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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: AU-EU YOUTH LAB REPRESENTATION GRANTS

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Application Deadline: 19th of February, 2025

LOCATION: Europe

Are you a youth-led organisation or group supporting initiatives led by or benefiting underrepresented and marginalised youth? This is a grant supporting initiatives led by underrepresented and marginalised youth in Africa with the overall goal of enabling young people to deliver the change they want in their communities. 

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for a Representation Grant, your organisation must meet the following requirements:

Youth led organisations or groups focusing on either underrepresented or targeting the marginalized youth.

The organisation or group must have young people between 15 – 35 years as the decision makers, founders or at least co-founders must be under 35 years of age.

At least 75% of the staff must be under the age of 35 years

Must be registered youth-led group, CSO, networks, alliances, collectives

Your organisation or group must be based in one of the 12 African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The organisation or group must be active at the grassroot, sub national, national, sub regional and regional.

BENEFIT:

Size of the grants

The Representation Grants’ current first cohort are between 10.000 and 20.000 EURO.

Funding Period will be 12 -15 months.

Up to 20 grants will be awarded in this first call for proposals.

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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline:  1 February 2025

LOCATION: Germany

Are you working academically or practically in climate protection or climate-relevant resource conservation in your country of origin – a non-European developing or transition country (see list of countries, PDF)? Then we invite you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

ELIGIBILITY:

They We welcome all applications, regardless of ethnic, cultural, or social background, gender identity, age, religion, worldview, disability, or sexual orientation.

As future decision-makers and multipliers, you aim to take on the global challenge of climate change through international, cross-border cooperation. The International Climate Protection Fellowship is designed for prospective leaders working practically and postdocs. We invite you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship if you:

engage with climate change issues

are a citizen of a non-European developing or transition country (see list of countries, PDF) and have been predominantly living and working there

have initial experience in a leadership role and corresponding leadership skills

have very good knowledge of English and/or German

BENEFIT:

The fellowship facilitates the mutual exchange of knowledge, methods and techniques with hosts in Germany; this also extends to questions of practical applicability in your country of origin. We offer you

as a prospective leader working practically a monthly fellowship amount of 2,200€, 2,500€ or 2,700€ plus ancillary benefits – depending on your training and career level; as a postdoc, a monthly fellowship amount of 2,700€ plus ancillary benefits

individual support during your stay in Germany

additional financial support for example for accompanying partners and children, for travel expenses, for full private health insurance or for a German language course

a three-week introductory event where you can connect with other climate protection fellows, visit businesses and research institutions, and attend cultural events in Germany

extensive alumni sponsorship, in particular to support long-term connections with your cooperation partners in Germany over the duration of your entire professional career

Hosts receive a monthly allowance for research costs of 800€ for projects in the natural and engineering sciences or 500€ for projects in the humanities and social sciences.

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