Apply for Climate Champion of Young India Fellowship Program

The fellowship fosters leadership, advocacy, and community engagement by equipping fellows with resources, mentorship, and opportunities to create meaningful environmental change.

The Consortium aims to strengthen grassroots youth-led networks, organisations and individuals in catalysing their existing efforts on climate action and promoting their consistent, meaningful and effective participation. To this end, the NYCC uses a three- pronged strategy:

• bridging partnerships between young climate leaders and governments,
• supporting resources and micro-grants to establish local chapters, and
• fostering a Community of Practice to enable experience-sharing and facilitating local to global journeys.

Thematic Areas

• As part of the application for the Climate Champion of Young India Fellowship, applicants are required to choose the primary thematic areas under which their project will operate:
  • Awareness & Capacity Building
  • Innovation
  • Mobilization
  • Research

Benefits

• Mentorship & Training by climate experts
• Opportunities to represent NYCC at national and international platforms
• Media opportunities

Funding Information

• Grant amount: up to INR 1,00,000.

Role and Responsibilities

• Applicants must be able to commit to a 6- month fellowship term, during which they will lead their project on the ground while actively collaborating with local communities, institutions, and relevant stakeholders. Fellows will also be expected to participate in regular learning sessions, mentorship engagements, and reporting activities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Young individuals aged 18 to 29 years who are passionate about addressing climate and environmental issues. Whether you are a student, grassroots activist, community leader, entrepreneur, researcher, or innovator, this fellowship is designed to support and amplify your work.
• Applicants must be based in India and should either be actively working on or planning to initiate a local climate or environmental project.
• They strongly encourage applications from individuals belonging to underrepresented regions, socially and economically marginalized communities, indigenous groups, LGBTQIA+ youth, persons with disabilities, and others whose perspectives and leadership are often missing in mainstream climate discourse. The fellowship is committed to ensuring inclusivity and diversity in climate leadership across India.

Application Requirements

• Please remember that you can apply to the form in any language, including (and not limited to) English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, Gujarati, Marathi and more!
• Answer all mandatory questions.
• Keep your responses concise but specific, show your vision and feasibility.
• Review your form before submitting.
• You can only submit the form once.

For more information, visit NYCC.

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