The Basis Fellowship (2026 Founding Cohort)

About

A rolling, no-equity fellowship that gives selected operators, engineers, scientists, and other builders $50,000 plus lifetime network membership.

Benefits

• 💰Non-Equity Funding
  Confirmed: Selected fellows receive US$50,000 in unrestricted, non-equity funding, with no reporting requirement and no restrictions on how the funds are spent
• 🌐Professional Network
  Access: Fellows join a lifelong professional network and community of operators, engineers, scientists and advisors
• 🎁Discretionary Award
  Conditional: A US$3,000 award may be given at the organisers’ discretion to a promising application that is not selected for the cohort

Eligibility Criteria

• Mandatory: The opportunity is open to anyone, including operators, engineers, scientists, and people in other fields; no nationality, residence, company, revenue, academic, or business-stage requirement is stated.
• Preferred: No formal preferred criteria are stated; the program describes best fit as ambitious, technically creative, scientific, engineering, or otherwise difficult-to-categorize work.

Participation Commitments

• Equity Requirement
• Confirmed: No equity is taken from fellows
• Reporting Requirements
• Confirmed: No reporting is required
• Funding Usage
• Confirmed: Fellows may spend the funding on anything, without restrictions
• Participation Fees and Tuition
• Not publicly stated: No participation fee or tuition information is provided

Target Region

Worldwide

Target Sector

Agriculture & Food, Defense & Security, Education, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail & Consumer, Semiconductors & Electronics, Sports & Fitness, Telecommunications, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Other