The ACM Fellowship
Ambrose Conrad McAuley FellowshipDirect funding for Black American graduate students pursuing study abroad. Named for who it serves, not what we want to call ourselves.
A 501(c)(3) opening study abroad to more students, est. 2024
Study abroad, for the students who weren't sure.
We open the door for first-time travelers, and we stand beside them long after the trip ends, so the first time is the beginning, not the only time.
↓ Three pathways, four ways in
ACM Fellow '25
Cairo · Egypt
Founded by a fellow.
Built for the next ones.
What we do
Three pathways, one mission
We don't run trips. We make sure the students who weren't sure show up prepared, supported, and equipped to keep going back. Funding, preparation, and people who get it.
Global Ready Workshops
Pre-departure preparationCultural readiness, money abroad, the host-program questions no one tells you to ask. The prep that turns funded students into prepared ones.
Mentorship
Walking with, before and afterPairing fellows with people who've stood at the same threshold. Mentorship that lasts past the flight home, because the second trip is the one that matters.
Find your way in
Why are you here?
AA works with four kinds of people. Pick the door that fits, each one opens onto what you actually need, not a generic overview.
For students
You're thinking about studying abroad.
Funding through the ACM Fellowship. Pre-departure prep. Mentors who've been there. Start here, even if you haven't told anyone yet.
Start with the fellowship →S
For study abroad offices
Your office is doing the work.
We partner with university study abroad teams on the personalized prep and post-program support you don't have time to build in-house. We complement, we don't compete.
Partner with AA →U
For organizational partners
You have a giving strategy. Find the vehicle.
Sustainability and social-impact partnerships built for reporting, outcomes, and the kind of measurable impact you can take back to leadership. Specific, defensible, on-mission.
Explore partnership →P
For donors
You went abroad. You know what it did.
Most American students who study abroad never go back. Fund a fellow directly, see where the money lands, and meet the student you helped send. No black hole.
Fund a fellow →D
A fellow, in their own words
"I am living my ancestors' wildest dreams. I'm earning a degree no one can take from me, in a country so unlike my own, and I've found a calm here I didn't know I needed."
Jamie-Lukas Campbell
ACM Fellow '24 · Queen's University Belfast · Decolonial scholarship
"Take up space. Live unapologetically. The first trip was only the beginning."
— Jamie-Lukas
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Stamps · the AA blog
Studying, surviving, soaring
Access
UK suspends student visas for four countries, reshaping global study routes
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Campuses
The 10 most beautiful universities in Africa, according to the latest ranking
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Funding
115 Kenyan students secure U.S. university sponsorships
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From first-time travelers to fellows pushing through graduate programs overseas.
Where the money goes
Our impact, in numbers
Small on purpose. We've kept the fellowship cohorts tight so we can name every student we send and show donors exactly where their dollars landed. Growth comes after proof, not before it.
$10K+
Awarded directly to ACM Fellows
5
Fellows placed across three countries
12
Global Ready Workshops delivered to date
100%
Of fellows are first-time travelers abroad
We don't promise outcomes we can't show. Reporting goes out every quarter to donors and partners.
The case for support
Most American students who study abroad never go back.
Your support means the next generation of American travelers don't stop at one trip. Funding goes directly to a named fellow, and you'll meet them.
Postcard
$25 / mo
Sustain the workshops. Quarterly notes from a fellow you helped prepare.
Atlas Circle
$1,500
Underwrite a fellowship cohort. Annual cohort dinner with the fellows.
Passport
$10,000+
Name a fellowship year. The fellow you fund will know your name.
The Ariventures Abroad newsletter
One story per send. Pick a pillar, then read.
No roundups. No "we're excited to share." One real moment from the field, signed by a named person, with one thing you can do at the bottom.
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