Fellowship Management Software

Build stronger fellowship programs from application to alumni impact

RQ Platform helps fellowship teams attract qualified applicants, manage complex reviews, support fellows, strengthen mentorship, engage alumni, and measure long-term program outcomes from one secure workspace.

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Full Fellowship Lifecycle

Trusted by Fellowship Teams and Program Leaders

Apply / Select

Collect fellowship applications, recommendations, essays, eligibility details, and candidate materials through a polished application experience.

Review / Interview

Assign reviewers, score candidates, manage interview stages, document decisions, and build a cohort with confidence.

Follow-up / Engage

Track milestones, send follow-ups, collect updates, and keep fellows connected after the program closes.

Nominate / Submit

Collect nominations with custom forms, eligibility screening, document uploads, and a smoother experience for every nominator or applicant.

Review / Select

Assign reviewers, standardize scoring, surface conflicts, and help committees choose recipients with a clear audit trail.

Manage / Report

Track recipients, automate follow-ups, collect impact stories, and report on outcomes.

15+ Years

Supporting programs like yours

Unlimited

Users & submissions, no per-seat limits

10M+

Applicants across 200+ organizations

3-in-1

Reviews, mentorship & alumni tracking

Manage Every Stage of Fellowship Program
Success

Attract stronger applicants

Launch polished fellowship portals and recruitment journeys that communicate prestige, eligibility, deadlines, and program value clearly.

Simplify fellowship applications

Collect essays, references, eligibility details, documents, acceptance forms, and applicant profiles without manual follow-up.

Simplify fellowship applications

Price management helps adjust and control pricing

Run fair, transparent reviews

Route applications to the right reviewers, support blind reviews, panel evaluations, interview stages, scoring, and selection decisions.

Support fellows after selection

Coordinate onboarding, progress reports, milestones, funding details, deliverables, publications, and completion requirements.

Support fellows after selection

Smart Forecasting uses real-time data and AI to predict

Measure long-term impact

Track fellow outcomes, research outputs, career advancement, cohort achievements, and program ROI over time.

Reduce administrative effort

Give program staff clear dashboards, automated reminders, priority actions, and reporting tools that keep every cycle moving.

Smart Dashboard

Give administrators live program updates, priority actions, and next-step guidance to keep every cycle moving toward success.

Fellowship Community

From Applicants to Fellows

RQ Platform connects applications, multi-stage reviews, interviews, onboarding, mentorship, fellow tracking, SmartTracker™ follow-up, and impact reporting so every program relationship stays organized.

Mentorship Management

Move your Fellows into a mentorship program where new Fellows are mentored by more experienced Fellows or alumni

Mentorship Management

Move your Fellows into a mentorship program where new Fellows are mentored by more experienced Fellows or alumni

Mentorship Management

Move your Fellows into a mentorship program where new Fellows are mentored by more experienced Fellows or alumni

SmartTracker™ follow-up

Automate alumni surveys, annual reports, career updates, progress check-ins, and long-term outcome collection after the program ends.

SmartTracker™ follow-up

Automate alumni surveys, annual reports, career updates, progress check-ins, and long-term outcome collection after the program ends.

SmartTracker™ follow-up

Automate alumni surveys, annual reports, career updates, progress check-ins, and long-term outcome collection after the program ends.

RQ Platform gives our fellowship team one reliable place to manage applications, reviews, selection, communication, and alumni follow-up. It saves time without making the process feel impersonal.

Caroline T.

Program Director, Fellowships, Civic and Social Organization

RQ Platform gives our fellowship team one reliable place to manage applications, reviews, selection, communication, and alumni follow-up. It saves time without making the process feel impersonal.

Caroline T.

Program Director, Fellowships, Civic and Social Organization

Alumni Engagement

Keep fellowship communities connected long after completion

SmartTracker™ helps teams automate post-program follow-up, collect career updates, request annual reports, gather publications, run alumni surveys, and prove the long-term impact of every fellowship cohort.

Maintain alumni directories

Keep fellow profiles, cohorts, contact details, promotions, achievements, and engagement history organized.

Maintain alumni directories

Keep fellow profiles, cohorts, contact details, promotions, achievements, and engagement history organized.

Automate annual follow-up

Use SmartTracker™ to collect updates, surveys, research outputs, reports, and alumni stories without chasing emails.

Automate annual follow-up

Use SmartTracker™ to collect updates, surveys, research outputs, reports, and alumni stories without chasing emails.

Showcase long-term impact

Turn alumni progress, publications, career growth, and program outcomes into evidence for boards, funders, and stakeholders.

Showcase long-term impact

Turn alumni progress, publications, career growth, and program outcomes into evidence for boards, funders, and stakeholders.

Integrated Mentorship

Extend the fellowship journey with RQ Mentorship

Many fellowship programs rely on formal or informal mentoring. RQ Mentorship connects mentor matching, goal setting, tasks, meetings, messaging, resources, feedback, progress tracking, and engagement analytics to the same program ecosystem.

Match mentors and fellows

Create structured mentor relationships that support career advancement, leadership development, and program outcomes.

Match mentors and fellows

Create structured mentor relationships that support career advancement, leadership development, and program outcomes.

Track goals and progress

Keep goals, tasks, meetings, messages, resources, and feedback visible to fellows, mentors, and program staff.

Track goals and progress

Keep goals, tasks, meetings, messages, resources, and feedback visible to fellows, mentors, and program staff.

Monitor program health

Use engagement analytics and mentor feedback to identify where fellows need support before issues become invisible.

Monitor program health

Use engagement analytics and mentor feedback to identify where fellows need support before issues become invisible.

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Program Growth Services

Reach More Qualified Fellowship Applicants

Growing a successful fellowship program requires more than great software. Our Growth Team helps organizations increase visibility and participation through optional recruitment campaigns, social media support, application conversion optimization, analytics, and campaign reporting.

Recruitment campaigns

Promote fellowship opportunities to the right audiences and improve applicant quality before the cycle opens.

Recruitment campaigns

Promote fellowship opportunities to the right audiences and improve applicant quality before the cycle opens.

Application conversion

Clarify messaging, reduce drop-off, and help more qualified prospects complete the application journey.

Application conversion

Clarify messaging, reduce drop-off, and help more qualified prospects complete the application journey.

Campaign analytics

Understand which channels, messages, and audiences drive awareness, applications, and stronger fellowship cohorts.

Campaign analytics

Understand which channels, messages, and audiences drive awareness, applications, and stronger fellowship cohorts.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers about fellowship management software, application workflows, reviews, mentorship, SmartTracker™ follow-up, alumni engagement, security, implementation, and program growth.

What is fellowship management software?

Fellowship management software helps teams manage applications, recommendations, selection committees, interviews, cohort decisions, onboarding, alumni records, and post-program engagement in one place.

How does RQ Platform simplify fellowship administration?

How does RQ Platform simplify fellowship selection?

Can fellows be tracked after the program ends?

Can RQ Platform manage alumni records?

What implementation support is included?

How does RQ Platform strengthen fellowship engagement?

Can RQ Platform manage multi-stage fellowship reviews?

Can interview scheduling be included?

How does SmartTracker™ support alumni engagement?

Does RQ Platform integrate fellowship mentorship?

How secure is applicant and fellow data?

Can RhythmQ help increase fellowship applications?

Resources

Fellowship Program Insights and Resources

Awards | Board Nomination

Program Governance 101: Building Audit Trails and Transparency Into Every Stage

When an awards program lacks clear governance, trust erodes fast, questions surface about who made the decision, why, and based on what criteria. Here's how to build audit trails and transparency into every stage of your program, from criteria-setting to post-program review.

March 24, 2026

Program Governance 101: Building Audit Trails and Transparency Into Every Stage

Board Nominations

Running Transparent Board Nominations & Elections: A Practical Guide for Associations & Nonprofits

Explore the advantages of board nomination software for transparent and fair leadership selection in your organization.

December 10, 2025

Running Transparent Board Nominations & Elections: A Practical Guide for Associations & Nonprofits

Explore the advantages of board nomination software for transparent and fair leadership selection in your organization.

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Build stronger fellowship programs from application to alumni impact

Trusted by Fellowship Teams and Program Leaders

Manage Every Stage of Fellowship Program Success

From Applicants to Fellows

RQ Platform gives our fellowship team one reliable place to manage applications, reviews, selection, communication, and alumni follow-up. It saves time without making the process feel impersonal.

RQ Platform gives our fellowship team one reliable place to manage applications, reviews, selection, communication, and alumni follow-up. It saves time without making the process feel impersonal.

Keep fellowship communities connected long after completion

Extend the fellowship journey with RQ Mentorship

Reach More Qualified Fellowship Applicants

Frequently Asked Questions

Fellowship Program Insights and Resources

Program Governance 101: Building Audit Trails and Transparency Into Every Stage

Running Transparent Board Nominations & Elections: A Practical Guide for Associations & Nonprofits

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