Funded by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation, this select group of Middlebury Institute students will focus on the ways that conflict transformation (the development of creative solutions to conflict-based systems and situations) manifests in diverse regions, cultures, contexts, and fields around the globe.
These fellowships and related benefits (see below) are available to in-person and online degree-seeking students at the Middlebury Institute.
The fellowship is only available to students who did not previously participate in the program.
Benefits and opportunities for fellows include the following:
Learn more about our current and past fellows and their conflict transformation projects.
Fall 2025 fellows will be announced by May 7.
Fall 2026 applications will become available in early March with an April 1 application deadline.
Conflict Transformation Fellows share their diverse, thought-provoking research.
Conflict Transformation Fellow Libby Mohn asks how we can protect our shared waters.
Conflict Transformation Fellow Elisabeth Ampthor delves into language and conflict.
Watch the recording of the Conflict Transformation webinar for prospective students from March 2025 below.
Dr. Netta Avineri and a panel of current fellows discuss the professional development, interdisciplinary engagement, research projects, and scholarship benefits of the Conflict Transformation Fellowship.
Watch the recording of the Conflict Transformation expert discussion from our summer 2024 Preview Days below.
Check out recordings from past events.
If you have questions about applying to the Middlebury Institute degree programs, please contact your enrollment advisor.
For more information about the Conflict Transformation Graduate Fellowship Program, please contact Netta Avineri:
Executive Director, Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Professor, Intercultural Communication
| by Caitlin Fillmore
Through a yearlong fellowship supported by the Conflict Transformation Collaborative, 40 students applied their skills to develop creative approaches to conflict. Topics ranged from international aid efforts and refugee support systems to Bitcoin policies, shark/human relations, and more.
| by Sierra Abukins
At the midpoint of its multiyear conflict transformation collaborative initiative, Middlebury is looking back and looking forward to the next phase of the effort.
| by Mark C. Anderson
The team visited more than 25 parks across Monterey over the summer to map amenities and do outreach in support of the ParkRx initiative, which aims to get more residents out into nature.
