Student Mini Grants Program

​What’s a mini-grant?

• Mini-grants range from $300 – $2000, and must be applied to your education, projects, or other efforts related to addressing the plastic problem. If you are selected as a grantee, you’ll need to report back to them by the end of the grant period sharing what you’ve accomplished. This is not a loan, so the money is yours to keep; you won’t need to pay it back.
• In 2024, they will award a total of $15,000 USD through this program!
• Each winner will also receive:
  • Social media coverage on Algalita’s social media channels.
  • The opportunity to contribute to a blog post on the Wayfinder Society website.

Am I eligible to apply?

• To be eligible to apply for a Wayfinder Society Student Mini-Grant, you need to:
  • Be between the ages of 11-25 on the application deadline,
  • Have an individual account (or student account through your teacher) on Wayfinder Society
  • Have successfully completed these 2 Actions: The Story of Plastic – Watch the Film and The Story of Plastic – System Mapping.
  • Be dedicated to ending plastic pollution in your classroom, school, community, or beyond.
• The Student Mini-Grants are open to applicants anywhere in the world!
  • They do not discriminate against its applicants based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
• You have shown you are committed to continuing your work to prevent plastic pollution through furthering your education or conducting projects on a local, regional, national, or international scale.  Example areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
  • Zero Waste
  • Social Justice
  • Environmental Justice
  • Philosophy
  • Social Science
  • Marketing
  • Business Communications
  • Policy
  • Chemistry
  • Science
  • They encourage you to apply no matter what your area of focus is, as long as you can relate it to ending plastic pollution!

For more information, visit Algalita.