AFS Global STEM Academies 2025 (Scholarship available) – YOA

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Applications are open for the AFS Global STEM Academies 2025. The AFS Global STEM Academies mix digital and in-individual studying, gathering youth from 15 nations worldwide, wherein students enrich their sustainability information and STEM expertise by means of interactive, fingers-on curriculum, whereas growing vital international competencies, together with drawback-fixing, analytical expertise, intercultural understanding, and social innovation. 

The Academies start with a 12-week digital e-studying curriculum (from home), partaking in international competence expertise, social impression, and sustainability-centered workshops, with content material co-developed by AFS and the University of Pennsylvania Center for Social Impact Strategy. The digital portion of this system culminates with scholar-led social impression tasks and displays that supply potential options to actual-world challenges, with an emphasis on sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, together with the subjects of local weather change and the vitality transition. 

After finishing the digital curriculum, Academy students journey on a 4-week immersive expertise to one of many 4 Academy locations: Brazil, China, Egypt, or India. Academy programming focuses on vital STEM expertise and intercultural understanding for international sustainability, in addition to native cultural immersion. Scholars take part in neighborhood service and have the OPPORTUNITY to go to native revolutionary, sustainability-centered operations to see first-hand how firms and organizations are utilizing STEM expertise in follow to handle business and societal challenges, notably round sustainability.

Benefits

All Global STEM Academy admissions are awarded by scholarship solely, and canopy the next prices:

• Full tuition to your twelve-week digital program and 4-week study overseas program.
• AFS-arranged journey, together with worldwide financial system airfare (and any related home journey) from the coed’s hometown to the host nation, together with airport decide-up. Your scholarship additionally covers the price of offsetting your carbon emissions throughout journey (this can be a sustainability program in any case!)
• AFS-provided medical insurance coverage.
• Housing: Student housing is offered and punctiliously organized by AFS Intercultural Programs relying on the nation and program (AFS college students could reside with a bunch household, in dormitories, or a mixture of each).
• Meals: Some meals might be with host households, some might be offered as a gaggle by AFS; candidates ought to point out any dietary restrictions or preferences of their application.
• 24/7 emergency help.
• Field journeys to actions and websites throughout your Academy.
• Assistance with this system and visa application processes.
• Certificate of participation upon passable program completion.

Eligibility

• Be a nationwide or citizen of one of many following nations: Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom and USA.
• Applicant should be 15-17.5 years previous on the program begin date.
• Ability to take part totally, each on-line and in a classroom setting, in a program carried out completely in English.
• Interest in STEM, sustainability, and international competencies.
• Curiosity and willingness to work together with numerous international friends and discover new cultures.
• Ability and willingness to journey overseas, unaccompanied, to any of the 4 Academy locations: Brazil, China, Egypt, and India. Although candidates can rank their vacation spot desire, AFS will choose all scholarship winners’ locations.
• Have a pc, smartphone or different digital machine to entry the digital program content material.
• An built-in webcam and microphone for participation in on-line dialogue classes.
• Have secure web or Wi-Fi connection.
• Talented younger individuals from all backgrounds who mirror the range of populations world wide, notably younger girls, underrepresented populations, and college students with excessive monetary want, are strongly inspired to apply!

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to AFS Global STEM Academies.