Ashoka Changemaker-in-residence Scholarship Program

6-month residency at The Emerge Lakefront Project

Application deadline: Nov 30th, 2025.

Starting date: Flexible from Dec 1st - March 1st

More info about Lakefront: www.emergelakefront.org

Are you an Ashoka Fellow longing for a space to regenerate, connect, and deepen your impact from the inside out?

The Ashoka Changemaker-in-Residence Scholarship invites one changemaker from the Ashoka community to join Emerge Lakefront — a global residency for visionaries and innovators working at the intersection of inner transformation and societal evolution.

Here, currently 40 curated changemakers and thought-leaders from all corners of our planet have gathered, rooted in the belief that changing the systems that govern our world starts with developing our inner human capacities and perspectives, individually, collectively and culturally. Lakefront is a residential self-organized and co-created community program and institute of inner development for global impact.

This scholarship is for you if you’re…

🔥 An Ashoka Fellow actively driving social or systemic transformation

🌱 Seeking time and space for new inspiration and connections in community

💡 Curious about weaving inner work, community living, and collective leadership into your changemaking practice

🤝 Excited to live alongside artists, scientists, and innovators who are reimagining culture, economy, and education from the ground up

What you receive

🏡 6-month residency at Lakefront — housing and community membership fees fully covered

🌳 Access to a thriving, diverse network of residents and collaborators

💬 Invitations to host learning sessions, dialogues, or co-create field experiments

🌞 Space for deep reflection, creative collaboration, and integrative living in nature

Why we’re offering this

At Lakefront, we believe that inner development and systemic change are inseparable. The Ashoka community has been pioneering this insight for decades — showing that real transformation happens when people lead with empathy, courage, and imagination.

Through this scholarship, we want to honor and support changemakers who carry this spirit — offering a living ecosystem where they can rest, experiment, and reconnect to the deeper source of their work.

This is our way of giving back to those who give so much, and to form a closer collaboration and integration with the Ashoka community.

🌟 Your Changemaker Contribution

As our Changemaker-in-Residence, you’ll help weave Ashoka’s spirit of social innovation and empathy into the living experiment that is Lakefront.

This could look like:

• Hosting learning sessions on social entrepreneurship, systems change, or leadership for good

• Sharing your personal story of transformation and impact

• Prototyping a new idea, initiative, or collaboration with residents

We invite you to contribute in ways that feel authentic and alive to you.

How to apply

Please fill out the application form and share:

• A short introduction to your work and mission

• What draws you to Lakefront at this stage of your journey

• How you imagine contributing — and being nourished — by the community

🌀 Applications close Nov 30th, 2025.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

💧 This scholarship is offered in collaboration with Ashoka Nordic and The Emerge Lakefront Project — two communities united by the belief that a more conscious, compassionate world begins within each of us.