The Center for Emerging Markets Fellows

The Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets Fellows program offers a unique experience for bright and motivated Johnson MBA students. The goal of the program is to prepare and support business leaders who seek a competitive advantage to become experts in emerging markets.

Overview

Opportunities

Coursework
Leaders in Emerging Markets
Coffee chat and networking with international scholars and experts on emerging markets
The Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets Annual Conference
Corning Case Competition
Mark Mobius Pitch Competition
Research projects
Study trips
Capstone Projects

Requirements

Requirements to graduate as a Center Fellow vary according to the fellow’s program. Generally, the activities demand the following:

Academic credits (Johnson and non-Johnson courses are eligible) on international-content courses.
- 6 credits for 2-Year MBA students
- 4 credits for Cornell Tech MBA students
Study trip or an internship in an emerging market (depending on the program)
Attend the annual conference (held every November)
Service to the Cañizares Center for Emerging markets (there are many ways to serve the center, e.g. write an article to be published on Cornell Business News, be an active member of the annual conference committee, organize the Corning Case Competition, organize the Mark Mobius Pitch Competition, organize webinars/T-time, be a Chair of your program, etc.)
Non-Johnson MBA students: write a capstone project about a company in emerging markets

Current fellows are able to check the status of their requirements on the Center’s Canvas page. Fellows are invited after acceptance. If all requirements are fulfilled by graduation, the student will graduate as a fellow.

If you are a current fellow, you can access the Emerging Markets Fellows Program Canvas page for more information

Applications

If you are interested in becoming a fellow, please fill out this survey. We will respond to you within three weeks.

When you apply, you will be added to a Canvas page where we share weekly announcements about activities, publications, and more. There are no interviews. The selection happens before graduation, and there’s no penalty if you decide to leave the program later.

“The Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets has been a source of learning, fulfillment, and purpose—something we will carry with us.”

Iris Arguedas, MBA ’25

“Being a fellow helped me satisfy that longstanding itch I have to stay informed about what goes on globally. But it did so more broadly than I would have ever expected. Conferences, competitions, webinars, courses, informal meetings with practitioners, annual reports, etc. helped expose me to anything from e-commerce in Nigeria, to the banking sector in Brazil, and from digital currencies to tech entrepreneurship across emerging markets.”

Rodrigo Ley, MBA ’23