International AIDS Society (IAS) Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme 2025 (up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 29, 2025

Applications are open for the International AIDS Society (IAS) Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme 2025. IAS – the International AIDS Society – invites you to submit a proposal requesting up to USD 10,000 to implement a six-month innovation venture (from April to October 2026) that addresses a necessity for younger folks dwelling with and affected by HIV.

The IAS will assist a brand new cohort of 5 Young Leaders with seed grants to scale up HIV-associated innovation tasks that reply to a domestically outlined want. Each Young Leader should be affiliated with and logistically supported by a corporation working in HIV and/or sexual and reproductive well being and rights or associated areas.

Benefits

Selected Young Leaders might be awarded:

• USD $10,000 seed grant to implement and/or scale up an HIV-associated modern venture over a interval of six months (April to October 2026)
• Capacity constructing in monitoring and analysis, reporting, and communications and networking alternatives
• Travel to AIDS 2026, the twenty sixth International AIDS Conference, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Inclusion within the AIDS 2026 Young Leaders Programme

Eligibility

The Young Leader should:

• Be related to a corporation that’s prepared and in a position to present mentorship and logistical assist for the proposed Young Leader’s venture.
• Be between 18 and 30 years previous (and ideally beneath 25).
• Be prepared to attend AIDS 2026 from 26 to 31 July 2026.
• Be in a position and prepared to report and talk with the IAS in English.

The host group should:

• Be a registered charitable group and prepared to endure extra eligibility checks.
• Be in a position and prepared to present a degree of contact who will actively mentor the chosen applicant as a Young Leader.
• Be in a position and prepared to logistically assist its Young Leader within the day-to-day points of the implementation of its innovation venture.
• Be in a position and prepared to report and talk with the IAS in English.
• Be in a position and prepared to obtain, in addition to handle, all funds associated to the seed grant.

Selection Criteria

Selection of purposes might be primarily based on the next standards:

• Innovation and readability of venture plan
• Evidence of venture sustainability
• Strength of youth engagement
• Leadership qualities of the proposed Young Leader
• Capacity of host group

Application

You will want to present data and phone particulars for your self and your host group. You may also be requested a collection of questions to assess motivation, expertise and venture feasibility, in addition to to add a completed budget template and a letter of assist out of your host group.

Only purposes made by way of the net application portal might be thought of.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to IAS Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme.