GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.) has announced the opening of applications for its milestone fifth class of GLG Social Impact Fellowship at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Fellowship provides a select group of social sector leaders and entrepreneurs with two years of no-cost access to GLG’s world-leading platform of more than 600,000 subject-matter experts around the world and in every field.

Applications will be accepted today through June 30, 2018.

According to the Director of Social Impact, Jen Field, “At GLG, the transformative power of connecting our customers with the right expert at the right time drives everything we do. Our Social Impact Fellowship takes that mission even further by providing free access to our platform to those working to solve the world’s toughest social challenges. Over four years of Fellowship classes, we’ve seen firsthand the power of GLG’s platform to accelerate impact for social sector organizations.”

GLG Social Impact Fellows are creative problem-solvers who have demonstrated that they are among the most promising and gifted social sector leaders. They join GLG’s customers around the world, who draw on insights from GLG’s 600,000+ experts every day to make better business decisions, test hypotheses, and build strategies. Fellows and their teams work closely with a dedicated team of GLG employees to maximize the impact of the Fellowship.

Past and current Fellows and their organizations tackle a range of social challenges around the world – from veterans’ welfare and disaster relief in the U.S., to food security in Mali, to social work in the U.K., water sanitation in Bangladesh, and beyond.

The application process is competitive, with selection criteria based on an organization’s mission and model and on an applicant’s articulation of how GLG’s resources will help them increase efficacy and scale at key moments in their organization’s growth.

Last year, an independent evaluation confirmed the success of the Fellowship program, which now counts 36 active and alumni members in its community.