AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship 2023 (Fully-funded to One Young World Summit

This year, AstraZeneca is moving beyond scholarships to create and deliver a distinctive YHP Impact Fellowship that gives the most influential young people access to networks, growth opportunities, and financing, health authorities to aid them in bringing about even more beneficial change.

These amazing young leaders will attend the One Young World Summit in Belfast, UK, in 2023 as a result of their partnership with One Young World, and they will also receive a US $10,000 grant to support a particular project within their qualified non-profit organization. With a focus on underserved and marginalized groups in low- and middle-income countries, this award will help with the creation and implementation of efficient health promotion programs. They think that having access to networks, growing, and money will result in a global health movement that is spearheaded by, and for, young people.

Benefits:

Fellows will receive:

• Full delegate access to the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast, United Kingdom, from
  2 – 5 October 2023.
• Return air travel from your home country to Belfast (flights in economy only). Flights will be
  arranged by the OYW delegate services team.
• Hotel accommodation in Belfast checking in on October 1 and checking out on October 6.
• Hotel accommodation will be arranged by the OYW delegate services team.
• Catering which includes:
  • Dinner on 2 October.
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner from October 3 to 5.
  • Breakfast on October 6.
• A per diem of up to £48 per day spent travelling to Belfast and on the ‘pre’ and ‘post’ Summit
  days of 1, 2, and 6 October.
• Reimbursement of the UK visitor visa application fee of £105 (if applicable)
• Return transfer from airport to hotel via public transport
• Access to the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship’s pre-programme on
  October 2.
• Access to AstraZeneca’s YHP Impact Fellowship. The Fellowship will provide a combination of
  live and self-taught learning and development opportunities throughout the year to help
  Scholars scale their impact. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Access to the One Young World Academy for 1 year. The OYW Academy is an
    online learning experience, helping young leaders tackle some of the biggest
    challenges facing our world by learning from world-renowned subject matter
    experts and gaining tools.
  • Participation in an award-winning online mini-MBA programme, complete with
    a University accreditation and 12-months of material access.
  • Learning and development opportunities related to NCD prevention and
    professional skills.
• A $10,000 USD grant to support the delivery of a 6-12 month NCD prevention focused
  project. Receipt of the grant is subject to the scholar’s organisation passing due diligence
  and verification checks completed by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), and will be deposited
  into the eligible organisation’s bank account following the Summit
• Invitation to join the YHP Alumni Group and network with other young health leaders from
  around the world, after attending the OYW Summit

Eligibility:

• Applicant should be aged 18 – 30.
• Nationals of all non-sanctioned countries are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Applicants must demonstrate positive impact related to tackling non-communicablediseaseas among youth.
• Access to internet and a device (computer, phone) that will allow them to participate in live,
  online Fellowship sessions – this will not be provided to Fellows.
• Applicants must be founders or leaders of registered non-profit organisations that meet the following criteria:
  • Have been registered and operational for at least 3 full years.
  • Have had total reported income in the last financial year of more than
    USD$50,000 and less than USD$1,000,000.
  • Are ‘funding-ready’ and able to provide appropriate documentation (in English)
    to AstraZeneca’s grant-making partner at the Charities Aid Foundation to verify
    their organisation’s charitable status, governance and financial situation. This
    process usually takes 3-6 months to complete and will begin once Fellows are
    selected. If the required documentation is not available, it may impact the
    ability of the organisation to receive the grant and Fellowship may be
    withdrawn. They aim for all grants to be dispersed by October 2023, and
    projects to start between October 2023 and April 2024. All projects must end
    by December 2024.
  • Operate in under-resourced communities. These are likely to be in low-income
    or lower-middle income countries or settings.
• Applicants must be able to propose a 6-12 month project that:
  • Empowers young people (aged 12-24) to manage their health in order to
    prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in their community.
  • Focuses on tackling the five major NCD risk factor / behavioural risk areas
    (tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and air
    pollution) which contribute to NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, chronic
    respiratory diseases, cancer, type II diabetes)
  • Is inclusive and non-discriminatory in its approach, working with marginalised
    or vulnerable young people
  • Is measured and is able to demonstrate impact. Organisations must provide an
    end-of-year and end-of-grant report including, but not limited to, total number
    of young people reached directly, change/improvement over time, lessons
    learned and impact.
  • Begins after October 2023 and will be completed by December 2024.
• Projects that do any of the following are not eligible for funding:
  • Discriminate or primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their
    beneficiaries.
  • Use the funds to make grants or financial donations to other organisations or
    individuals.
  • Be primarily a medical course/s.
  • Provide bursaries, tuition, scholarships or fees for an existing course.
  • Provide treatment, promote medicines, provide medical advice or pay for medicines.
  • Benefit AstraZeneca’s commercial business.
  • Last more than 12 months.
  • Have already taken place or are planned to start before November 2023.
  • Be funded more than 50% by another source, aside from the Step Up! Grant.
• Selected individuals are expected to fully participate in the YHP Impact Fellowship and One
  Young World Summit. Any misrepresentation, or inability to fully participate and complete
  verification in a timely manner may jeopardise their Scholarship benefits and grant
  eligibility.
• If, after selection, the screening and verification process determines that the organisations do not meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above, they will be unable to receive the Grant and the individual’s participation in the YHP Impact Fellowship and OYW Summit may be withdrawn.

Application:

Application deadline is March 20, 2023. Late applications will be disqualified.

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