Applications Open for the Impact Accelerator Program for EA Professionals

By High Impact Professionals, Nina Friedrich🔸, Emil Wasteson Wallén 🔸 @ 2026-01-26T11:22 (+31)

High Impact Professionals (HIP) is excited to announce that applications are now open for the next round of the Impact Accelerator Program (IAP). The IAP is a 6-week program, supporting experienced professionals transitioning into high-impact careers.

To date, 359 people have completed the program. As a result: 

• 76 participants have transitioned into high-impact careers—including founding new charities, starting founding-to-give companies, and joining high-impact organizations such as GiveWell, Charity Entrepreneurship, MATS, Malaria Consortium.
• A further 167 participants are taking concrete steps towards a high-impact career, including skilled volunteering roles with high-impact organisations.
• Many participants have started donating a meaningful percentage of their salary to effective charities—19 have taken the 🔶 10% Pledge and 43 the 🔷 Trial Pledge through the IAP. 

We’re pleased to open up this new program round, which will start the week of March 30. More information is available here. 

Applications close on Sunday, February 22.

Register for an IAP info and Q&A webinar

We’re hosting two live webinars on Wednesday, 18 February to walk through the program and answer questions. Choose the time that works best for you:

• Wed., 18 Feb., 8-9am UTC → Read more and register here
• Wed., 18 Feb., 5-6pm UTC → Read more and register here

You are also welcome to reach out with questions in the comments or contact us via our website.