AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship 2026 to attend the One Young World Summit 2026 in CapeTown, South Africa (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 12 April 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship. 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: 

• Build well being programs resilience – contributing to stronger well being programs that prioritise earlier intervention to meet right this moment’s wants and mitigate tomorrow’s illness burden.
• Advance well being fairness – with a concentrate on performing early to stop non-communicable illnesses amongst younger folks, or supporting younger folks 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 well-being of younger folks.

Eligibility Requirements

• Aged 18 – 30.* 
• Proficiency in English (talking, studying, writing). 
• Nationals of all nations are eligible to apply for this scholarship. 
• Ability to absolutely take part in-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, cellphone) that may enable them to take part in reside, on-line Fellowship periods – this won’t be supplied to Fellows. 
• Applicants should be founders or leaders of registered non-profit organisations that meet the following standards:
  • Have been registered and operational for a minimum of 3 full years. 
  • To be thought-about to obtain a $10,000 grant: have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary yr of greater than USD$10,000 and fewer than USD$1,000,000. 
  • To be thought-about to obtain a $50,000 grant: Have had a complete reported earnings in the final monetary yr of greater than USD$100,000 and fewer than USD$2,000,000. 
• Are ‘funding-ready’ and ready to present applicable documentation (in English) to AstraZeneca’s grant-making accomplice 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 obtainable, it could affect the capacity of the organisation to obtain the grant and Fellowship could also be withdrawn. We goal 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.

Benefits

The chosen Fellows will achieve entry to networks, funding and improvement Opportunities, enabling them to drive a worldwide well being motion led by and for younger folks:

• Access to Networks: A totally-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 improvement choices to allow them to scale their affect, together with each self-directed and reside studying. This contains entry to the One Young World Academy, an award-winning 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-about) from AstraZeneca, by way of their non-profit organisation. Fellows are anticipated to use the grant to implement a undertaking targeted on both (1) advancing well being fairness (2) taking motion on local weather and nature (3) constructing well being programs resilience.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship 2026