Learners' Republic Policy Fellowship : Cohort 6
Fee: PKR 8,000
For women and students from
KPK, AJK, GB, Balochistan, Interior Sindh : PKR 5000
- Online
- 4 Weeks
- 1st January
- Mondays to Thursdays, 6PM - 8PM
- Deadline to Apply: 20th December, 2025
Eligibility
- Enrolled in undergraduate studies or recent graduate
- Age: Under 30
- Open to all disciplines (STEM, social sciences, humanities, law, economics, business)
Why This Fellowship Is for You?
Are you passionate about making Pakistan better? Curious about how policy decisions shape real lives? Want to build a career in the public sector, research, governance, or development?
The LRP Fellowship helps you:
- Understand how your education and experiences connect to real-world policy work
- Explore Pakistan’s governance challenges
- Build clarity on career paths in public service and development
- Gain confidence to contribute meaningfully
This is your platform to learn, question, grow, and join a community of young policy leaders.
Course Description
The Policy Fellowship is designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience about the policymaking process in Pakistan. Through a balanced theoretical and practical education approach, understand the public policy world from specialised field mentors. The fellowship will train you to be an effective advocate and public policy leader. It’s an outstanding opportunity to discover new policy structures, understand research techniques, and analyze the positive social change for today’s world. The fellowship will teach you to write policy memos, academic reports, and research-based blogs. It is a seminar-style classroom, with a creative, diverse, and critical thinking platform for fellows to sharpen their interpersonal and professional skills. This is your chance to connect with like-minded individuals and industry experts.
The selection for the fellowship is competitive. We will shortlist based on multiple criteria such as your academic background, career aspirations, community service, and goals you want to achieve in life.Â
Participants from all educational backgrounds are welcome to register i.e. STEM, social sciences, law, business and others.Â
Who can benefit from the program
- Aspiring policymakers and analysts
- Researchers
- Graduate students
- Social activists
- Journalists
- Anyone passionate about public policy and social change
Course Content
- Climate Change Policies
- AI-enabled Education
- Health Policies
- Police Work Streams
- Gender Mainstreaming
- Urban Sustainability
- Energy Sector Overview
- Governance & Public Administration
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
Who Should Apply
- Aspiring policymakers and civil servants
- Policy researchers and analysts
- Students or graduates exploring governance or development careers
- Anyone passionate about solving real problems
Hear from Our Previous Participants
"I am Nuzhat Shoaib, an alum from the very first cohort of LRP in 2021. The fellowship was an incredible learning experience and kept me motivated to pursue my goals in the policymaking field. It helped me connect with some of the brightest fellow learners who are making significant contributions to their fields. I was also offered the role of Coordinator for the 2024 cohort, and it was another great experience to serve LRP. I hope more people join this fellowship each year and broaden their mental horizons by learning from the expert speakers and keen learners. "
"Hello, I am Mohammad Haider . I am an LRP 2023 Cohort Graduate. I am also an MPhil in Public Policy ( Aviation Policy ). I had a great experience being part of LRP. The tasks, lectures all were a great learning curve of the fellowship. All in all it was a great learning opportunity. Everyone should join in and experience this great public policy initiative of Learners Republic. "
"My name is Said Gohar Khan, and I joined the LRP 2024 cohort, with our first interaction taking place on January 1st. Starting the new year on such a positive note was truly memorable. I had been following atomcamp on Twitter for a while, and although they didn’t have many followers at the time, I decided to keep their page favorited, not wanting to miss any posts. To be honest, I’m still not sure why I felt drawn to it, but there was something about it that caught my attention.
One day, I came across a post about the LRP Policy Making Cohort, which was set to run for one month. Normally, I tend to procrastinate, taking screenshots with the intention of doing things later. But this time, something felt different. I immediately opened my laptop and applied. When I took my first online session, I knew I had made a great decision."
Trainers
The Learners’ Republic Policy Fellowship features a variety of speakers who are prominent experts in their fields. With a focus on cultivating an interdisciplinary approach to policy-making, here is the diverse list of speakers that mentored the previous cohort:
Frequently Asked Questions
No refunds are offered for this course.
Yes, this is a 100% online course.
The fellowship will help you learn the grassroots structure of policymaking in Pakistan and give you a better understanding of the rising issues, and how to advocate them. It will provide you with practical knowledge of the development sector building better opportunities for you.
The fellowship is relevant to the people looking forward to expanding their knowledge in the policy field. Undergraduates, fresh graduates, and post-graduate students within the age limit of 18-30 years can apply
Yes, Certificates of Participation will be awarded based on 80% attendance.