Hemera Fellowships
Fellowships for 2025
We will offer the opportunity to apply for financial support through this program but the application process is changing for 2025. Please check back in December for more information.
All Fellowships for 2024 have been awarded.
Thanks to generous grants from the Hemera Foundation, Contemplative Fellowships are available to anyone with a commitment to service – a deep desire to devote oneself to serving others through one’s work. Check our Retreat Center schedule to see which retreats offer Fellowships.
Eligibility has been expanded: applicants must be 18 years of age or older and working full-time, or at least half-time, in the identified human services profession.
The Hemera Contemplative Fellowship Program was created to make the unique benefits of meditation practice in a retreat context more widely available. A meditation retreat offers a supportive training environment for the cultivation of mindfulness, compassion and personal well-being, qualities that can improve professional lives and workplace culture.
Retreat cost is calculated at IMS’s Sustaining Rate, which represents the actual cost to IMS, including room and board. If you meet the requirements outlined under Eligibility, you can apply for partial coverage of your course fee:
— Those who are new to meditation, or have never attended a retreat longer than two nights, or are new to IMS, are eligible for 75% funding.
— Those with previous meditation retreat experience are eligible for 50% funding.
— Additional funding beyond the 75% or 50 % level is available on a needs basis.
— Fellowships are limited to one per individual per calendar year.
Since funds are limited, fellowships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
To apply, first check our Retreat Center schedule to find a retreat.
If you are awarded a fellowship, you will be notified by IMS Registration within two weeks of your application date. We ask that you commit to attending the entire retreat. If you have to cancel, it is important that you notify IMS right away.
Hemera fellowships do not include compensation for the teachings. There is an opportunity to offer donations to theteachersand toIMSat the end of each retreat.
