2027 Women's Global Leadership Program

Nomination and Application Form

CSIS is now accepting nominations and individual applications for the Women's Global Leadership Program (WGLP), a year-long program designed for executives with a demonstrated commitment to women's leadership who wish to deepen their understanding of critical geopolitical trends in order to thrive in a volatile global environment. WGLP Fellows will join a select network of senior-level professionals in seminars on global issues and participate in executive leadership and communication coaching.

Dates:
February 22-26, 2027
May 18 - 19, 2027
November 16 - 17, 2027

Nomination Deadline: November 20, 2026

Location: CSIS Headquarters at 1616 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States

For more information, please contact Rukmini Banerjee, Deputy Director and Fellow, at rbanerjee@csis.org.
1.Nominee/Applicant Information(Required.)
2.Nominator's Information (if applicable)
3.Statement of Purpose
Describe why you/the nominee is qualified for and would hope to get out of this fellowship. Please limit response to 250 words. Nominators/applicants may instead choose to upload their recommendation/statement of interest as an additional document. If you choose to upload your statement, please type N/A in the box below and upload your document in Question 4.

Please refrain from using AI in your written responses. We’re interested in hearing your authentic voice.
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4.Statement of Purpose
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5.Please upload the nominee/applicant's resume or CV.(Required.)
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6.There is a $25,000 tuition fee for this program (reduced $10,000 tuition available for nonprofit and government participants). If your organization will provide tuition support, please provide details for a point of contact at your organization who will be responsible for the payment below.

If you organization will not provide tuition support, please provide details for who will be responsible for the payment below.

Note that CSIS cannot provide tuition waivers for participants.
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7.If applying individually, please provide contact information for one professional reference below.(Required.)