Applications are now open for the 2027 Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship. The Clore Fellowship is a programme of tailored leadership development for a cohort of exceptional leaders in the cultural sector. The program award around 24 Fellowships each year to leaders in areas such as the visual and performing arts, museums, libraries, archives and heritage, film and digital media, and cultural policy and practice. The Fellowship Programme is for leaders with ambition and vision who can show how they might take their leadership to the next level. The programme is learned through experience, not taught, and is grounded in contemporary leadership theories and approaches.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants to the Fellowship need to be able to demonstrate the following:
- Have been working in a leadership or change making role in arts and culture for a minimum of 7 years. The only exception to this are our Excellerate Fellowships for early career leaders for which 5 years’ experience is required. You will be asked in the application to provide a CV outlining that you meet the level of experience required.
- Demonstrate that you are / have an ambition to lead and are making a significant impact through your work/ practice.
- Demonstrate a deep commitment, passion, and understanding of the cultural sector and its broader context
- Demonstrate an understanding of your leadership potential.
- Demonstrate curiosity, self-reflection and self-awareness and openness to learning about yourself and others.
- Be in a position to influence practice and/or policy and effect change in your organisation, sector and beyond, as an artist or cultural professional.
- Specialist Fellowships may have additional eligibility criteria. You will be asked how you meet these criteria within the application.
- Be open to sharing your learning with others.
DEADLINE: February 5, 2026
