsterdam), Research Fellowship.

Edwin Escamilla – ACC, Incoming @ TX State '27, Indigo-ATX Fellowship.

Ser Lee – ex-Atlassian, current @ Astrapuffs, MIS, UT'22, cherryish yourself Affiliate Fellow.

Emily McKinney – WGS Indigo Alumni, UT '25, Indigo-ATX Fellowship.

Amelia Nickle – RTF @ Moody, Black Lens Event Coordinator, UT '27, Puffed-SOUNDVILLA Video Production Fellowship.

Dezaree Walker – AADS Alumni, UT '25, Indigo-ATX Fellowship.