Anurag Gupta, founder of the ‘Be More America’ company, is among three Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows announced recently.

Gupta, who is developing a practice called Mindfulness-Based Cultural Competency to train doctors and nurses to overcome implicit bias in healthcare delivery, was awarded $100,000 for being one of the Fellows in the third annual class.

Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Jessica Norwood were the other two fellows.

Fellows – who must be a U.S. citizen; have a track record of risk-taking, out-of-the-box thinking and a proven ability to turn ideas into action; and commit to working from the foundation’s New York-based office at least one week per quarter – were selected after an application process.

Finalists were selected to present their visionary ideas covering inequality or climate change using one of four approaches – arts and culture, constituency building, disruptive ideas and religious traditions and contemplative practices – to the foundation’s board.

Gupta and the other Fellows will have access to career support from the NCF staff and a network of NCF grantees and advisers, both during and after their fellowship year.

Gupta, who lives in New York, is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Be More America, a company looking to revolutionize human relations to create a just and equitable society. He is a graduate of New York University and the University of Cambridge, and received his juris doctor degree from the NYU School of Law.

The fellowship program, which began in 2013, is intended to support projects that have the potential to challenge traditional approaches to advocacy, education and organizing to end inequality and combat climate change, according to the foundation’s website.

NCF interim president and CEO Ernest Tollerson said, “Our first six Fellows have left huge shoes to fill, but our new class looks up to the challenge. Selected from our largest applicant pool yet, they will work to grow economic opportunities in communities of color, address implicit bias through mindfulness, and fight for social and racial justice through culture change strategies.”

The grant term for the fellows runs from September 2015 through August 2016.

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