A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars at Columbia University are members of the Upper Manhattan community who receive a three-year affiliation with Columbia and access to campus resources while they work independently on a project or skill that relates to or benefits their community.
Bundles Scholars join an intellectual community with the other participants in the program and have opportunities to connect with life and learning across the University.
The application period will reopen in spring 2027.
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Introducing the 14th Cohort of A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars
During their three-years at Columbia, the 14th cohort of Bundles Scholars will delve into community wellness, the creative use of technology, literacy, holistic spiritual care, storytelling that centers Black women, and the history of policing in urban communities.
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Meet A'Lelia Bundles
"I love the Community Scholars concept of recognizing the brilliance of people who live above 110th Street. People who may not have already been on campus or didn’t have a PhD, but their work was really important... The connection with Columbia, the access to resources, the community that it creates, the interdisciplinary relationships that they’re able to build... I think it opens some doors for them that might not have been open, but also exposes the Columbia community to their brilliance."
— A’Lelia Bundles
Read more about A’Lelia Bundles, journalist, historian, and community champion, in Columbia Magazine and on the Columbia Neighbors website.