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Cubicle dwellers rejoice!
If you’re in your twenties and find that your life is more “The Office” than “The Hills,” then consider applying for the 2008 Delaying the Real World Fellowship, the best middle finger to The Establishment that we’ve heard about in a while.
The Fellowship, which is related to the book of the same name by Colleen Kinder, grants $5,000 to a twentysomething with an adventurous plan that does not involve pushing papers, mundane phone calls or being a zombie in front of a computer screen. Past winners have biked around the world, shaken the coffee market and spread the gospel of health education.
Here’s what they’re not interested in funding:
- Language immersion programs
- Religious missions or volunteer projects with faith-based group affiliations
- Vacations
- Honeymoons
- Grad School
- Searches for long-lost relatives
- Volunteer projects, internships, adventure trips, etc. organized through an established institution
- Poker
But hot-air balloon journeys, introspective trips to the world’s largest ball of twine and tours of celebrity graves all seem to be fair game. Sweet.
To be eligible, you have to be a U.S. citizen, and there’s no educational requirement. The application can be found here and the deadline is April 23rd.
Take that law school.
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