AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship 2025 to attend the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: 17 April 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship. AstraZeneca is on the lookout for passionate, pushed younger leaders to be part of their 2025 Young Health Programme (YHP) Impact Fellowship. This Fellowship focuses on supporting younger advocates to create actionable change relating to well being fairness in their communities by offering funding, studying and growth Opportunities, and participation in the One Young World Summit.

Selected Fellows can be awarded a fully-funded One Young World Scholarship to attend the 2025 Summit in Munich, Germany, a US $10,000 grant (or US $50,000 if chosen as a Lead2030 Challenge* winner) to implement a challenge by their eligible non-profit organisation. In addition, they may acquire unique management Opportunities designed to assist their private {and professional} development.

AstraZeneca is on the lookout for younger leaders from all corners of the world who’re dedicated to advocacy for well being fairness in a minimum of certainly one of the following focus areas:

• Non-communicable ailments (NCD) prevention: Working to forestall NCDs amongst younger individuals by selling insurance policies that allow wholesome existence, with a selected give attention to making certain that efforts are inclusive and accessible to all. Relevant NCD threat issue areas embrace diet, tobacco & alcohol management, bodily exercise and air high quality enchancment.
• Rare illness: Advocating for equitable entry to care and enabling coverage modifications for individuals residing with uncommon ailments.

Requirements

• Aged 18 – 30.**
• Proficiency in English (talking, studying, writing).
• Nationals of all nations are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Ability to totally take part in-person at the One Young World Summit (2-7 November 2025) in Munich, Germany.
• Willingness to share insights, assist co-create commitments to motion, foster partnerships, and function ambassadors of AstraZeneca’s well being fairness and YHP work the place acceptable.
• Access to the web and a tool (laptop, cellphone) that may permit them to take part in dwell, on-line Fellowship periods – this is not going to be offered to Fellows.
• Applicants have to be founders or leaders of registered non-profit organisations that meet the following standards:
  • Have been registered and operational for a minimum of 3 full years.
  • To be thought-about to obtain a $10,000 grant: have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary yr of greater than USD$10,000 and fewer than USD$1,000,000.
  • To be thought-about to obtain a $50,000 grant: Have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary yr of greater than USD$100,000 and fewer than USD$2,000,000.
• Are ‘funding-ready’ and in a position to present acceptable documentation (in English) to AstraZeneca’s grant-making accomplice at the Charities Aid Foundation to confirm their organisation’s charitable standing, governance and monetary scenario. This course of often takes 3-6 months to full and can start as soon as Fellows are chosen. If the required documentation just isn’t obtainable, it could impression the capability of the organisation to obtain the grant and Fellowship could also be withdrawn. We purpose for all grants to be dispersed by October 2025, and tasks to begin between October 2025 and April 2026. All tasks should finish by December 2026.
• Operate in underserved communities.
• Applicants have to be in a position to suggest a 6-12 month challenge that:
  • Focuses on stopping NCDs amongst younger individuals by selling insurance policies that allow wholesome existence and equitable entry to healthcare info and providers, with a selected give attention to making certain that efforts are inclusive and accessible to all.
  • Projects can embrace influencing coverage change inside a rustic or group to profit younger individuals residing with uncommon ailments or tackling the 5 main NCD threat components / behavioural threat areas widespread amongst younger individuals (tobacco use, bodily inactivity, dangerous use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and air air pollution) which contribute to NCDs (cardiovascular ailments, power respiratory ailments, most cancers, kind II diabetes).
  • Focuses on clear coverage targets with an in depth advocacy technique that’s primarily led by, and for the advantage of, younger individuals.
  • Is inclusive and non-discriminatory in its method working with marginalised or susceptible younger individuals.
  • Working with underserved communities.
  • Is measurable and is ready to display impression. Organisations should present an end-of-year and end-of-grant report together with, however not restricted to, whole variety of younger individuals reached instantly, insurance policies influenced/end result, classes realized and impression.
  • Begins after October 2025 and can be accomplished by December 2026.

Benefits

The chosen Fellows will acquire entry to networks and growth Opportunities, enabling them to drive a world well being motion led by and for younger individuals:

• Access to Networks: Participation in the 2025 One Young World Summit and Ambassador Network and entry to a YHP Alumni group of different younger changemakers who’re all obsessed with youth well being. Selected people can even be part of AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme Advisory Board which brings collectively passionate younger leaders to speed up political motion on appearing early on NCDs and champion coverage options.
• Access to Development: Structured studying and growth choices to allow you to scale your impression, together with each self-directed and dwell studying. This contains entry to the One Young World Academy, an award-winning mini-MBA programme, {and professional} coaching.
• Access to funding: Each chosen Fellow will obtain a grant of both US $10,000 or US $50,000 (if chosen as the Lead2030 winner* for SDG3, for which you can be mechanically thought-about) from AstraZeneca, by their non-profit organisation. Fellows are anticipated to use the grant to implement a challenge centered on enhancing youth well being inside their group.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship