Bezos Scholars Program 2026 for U.S. Students – YOA

Deadline: January 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Bezos Scholars Program 2026. For greater than twenty years, the Bezos Scholars Program has been amplifying youth voice and serving to younger folks take motion to make a optimistic difference of their communities.

They envision a world the place all younger folks lead and contribute to significant group change. Their mission is to champion changemakers to behave on points they care about by creating management abilities and supporting youth-led group tasks. ​

Benefits

• Form Lasting Friendships Across the Globe: Join a group with gifted college students and educators from throughout the U.S. and Africa, and upon completion of this system, be a part of the intensive Alum Network.
• Attend the Aspen Ideas Festival: Experience an all-bills-paid journey to Aspen, Colorado, to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival. Hear from international leaders and produce your voice to the dialog.
• Receive Leadership Training: Engage in 45+ hours of digital management talent-constructing classes to foster group and be taught from workshops designed to assist group change mission growth.
• Experience Personal Coaching and Support: Participate in teaching with Bezos Scholar workers to assist your management and Community Change Project journey.
• Preparing You for College and Beyond: Gain free, personalised faculty advising—together with assist with faculty lists, essays, monetary assist, scholarships, and a tailor-made advice—supplying you with instruments to thrive in your future college campus.
• Community Change Project Funding: Earn $1,000 in monetary assist to assist launch and maintain Community Change Projects. Continuing tasks are eligible to reapply for funding yearly.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, a scholar have to be enrolled in and attend an eligible U.S. public highschool that meets ONE or extra of the next standards:

• At least 30% of the college’s college students qualify for free or lowered lunch.
• The faculty is designated as a Title I faculty.
• The state has recognized the college as economically underserved; it meets the edge for a state or district “high need” or meets the fairness index used to allocate extra funding.
  • This means the state recognized a faculty as needing extra monetary assist as a result of a big portion of its college students come from low-revenue households or face different vital challenges that may hinder their studying.

Additionally, college students should:

• Be a junior on the time they apply to this system.
• Have a minimal unweighted GPA of three.0.
• Be enrolled in or have taken at the very least one superior course (Honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or College Level).
• Be accessible to absolutely take part within the yr-lengthy program and attend all dates for the all-bills-paid journey to Aspen, Colorado, June 24 by June 30, 2026.
• Nominate an educator, a prepared and supportive grownup from their faculty, to function a mentor, who will absolutely take part in this system and go on the journey to Aspen with them.

Application

High faculty juniors who meet program eligibility standards can apply by January 15, 2026. Scholars shall be introduced and begin this system in May.

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For extra info, go to Bezos Scholars Program.