Build resilience. Broaden perspectives. Create impact.
Temasek Foundation-Melo Fellowship
A nine-month leadership fellowship connecting young leaders from Singapore and Hong Kong with CEOs, AI expertise and opportunities to co-create solutions for real-world social challenges.
Applications: 14 Sep 2026 - 13 Oct 2026.
Cohort: Dec 2026 - Jun 2027.
What is Temasek Foundation-Melo Fellowship?
Across the Fellowship, participants gain hands-on AI exposure, leadership development and direct access to CEOs and social leaders through two signature experiences: Co-Creation and Joint Discovery. The programme is open to final-year university students, fresh graduates and young professionals aged 21–30, with no prior AI or technical expertise required.
At its core are Co-Creation, where Fellows work with CEOs and peers to develop solutions to real-world social challenges, and Joint Discovery, which creates space for authentic dialogue and learning with business leaders.
How the Fellowship Works?
Co-creation
35 Fellows. 7 teams. 7 leaders.
Fellows will form seven teams of five, with each team paired with a leading CEO or social leader.
Fellows will move from understanding the challenge to shaping ideas, testing possibilities and developing an actionable proposal — learning not only from experienced leaders, but by building alongside them.
Theme 1
AI for Financial Inclusion (helping young people, gig workers, low-income families, or first-generation graduates build financial confidence and resilience)
Theme 2
Adaptive Youth Employability in the AI Economy
3 Teams
4 Teams
Each team includes
CEO/
Leader
+
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Joint Discovery
Joint Discovery brings Fellows and CEOs together as equals for open, two-way dialogue — giving young people access to leadership perspectives, while enabling CEOs to learn from the insights, experiences and aspirations of the next generation.
Past Joint Discovery included sharing from these organizations' leader
How the Fellowship Works?
Co-creation
35 Fellows. 7 teams. 7 leaders.
Fellows will form seven teams of five, with each team paired with a leading CEO or social leader.
Fellows will move from understanding the challenge to shaping ideas, testing possibilities and developing an actionable proposal — learning not only from experienced leaders, but by building alongside them.
Theme 1
AI for Financial Inclusion (helping young people, gig workers, low-income families, or first-generation graduates build financial confidence and resilience)
Theme 2
Adaptive Youth Employability in the AI Economy
3 Teams
4 Teams
Each team includes
CEO/
Leader
+
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Joint Discovery
Joint Discovery brings Fellows and CEOs together as equals for open, two-way dialogue — giving young people access to leadership perspectives, while enabling CEOs to learn from the insights, experiences and aspirations of the next generation.
Past Joint Discovery included sharing from these organizations' leader
Co-creation
35 Fellows. 7 teams. 7 leaders.
Fellows will form seven teams of five, with each team paired with a leading CEO or social leader.
Fellows will move from understanding the challenge to shaping ideas, testing possibilities and developing an actionable proposal — learning not only from experienced leaders, but by building alongside them.
Theme 1
AI for Financial Inclusion (helping young people, gig workers, low-income families, or first-generation graduates build financial confidence and resilience)
Theme 2
Adaptive Youth Employability in the AI Economy
3 Teams
4 Teams
Each team includes
CEO/
Leader
+
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Fellow
Joint Discovery
Joint Discovery brings Fellows and CEOs together as equals for open, two-way dialogue — giving young people access to leadership perspectives, while enabling CEOs to learn from the insights, experiences and aspirations of the next generation.
Past Joint Discovery included sharing from these organizations' leader
35
Fellows
7
Co-creations teams
15+
CEO/Leaders
2
Cross-border Immersions
7
Final capstones
What We Aim to Unlock
2026/27 Fellowship Journey
Sep–Oct 2026
Recruit & Launch
Nov–Dec 2026
HK Orientation
Q4 2026–Q2 2027
CEO Co-Creation
May–Jun 2027
SG Finale & Scale
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Open applications; tri-party interviews
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35 Fellows: 18 SG / 17 HK
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7 teams formed with 1–2 CEOs each
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3D2N kickoff in Hong Kong
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AI upskilling & MeloFest exposure
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Joint Discovery and action planning
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Monthly CEO / Melo check-ins
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2 virtual Joint Discovery sessions
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Teams build AI-enabled solutions
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3D2N finale in Singapore
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AISDC / thought leadership exposure
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Capstone showcase & company visits