United Nations Global Pulse Accelerator Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 11, 2026

Applications are open for the UN Global Pulse Accelerator Programme 2026. As the United Nations marks its eightieth anniversary, the urgency to change into extra agile, progressive and future-prepared has by no means been larger. A altering world wants a United Nations that adapts simply as quick, which is why the UN Global Pulse Accelerator is launching its subsequent name for purposes, inviting UN groups to submit their progressive options able to scale.

The UN Global Pulse Accelerator is the United Nations’ programme to help the scaling of promising, progressive options, guaranteeing that distinctive UN-led pilots maximize their affect for the individuals we serve. The programme helps UN-led groups in creating sustainable, reasonable and impactful scaling methods for his or her progressive options. Those with probably the most compelling methods can be awarded a grant and tailor-made mentoring to assist implement them.

The Accelerator is open to groups throughout the UN household engaged on progressive options which were piloted a minimum of as soon as and may present proof of optimistic outcomes.

Benefits

• Selected groups will attend an in-particular person workshop in Finland from June 8-12, 2026, with three members from every crew anticipated to attend. UN Global Pulse will cowl flights for all individuals.

Eligibility

For the fourth cohort, they’re searching for options that:

• Demonstrate their readiness to transition to scale.
• Demonstrate their skill to realize tangible ends in improvement and/ or humanitarian motion, with information, digital applied sciences and/ or AI serving as enabling parts. Approaches could also be low-tech, excessive-tech or hybrid, supplied they’re applicable to the context and drawback being addressed.
• Will improve the UN’s supply of outcomes for individuals and planet, help UN80 priorities on effectiveness and effectivity and the central promise of Agenda 2030 to depart nobody behind.

Selection Criteria

• To qualify as an innovation challenge, it should present the way it delivers affect by creating or adapting a product, service, course of, or system that provides new worth. This may be completed by addressing an current drawback, seizing an OPPORTUNITY, or assembly an anticipated want.
• Additionally, the innovation challenge have to be led by a minimum of one UN entity. Projects run solely by non-UN entities, or these solely endorsed, branded, or funded by the UN, won’t be thought of.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to UN Global Pulse Accelerator Programme.