Young Nature Leaders Grant 2026 ($1,000 grant) – YOA

Deadline: February 20, 2026

Applications are open for the Young Nature Leaders Grant 2026. Women for Nature have established a grant/bursary for a teen to develop and implement a challenge to have a good time the position that nature performs in our Canadian tradition and identification.

All throughout Canada, individuals and organizations encourage by means of their management and devotion to the pure world. They commit their time and power not for recognition however for influence. They select to guard, interact, and advocate on behalf of nature, performing as a robust voice for younger individuals’s futures.

Women for Nature are leaders who care deeply about nature and need to encourage others to make a difference. In specific, they need to encourage, foster and nurture youth (underneath 30) to display their management for nature. To that finish, the Young Nature Leaders grant/bursary has been established for a teen (underneath 30) to develop and implement a youth-led, neighborhood-based mostly challenge centered round nature and sustainability in Canada.

Grant

• The $1,000 grant will help challenge implementation in 2026, celebrating the position that nature performs within the Canadian identification.

Eligibility

• They invite people to submit proposals for his or her youth-led nature initiatives.
• This Young Nature Leadership grant is run by Nature Canada. Nature Canada staff, youngsters, or kin of staff should not eligible for this grant.

Special consideration in 2026 will likely be given to initiatives centered on:

• Oceans and marine conservation
• Ecological restoration
• Protected areas and habitat stewardship
• Indigenous-led conservation initiatives
• Work that may be supported by our Women for Nature community who can provide volunteer time or promotional help
• Projects that may be filmed, for social media use, shared with Nature Canada and every other challenge company sponsors

Selection Criteria

Project concepts will likely be evaluated by a volunteer Grant Selection Committee based mostly on the following standards:

• Potential influence and advantages of the challenge
• Public engagement and attain
• Possible involvement of Women for Nature members
• Creativity and readability of the proposed challenge
• Effective use of the grant
• Engagement of underrepresented and numerous communities
• Must happen inside Canada and cling to CRA spending tips for charities
• Only one submission per applicant

Application

Interested candidates ought to submit both:

For extra data, go to Young Nature Leaders Grant.