The Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative
Fellowship Program
The Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) is the U.S. Department of State's flagship program for emerging entrepreneurs from Europe.
The Spring 2024 Fellowship application is now closed. Please check back for the Fall 2024 application at a later date.
YTILI Fellowship Program
Meet the new YTILI Fellows!
We are pleased to announce the Spring 2024 cohort of the U.S. Department of State’s Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI)!
The Spring 2024 YTILI Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, includes a five-month virtual entrepreneurship curriculum and a four-week Fellowship experience with a U.S. company. Chosen from a competitive applicant pool, the 50 YTILI Fellows represent 38 European countries and reflect a wide variety of industry sectors. The program is a collaborative, enriching experience that combines entrepreneurship training with leadership development and networking opportunities.
YTILI Fellowship: Empowering European Entrepreneurs
Since its launch in 2016, approximately 300 alumni from across Europe have bolstered their business skills and transatlantic partnerships through the YTILI Fellowship Program. YTILI uses entrepreneurship as a tool for economic empowerment to promote mutual understanding, enhance business and leadership skills, and build lasting partnerships between business leaders from Europe and the United States. YTILI will empower a new cohort of young European business and social entrepreneurs to grow their ventures, foster global partnerships, and positively impact the economic development of their communities.
The YTILI Fellows Program is a two-way exchange program designed to strengthen the transatlantic relationship, develop sustainable partnerships between U.S. and European entrepreneurs and innovators, promote regional integration and cooperation in Europe, and encourage European businesses, governments and civil society to develop their innovation ecosystems. The program includes a customized virtual YTILI entrepreneurial curriculum; a fellowship with a business or organization in one of nine U.S. cities; opening and closing conferences; and alumni engagement opportunities. The 2024 YTILI Fellowship Program will begin with the virtual curriculum in the Winter of 2024 with the U.S. fellowship scheduled for Spring 2024.
Please note that if safe travel is not possible at the time of the YTILI Fellowship, this program will be conducted virtually or postponed.
Please see our About and Apply pages for more program and application details.
YTILI In Action
Find out how YTILI is making a difference in the economic ecosystem through the work of young entrepreneurs.
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