The Basis Fellowship

About

A $50,000 no-equity fellowship offers unrestricted funding and a lifelong community to operators, engineers, scientists and other builders, with rolling applications and a 2026 founding cohort.

Benefits

• 💰$50,000 grant
  Each selected fellow receives $50,000 with no equity, no reporting, and no restriction on how the money is spent.
• 🌐Lifelong network
  Fellows join a permanent community spanning engineering, science, operations and other fields.
• 🎁Discretionary award
  A strong application that does not make the cohort may receive $3,000 at the organizers' discretion; this is not guaranteed.
• 🔒Optional listing
  Being announced or listed publicly as a fellow is optional.
• 🤝Nomination reward
  A nominator receives $1,000 if their nominee is selected.

Eligibility Criteria

• Anyone can apply, whether they are an operator, engineer, scientist, or something else entirely.
• No nationality, age or education restriction is stated in the available sources.
• No fixed stage or credential requirement is stated in the available sources.

Participation Commitments

• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are always open.
• The founding cohort is in 2026, and fellows are named on a rolling basis.
• Applicants complete an approximately ten-minute application; the organizers ask applicants not to spend more than twenty minutes.
• The application asks for contact details, affiliations if applicable, a LinkedIn or social profile, a portfolio, GitHub or website, supporting files up to 10 files of 25 MB each, and short answers about achievements, beliefs, interests and future plans.
• The application does not expire, and applicants can update it when they have new work.
• No equity is taken and no reporting is required.

Target Sector

Sector agnostic, 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

Target Location

Open worldwide; the official page states anyone can apply and no nationality, residence or location restriction is published.