Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) Ocean Leaders Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) Ocean Leaders Fellowship 2026. The Ocean Leaders Fellowship (OLF), developed by Sustainable Ocean Alliance and in partnership with Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy, is a one-yr annual program designed to help and empower distinctive younger professionals of their efforts to guard and restore the well being of the ocean.

In this program, 40 Fellows will acquire new expertise, networks, and alternatives required to make a measurable impression in ocean conservation and local weather motion of their communities and past. OLF is designed to domesticate belonging, activate collective energy, and construct lifetime management capability, so Fellows can bridge native data and world resolution-making with confidence and integrity.

Benefits

• The program curriculum consists of talent growth workshops, entry to mentors, collaboration alternatives with friends, and a particular OPPORTUNITY to journey and take part in a global convention and management institute in June 2026.

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Be 18–35 as of June 20, 2026
• Work in ocean or local weather motion (with a robust curiosity in 30×30)
• Align with certainly one of SOA’s 5 Ocean Impact Areas
• Have C1 English proficiency
• Be obtainable for worldwide journey your complete dates of June ninth-nineteenth 2026
• Not have beforehand attended OOC or UNOC Youth boards

Application

The Fellowship runs from March twenty sixth to December fifth 2026, and combines weekly digital programming with an immersive in-particular person institute. OLF helps younger ocean leaders who’re already organizing, main groups, and influencing programs, and need to deepen their impression.

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For extra info, go to Ocean Leaders Fellowship.