Generation Regen Challenge to Attend the One Young World Summit 2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 24, 2027

Applications are open for the Generation Regen Challenge 2027. Agriculture is a cornerstone of financial resilience in Canada, the U.S., contributing considerably to GDP, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs, and taking part in an important function in world meals safety. As the sector evolves, regenerative agriculture is rising as a strong local weather-sensible method to restoring ecosystems, bettering soil and water well being, strengthening lengthy-time period farm resilience, and delivering lasting environmental and social advantages. Farmers, innovators, and communities are uniquely positioned to drive this transition towards a extra sustainable and resilient agricultural future.

As the Founding Partner of the Generation Regen Challenge, BMO Community Giving is delighted to launch the Generation Regen Challenge 2027: introduced by BMO, in collaboration with One Young World. Building on the success of its inaugural yr, the Challenge will assist revolutionary social enterprises and non-income growing options throughout Canada and the U.S. that restore ecosystems, sequester carbon, and rebuild resilient native meals methods. By empowering innovators to scale impactful options, the Generation Regen Challenge goals to advance a worldwide transition towards agriculture that heals the land whereas feeding individuals equitably and sustainably.

Benefits

• Two Challenge Winners: Grants of $60,000 to assist their initiatives (Canada & U.S. solely)
• Four Challenge Finalists: Grants of $20,000 to assist their initiatives (Canada & U.S. solely)
• One Innovator Prize: A grant of $15,000 to assist their venture (South Africa solely)
• All Recipients: Full scholarships to take part in the One Young World Summit 2027, tokyo, Japan which takes place from Sept. 28 to Oct 1. Scholarship is inclusive of return flights, lodging and catering
• All Recipients: Lifelong membership to the one Young World Ambassador Community, a worldwide community of 20,000+ younger leaders throughout 190+ international locations

Eligibility

To be thought-about for the Challenge for Canada and the U.S. you need to: 

• Be between 18 and 35 years of age.
• Be main a non-revenue, charity, social enterprise or objective targeted begin-up.
• Your organisation have to be one among the following:
  • A registered Canadian non-revenue/charity.
  • A registered U.S. 501c3.
  • A social enterprise registered in Canada or the U.S. If your organisation is a social enterprise you need to suggest a venture with a social objective and make sure that 100% of grant funds will probably be used for this venture.
• Your organisation will need to have been registered for no less than one yr by 5 November 2026.
• You should suggest a venture that will probably be delivered by your organisation with the Challenge grant funds. The venture/programme have to be based mostly in and targeted on Canada and/or the U.S. This could also be an present venture/programme or one thing new.
• Your organisation will need to have an operational checking account that may obtain grant funds. You have to be in a position to present audited monetary statements. 

Evaluation Criteria

Successful candidates will:

• Propose a sturdy regenerative or sustainable agriculture venture to ship by their organisation with the Challenge grant funds.
  • The Generation Regen Challenge recognises that, whereas all ‘regenerative agriculture’ is sustainable, not all ‘sustainable agriculture’ is regenerative. Projects that may be thought-about examples of ‘sustainable agriculture’ will definitely be thought-about however initiatives that can be thought-about examples of ‘regenerative agriculture’ are most well-liked.
• Propose a venture able to having a constructive impression on a number of of the following areas:
  • Local farming: strengthen farming practices, enhance productiveness, sustainability and local weather resilience.
  • Soil well being: initiatives that improve lands’ capability to sequester carbon, maintain and filter water and enhance different components of soil performance.
  • Animal welfare: enhancing the welfare of farmed livestock and influenced wildlife.
  • Biodiversity: defending, restoring and enhancing biodiversity on farms.
  • Water: enhancing water stewardship on farms in the direction of a more healthy watershed.
  • Crop rotation and variety: rotating crops and utilizing various plant species to enhance soil fertility and scale back pest strain.
  • Indigenous and cultural practices: supporting First Nations, Inuit and Metis / Native American meals and agricultural practices, together with growing understanding, consciousness and broadening adoption.
  • Food safety methods: bettering entry to secure, nutritious, and culturally applicable meals for underserved or at-threat communities.
• Demonstrate innovation and show potential or precise change with initiatives that align to one among the following levels of innovation:
  • Developing and Testing: accelerator packages, experiments and trials, innovation prototyping, wants assessing and so on.
  • Making the Case: experiments and trials, analysis, requirements of proof, enterprise case growth and so on.
  • Delivering and Implementing: pilot initiatives, public and social labs and so on.
  • Growing and Scaling: enlargement of a confirmed concept, replication of a confirmed concept, impression measurement and so on.
  • Changing Systems: coverage and white paper growth, and so on.
• Demonstrate their potential to ship the venture inside proposed timeframe, handle funds offered and conduct required reporting and evaluation.
• Demonstrate a dedication to security and fairness. Projects ought to prioritise the security and nicely-being of all members and communities concerned, whereas selling equitable entry, truthful labour practices, and inclusive determination-making processes that respect the rights and dignity of all stakeholders, notably marginalised and underserved communities.

Application

All functions have to be submitted in both English or French. Only one application per organisation may be thought-about.

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For extra info, go to Generation Regen Challenge.