Program Description:
Title: Ban Ki-moon Centre Global Citizen Scholarship 2025
Application Deadline: 24 February 2025
After multiple highly successful cycles of the Global Citizen Scholarship Program, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) is proud to announce another call for applications for what will be the 8th round of our Global Citizen Scholarship to empower young African global citizens who are passionate about taking action for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The GC Scholarship is a fully virtual scholarship program that empowers young African change-makers to address one or more of the SDGs in their community by proposing and implementing a localized SDG Micro-Project whilst also benefitting from a summer school as well as peer-to-peer mentoring and various expert trainings and workshops on specific topics.
The training targets 14 young African change-makers, ages 20 to 35 from all African countries.
Selected applicants will be joined by three Management Center Innsbruck University students, forming a cohort of 17 changemakers participating in this year’s scholarship.
Starting date: April 2025
Over 8-9 months, the selected Scholars will get the chance to enhance their skills on the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, elevate their knowledge with regards to the field of entrepreneurship for sustainable development, and connect with professional networks. Besides this, some of the benefits will include full cost coverage for a two-week summer school training with Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) University and coverage of other expert workshops, a peer-to-peer mentoring component, and seed funding of 500 USD to support the implementation of an SDG Micro-Project to be distributed after the successful submission of a project proposal. Lastly, Scholars will be awarded a certificate of achievement after the successful completion of their own SDG Micro-Project signed by both Co-chairs of the Ban Ki-moon Centre, H.E. Ban Ki-moon and H.E. Dr Heinz Fischer.
Elevate your entrepreneurial skills for sustainable development, broaden your network, and take the chance to enhance your practical knowledge and skills on sustainable development by implementing your own SDG Micro-Project!
During the nomination process, you will need to enter:
- Your personal details (e.g. name, contact information, date of birth, address, citizenship, gender, education, language competence, short profile description)
- Your professional details (e.g. academic titles, name of organization, function)
- SDG Micro-Project information (title, issue,s and SDGs tackled, general process and implementation)
At the final stage of the nomination process,s you will be prompted to attach the following:
- your motivational statement
- a portrait picture of yourself (JPEG or PNG format)
- an introduction video of yourself (max 30 seconds, MP4 or MOV format)
- your CV
- a project outline of your SDG Micro Project idea
You will always be able to save your nomination form as a draft and come back to it later.
Ban Ki-moon Centre Global Citizen Scholarship 2025 Eligibility
- African youth regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation
- Applicants must hold citizenship of an African country
- Applicants must be between 20 – 35 years of age at the time of application
- Applicants must have completed at least a Master’s degree (in exceptional cases, a completed first year of Master’s studies will suffice)
- Applicants must demonstrate strong dedication to SDGs and the ideals of global citizenship.
- Applicants must have a minimum English level B2 (European Standards)
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