Applicants by Issue Area | Class of 2026
Classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026 compared
Society, Justice & Human Rights: Criminal Justice, Policing & Guns; Education; Poverty, Inequality & Social Mobility; Society & Culture; Work & Care
Climate, Science & Technology: Cities; Environment, Climate Change & Energy; Health & Medicine; Privacy, Data, Algorithms & Cybersecurity; Science & Technology; Thinking, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Global Affairs: Foreign Affairs; Immigration & Migration; U.S. Military & Intelligence; War, Security & Terrorism
Domestic Policy: Business, Labor & Trade; Economy & Finance; Populism & Democracy; U.S. Politics & Public Policy/Trump
Race & Identity: Gender & Identity; Race, Ethnicity & Identity; Religion
Note: For any given class year, candidates submit their application in early February of the previous year (i.e., the Class of 2026 New America Fellows submitted their application on February 3, 2025). Number of applicants in parenthesis.
Climate, Science & Technology: Cities; Environment, Climate Change & Energy; Health & Medicine; Privacy, Data, Algorithms & Cybersecurity; Science & Technology; Thinking, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Global Affairs: Foreign Affairs; Immigration & Migration; U.S. Military & Intelligence; War, Security & Terrorism
Domestic Policy: Business, Labor & Trade; Economy & Finance; Populism & Democracy; U.S. Politics & Public Policy/Trump
Race & Identity: Gender & Identity; Race, Ethnicity & Identity; Religion
Note: For any given class year, candidates submit their application in early February of the previous year (i.e., the Class of 2026 New America Fellows submitted their application on February 3, 2025). Number of applicants in parenthesis.
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