Ocean Wise Eco-Action Accelerator 2025 (up to $5,000) – YOA

Deadline: August 25, 2025

Applications are open for the Ocean Wise Eco-Action Accelerator 2025. The Eco-Action Accelerator is a 6-month part-time microgrant program that gives Canada Service Corps (CSC) alumni with the instruments to scale up a service undertaking thought and produce growth plans that concentrate on the lengthy-time period sustainability of the undertaking.

The program consists of three-interconnected elements that assist the event and supply of grantee service tasks: a 3-day in-particular person retreat, 6 entrepreneurial workshops, and common mentorship with a program coach and community of friends. The program will run from September 15, 2025 to January 5, 2025, with a 3-day in-particular person retreat from October 3 to 6, 2025.

Benefits

Grantees are anticipated to spend roughly 5-10 hours/week engaged on this system to meet the deliverables, and can profit from:

• Funding from considered one of three aggressive streams up to $5,000.
• Guidance to develop an extended-time period sustainable marketing strategy for profitable supply or scaling of their undertaking.
• A collaborative method to undertaking growth that faucets into contributors’ information and expertise to construct a singular community of assist.
• Access to skilled assets and subject material consultants.

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Be 19 to 30 years previous on the time of application;  
• Be an alum of a Canada Service Corps (CSC) program; 
• Have a service undertaking thought contributing to optimistic environmental change by addressing local weather change, plastic & air pollution, or overfishing both immediately (ex. decreasing reliance on single-use plastics, restoring habitats, bettering entry to sustainable seafood, and so on.) or not directly (ex. encouraging nature connectedness, selling accessibility & inclusivity in environmental areas, elevating consciousness of environmental points, combating local weather anxiousness & eco-grief, and so on.); and
• Be a Canadian citizen, everlasting resident, or particular person granted refugee standing in Canada. 

Expectations

During the 6-month program, Accelerator Grantees are anticipated to: 

• Participate in a 3-day retreat (prices related to the in-particular person retreat will likely be coated together with: meals, lodging, transportation);  
• Engage absolutely in 6 digital workshops and discussions tailor-made to growing applicable expertise;  
• Engage absolutely in common mentorship alternatives with friends;  
• Lead a person or collaborative undertaking that contributes to optimistic change for the atmosphere both immediately or not directly (see examples in Eligibility above); 
• Keep all related receipts to submit an expense report and a last report prior to this system finish date; and 
• Develop and submit a scale-up and/or lengthy-time period sustainable undertaking plan 

Application

This application doesn’t allow saving your progress, so that they suggest making ready the next prematurely:

Project Proposal: Express your curiosity in making use of for the Eco-Action Accelerator. This part could be written (max 750 phrases) or a video recording (max 5 min). Up to 5 pictures/visuals could be included within the submission as supporting supplies. Your Project Proposal ought to:

• Outline the service undertaking you would like to additional develop or scale-up, together with the scope, viewers, and objectives of the undertaking;
• Describe why you need to take part on this program;
• Explain how your undertaking will impact optimistic change for the atmosphere, enhance nationwide consciousness of ocean conservation, and/or promote an inclusive and accessible environmental sector.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Ocean-wise Eco-Action Accelerator.