Call for Applications: Global Citizen Scholarship Program

The Scholarship includes the opportunity to attend a specialized academic training, join international fora, network with high-level change makers, attend expert skills trainings and workshops and profit from peer-to-peer exchange specifically through a peer-to-peer mentoring component during the program.

This year, the Ban Ki-moon Centre will select 14 young African global citizen leaders who are passionate about advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They will be joined by three Management Center Innsbruck students, forming a cohort of 17 change makers participating in this year‘s scholarship.

Scholars will attend the MCI Summer School on “Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development” and additional special skills training with other entities and/or individuals. Above this, they will receive peer-to-peer mentoring from former BKMC Scholar Alumni and join the RELX Inspiration Day 2025.

The selected scholars will also be responsible for proposing and implementing their own SDG Micro-Project in their community during the scholarship period (April – December 2025). SDG Micro-Projects are localized projects addressing one or more of the SDGs in a local community and context.

Funding Information

• Scholars will receive a USD500 seed grant to support their project and will receive project management training and guidance throughout the project proposal and implementation process.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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 successfully 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)

Application Requirements

• 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, issues and SDGs tackled, general process and implementation)
• At the final stage of the nomination process 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.

For more information, visit Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens.