AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship 2026 (Fully-funded to the One Young World Summit, SA) – YOA

Deadline: April 12, 2026

Applications are open for the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship 2026. Are you aged 18-30 and creating constructive change for individuals, society and the planet? Are you main tasks inside a registered non revenue organisation? Are you prepared to be part of a world community with different younger people who find themselves creating constructive change for the future?

AstraZeneca is in search of passionate, pushed younger leaders to be part of their 2026 Young Health Programme (YHP) Impact Fellowship. The Fellowship helps younger advocates to create actionable change to:

• Advance well being fairness – with a deal with performing early to stop non-communicable illnesses amongst younger individuals or supporting younger individuals residing with uncommon illnesses.
• Take motion on local weather and nature – advocating for the mitigation of the dangerous results of local weather change on the well being and properly-being of younger individuals.
• Build well being programs resilience – contributing to stronger well being programs that prioritise earlier intervention to meet immediately’s wants and mitigate tomorrow’s illness burden.

Benefits

The chosen Fellows will achieve entry to networks, funding and growth alternatives, enabling them to drive a world well being motion led by and for younger individuals:

• Access to Networks: A completely-funded scholarship to attend the 2026 One Young World Summit in Cape Town, South Africa (3–6 November 2026) in addition to entry to the One Young World Ambassador Network and the Young Health Programme (YHP) Alumni group of different younger changemakers working to enhance youth well being.
• Access to Development: Structured studying and growth choices to allow them to scale their impression, together with each self-directed and stay studying. This consists of entry to the One Young World Academy, an award-profitable mini-MBA programme, mentorship from AstraZeneca colleagues {and professional} coaching.
• Access to Funding: Each chosen Fellow will obtain a grant of both USD $10,000 or USD $50,000 (if chosen as the Lead2030 winner for Sustainable Development Goal 3, for which candidates will probably be routinely thought of) from AstraZeneca, via their non-revenue organisation. Fellows are anticipated to use the grant to implement a challenge centered on both (1) advancing well being fairness (2) taking motion on local weather and nature (3) constructing well being programs resilience.

Eligibility

• Be aged 18 – 30. 
• Proficiency in English (talking, studying, writing). 
• Nationals of all international locations are eligible to apply for this scholarship. 
• Ability to totally take part in-particular person at the One Young World Summit (2-7 November 2026) in Cape Town, South Africa. 
• Willingness to share insights, assist co-create commitments to motion, foster partnerships, and function ambassadors of AstraZeneca’s well being fairness and YHP work the place applicable. 
• Access to the web and a tool (laptop, telephone) that may permit them to take part in stay, on-line Fellowship classes – this won’t be supplied to Fellows. 
• Applicants have to be founders or leaders of registered non-revenue organisations that meet the following standards:
  • Have been registered and operational for not less than 3 full years. 
  • To be thought of to obtain a $10,000 grant: have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary 12 months of greater than USD$10,000 and fewer than USD$1,000,000. 
  • To be thought of to obtain a $50,000 grant: Have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary 12 months of greater than USD$100,000 and fewer than USD$2,000,000. 
• Are ‘funding-ready’ and in a position to present applicable documentation (in English) to AstraZeneca’s grant-making associate at the Charities Aid Foundation to confirm their organisation’s charitable standing, governance and monetary state of affairs. This course of can take 3-6 months to full and can start as soon as Fellows are chosen. If the required documentation is just not accessible, it might impression the capacity of the organisation to obtain the grant and Fellowship could also be withdrawn. They purpose for all grants to be dispersed by October 2026, and tasks to begin between October 2026 and April 2027. All tasks should finish by December 2027. 
• Operate in underserved communities.

Project Requirements

• Applicants have to be in a position to suggest a 6-12 month challenge that focuses on both of the following:
  • Health fairness:
    • Acting early to stop power illnesses by tackling the 5 main non-communicable illness (NCD) behavioral threat elements widespread amongst younger individuals (tobacco use, bodily inactivity, dangerous use of alcohol, unhealthy diets, and air air pollution) that contribute to NCDs (lung illnesses, cardiovascular illnesses, cancers, sort 2 diabetes, and power kidney illness). 
    • Supporting younger individuals residing with uncommon illnesses. 
  • Climate and nature motion: 
    • Taking motion at the intersection of local weather and nature that impacts younger individuals’s well being. 
  • Health programs resilience: 
    • Advocating for stronger, extra equitable well being programs, prioritisation of youth-centered sources and collaboration throughout well being system stakeholders. 
• Additionally, the challenge should:
  • Be inclusive and non-discriminatory in its strategy. 
  • Work with underserved communities. 
  • Be measurable and in a position to display impression. Organisations should present an finish-of-12 months and finish-of-grant report together with, however not restricted to, complete variety of younger individuals reached instantly, insurance policies influenced/outcome, classes discovered and impression. 
  • Begin after October 2026 and will probably be accomplished by December 2027. 
• Projects that do any of the following are not eligible for funding:
  • Discriminate or primarily promote political or non secular viewpoints to their beneficiaries. 
  • Use the funds to make grants or monetary donations to different organisations or people. 
  • Be primarily a medical course/s. 
  • Provide bursaries, tuition, scholarships or charges for an current course. 
  • Provide therapy, promote medicines, present medical recommendation or pay for medicines. 
  • Benefit AstraZeneca’s business enterprise. 
  • Last greater than 12 months. 
  • Have already taken place or are deliberate to begin earlier than November 2026. 
  • Be funded greater than 50% by one other supply, except for the AstraZeneca Grant.

Application

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For extra data, go to AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship.