Leading St. Louis Scholarship to Attend the One Young World Summit 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: May 8, 2026

Applications are invited for the Leading St. Louis Scholarship 2026. St. Louis, Missouri embodies the American spirit of progress, resilience, and group-pushed change. The metropolis’s younger leaders are tackling psychological well being disparities throughout neighborhoods, revitalizing city communities, advancing healthcare and biotech innovation, and driving financial improvement.

The Leading St. Louis Scholarship, supported by World Wide Technology and BrightPath STEAM Academy will assist six distinctive younger leaders who’re dwelling and making an affect in the St. Louis, Missouri space to attend the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa, from November 3-6, 2026. 

For younger folks in St. Louis, this isn’t only a journey – it’s transformation that creates leaders who return with a sharper perspective, world networks, and renewed vitality to lead in their very own communities. The are searching for candidates who’ve made an actual affect of their communities, can work properly with folks from completely different backgrounds, present sturdy management potential, and are guided by a transparent sense of function. They choose for advantage, affect, and character – interval.

Benefits

Selected students will obtain:

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. 
• Hotel lodging in Cape Town between 2 – 6 November (inclusive) 2026.
• The value of journey to and from Cape Town.
• Catering which incorporates breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Transport between the Summit lodging and the Summit venue.

Eligibility

Eligible candidates should: 

• Be dwelling and making an affect in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan space.
• Be a citizen of the USA.
• Have proficiency in English (talking, studying, writing).
• Be aged 18 – 30.
• Hold a sound passport.

In addition, candidates should show: 

• Leadership Capabilities and Potential: Current management expertise in skilled, tutorial, or group settings with measurable outcomes and clear examples of mobilizing others or main change.
• Impact and Social Contributions: Proven dedication to optimistic change in St. Louis communities with tangible outcomes that align with sustainable improvement targets. 
• Alignment with One Young World Values: Embodiment of the mission for a good, sustainable future, with openness to cross-cultural collaboration and lengthy-time period dedication to change.
• Motivation and Personal Vision: Clear articulation of how the Summit connects to private {and professional} targets, with a compelling imaginative and prescient for put up-occasion affect. 
• Communications Skills: The potential to characterize St. Louis with readability, authenticity, and professionalism on a worldwide stage.

Note that if shortlisted for the scholarship, it’s possible you’ll be invited to take part in an interview. 

Application

The application deadline is June 8, 2026. Late purposes won’t be thought of.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Leading St. Louis Scholarship.