JOIN THE AURORA EXPERIENCE
Become the game changer of tomorrow!
Every year Aurora aims at turning 100 outstanding European young talents (16-20 years old) - the “Aurora Fellows” - into game changers, through a 3-year advanced mentorship and development program to prepare them to tackle the challenges of the 21st century.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE AN AURORA FELLOW?
Apply for the Aurora Experience
A 3-step entirely remote journey to train the skills of the future, that are transversal and necessary in any working environment:
- Creativity
- Ability to manage uncertainty constructively
- Empathy
- Ability to solve conflicts
- Courage and decision-making
👉🏻 To get the chance to be selected for the Fellowship Program, you need to complete the Experience before the last day of your 20 years old.
Three challenges to be faced
Only by completing the Experience you could access the Aurora Fellowship!
The Fellowship Program
An extraordinary three-year journey, composed by:
Meet Wizards from all over the World
Alec Ross
Esperto di Politica Tecnologica
Advisor per l’Innovazione del Segretario di Stato USA
Carol Frer
UX Design Researcher
@
Volkswagen Group
Patrick Morselli
Investitore
Esperto di Crescita Globale per le Startup
Antonella Rubicco
Co-founder and CEO
@
A3Cube Inc.
Who is talking about us
- Wired: "Chiara Schettino, amica geniale della Silycon Valley"
- Business Insider: "Aurora, il programma che allena i ragazzi ad avere una mentalità imprenditoriale"
- La Stampa: "Nasce Aurora, il programma europeo che allena i futuri game changer"
- StartupItalia: "Aurora Experience, dedicato agli under 20 imprenditori del futuro"
- Nuvola - CdS: "Con Aurora per diventare imprenditori del futuro"
- Sole24Ore - Gloria Chiocchi: intervista a Jacopo Mele
- Millionaire: "Il talento è dappertutto, le opportunità no"
- InsiderTrend: "SOCIETÀ, giovani. Poveri figli… che guardano al futuro: La Repubblica@scuola e Aurora Fellows"
- Corriere Innovazione: "Il modo di lavorare è cambiato. Ecco le competenze vincenti per essere assunti"
- MediaKey: "La Repubblica@Scuola e Aurora Fellows lanciano l'iniziativa 'Solo i giovani lo sanno' "
- Business Weekly: "Aurora experience: una call per gli imprenditori under20"
- La voce e il tempo: "L’Apostolato Digitale di Torino a servizio della nuova start up Aurora"
- QdS: "Abbandono scolastico. L'impegno in Sicilia di Aurora Fellows"
- Lettera G: "Aurora contro l'abbandono scolastico, l'impegno in Sicilia dove la percentuale supera il 20%"
- SeguoNews: "Abbandono scolastico: al via a Gela il progetto di formazione Aurora Fellows"
- Scuola24: "Aurora Fellows contro l’abbandono scolastico"
- Sicilia Oggi Notizie: "Contro l’abbandono scolastico il progetto Aurora Fellows"
- Corriere Nazionale: "L'impegno in Sicilia di Aurora Fellows"
Any doubt? Don't worry, it's normal.
Questions frequently asked by Fellows:
You can apply for the Aurora Experience until the last day of your 20s but if you are selected for the Aurora Fellowship Program you can join it only if you are 16+.
Applications are always open and we organize quarterly a game session (step III) to enlist new Fellows.
You must be at least 16 years old and you can join the Fellowship Program until the last day of your 20 years.
Yes, it’s important to be able to communicate with international Wizards.
EI, entrepreneurial aptitudes, values, grit, growth mindset, adaptability and psychological flexibility are some of the selection criteria.
The only cost for applicants and Fellows is the application fee, which is 70€.
Living extraordinary, unconventional and transformative experiences, related to your own development, from testing a business idea to a specialised course.
Yes, of course. Aurora Community meets every year in a different city at Q1, the annual event.
Fellows can also schedule physical (and virtual) meetings with Wizards and coaches.
Details and conditions will be agreed by Corporates and Fellows. Aurora will be guarantor of a fair agreement.
Of course you don’t. Candidates can come from different backgrounds and courses of study and can have very different skills.
Sure, Aurora will not interfere with your studies, nor with your job.
No, you can join the Aurora Fellowship from your own Country.
The participation fee (70 €) is meant to cover the costs of the Aurora Experience.
As you successfully complete each step of the Experience, you can achieve an Open Badge based on the skills acquired.
Here are the Open Badges that we issue to the participants, once you receive them you can post them on your LinkedIn profile.
Once you have obtained your Open Badge, you can share it within your professional and personal network, especially on Social Media, websites, blogs and online wallets.
The badges that you share online are clickable: this allows others to see the details of what and how the credentials were learned and acquired.
- Write down some of the main ideas you want to include and then enrich their content
- Make your goal clear
- Why do you think that the Aurora Fellowship program is suitable for you?
- Focus on some of your strongest experiences and qualities
- Don’t write too much. Most motivation letters are never longer than 1 page
- Be original and authentic!
Read this article to get more tips.
*And remember that you can also make a motivation video!!