Ilia Calderón Scholarship to Attend the One Young World Summit 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: June 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Ilia Calderón Scholarship to Attend the One Young World Summit 2026. Following the success of the Ilia Calderón Scholarship in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, One Young World has as soon as once more partnered with the Jang Calderón Family Foundation to assist younger leaders, between the ages of 18 and 30, who’re main modern and impactful initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

The Ilia Calderón Scholarship will choose and fund the participation of two younger leaders who will likely be in a position to journey to attend the One Young World 2026 Summit in Cape Town, South Africa.

Benefits

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town.
• Hotel lodging in a personal room in Cape Town, checking in on 2 November 2026 and trying out on 7 November 2026. 
• The value of journey to and from Cape Town (financial system class).
• Domestic journey prices to the airport to take the worldwide flight (financial system class).
• Visa prices, if relevant.
• Transport between the Summit lodging and the Summit venue.
• Catering which incorporates breakfast, lunch, and dinner (offered by the lodge and through the Summit).
• Translation companies from English to Spanish in the plenary periods, welcome and shutting occasion.

Eligibility

Candidates should be:

• Aged 18 – 30 at the time of the One Young World Summit 2026 which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from 3 – 6 November 2026. 
• Eligible Nationalities: Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil.

Candidates will even be evaluated on the following:

• Demonstrate dedication and potential advantages for the communities or territories to which they belong.
• Relevance of the initiatives to which he/she leads or he/she participates.    
• Demonstrated capability for management.
• Address key native and/or world points of their neighborhood or territories.
• Have a monitor document of producing impactful and modern concepts.
• Motivation to take part in One Young World.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Ilia Calderón Scholarship.