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Venture for America Fellowship

Venture for America

Pays you

Amount varies

There is no cost to the applicant or fellow; fellows are full-time salaried employees and SALARIES ARE PAID BY THE HIRING COMPANIES, not by VFA. Third-party salary aggregators report a range roughly in the $44,000-$74,000 band, but this is crowd-sourced data, not a VFA-published figure — do not present it as an official range.

A two-year fellowship placing early-career graduates as full-time salaried employees at startups across a set of US cities, beginning with a summer Training Camp. VFA does not pay fellows — salaries come from the hiring companies.

Term
24 mo
Housing
Not provided
Airfare
Not covered
Selectivity
Selective
Citizenship
Any citizenship

Deadlines

  • 2027rolling

    VFA runs multiple identical application rounds per cycle (historically around early October, early December and early February, with a fourth round in some years). Specific 2027 dates were listed as TBA at the time of this research. VFA advises applying in an early round to maximize time in the Match process.

    Rolling / no fixed deadline

Official site

Verified 8/26/2026 · ventureforamerica.org