United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Youth for Biosecurity Fellowship 2025 – YOA

Deadline: April 7, 2025

Applications are open for the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Youth for Biosecurity Fellowship 2025. Organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, in partnership with key worldwide actors that empower youth in science diplomacy and world biosecurity, the Youth for Biosecurity Fellowship present a novel studying and networking expertise within the framework of the Biological Weapons Convention.

Launched in 2019 as a Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshop, the Youth for Biosecurity Initiative organized its first fellowship in 2023. For the third version, the fellowship will present the OPPORTUNITY for 20 competitively chosen younger scientists from the Global South to hitch a web-based interactive coaching programme previous to a subject go to through the assembly of the BWC Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention in Geneva.

The Fellowship goals at permitting younger biosecurity leaders from the Global South to:

• Learn & lead – deepen your experience in biosecurity and disarmament to construct management abilities,
• Think & act – have interaction in discussions with senior consultants and make your voice heard within the margins of multilateral disarmament conferences,
• Engage with neighborhood – join with younger consultants in a global youth community and luxuriate in an area for dialogue between rising scientists and BWC practitioners.

Fellowship Details

The Fellowship runs over a 3-month interval and requires a minimal time dedication to accommodate fellows’ work or educational schedules. Activities embrace: 

• A collection of on-line Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshops from 5 June to five July 2025, with roughly one session (two to a few hours) per week. 
• A collaborative undertaking to arrange in July 2025 and to be offered on the BWC Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention in August 2025 
• A 5-day subject go to in Geneva from 11 to fifteen August 2025 through the conferences of the BWC Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention.  

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, potential fellows should:

• Be below 35 years previous on the time of making use of.
• Be residents of a BWC State Party listed as least developed nation, low- or decrease/higher center-earnings nation (Check in case your nation is within the Development Assistance Committee List of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
• Have a complicated diploma within the life sciences or a associated self-discipline from a acknowledged college or establishment. [Candidates with backgrounds in other fields such as social sciences can be exceptionally considered if they have a demonstrated interest in biosecurity, health security and/or disarmament and non-proliferation].
• Have a powerful command of written and spoken English.

Female candidates are strongly inspired to apply. The choice course of might be guided by the necessity to guarantee the very best high quality of individuals whereas sustaining a gender and regional steadiness.

Expectation for a Youth Fellow

• Attendance and participation in all on-line classes and within the subject go to [the fellows are responsible for obtaining the relevant authorizations from their employer or universities]. 
• Active engagement in all actions of the Fellowship – the Fellowship is an interactive and participative expertise and depends on the fellows’ energetic participation.
• Make time in your schedule to adequately put together for all classes and discussions – the course might be pretty intensive, and prior preparation might be key to the fellows’ energetic participation. 

Application

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For extra data, go to UNODA Youth for Biosecurity Fellowship.