- Prize Amount – $1,000
- Deadline – June 30, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Are you 15–30 years old and do you have an idea to protect marine resources and solve related issues at the local, national, or regional level? They want to hear from you! The Youth Innovation Challenge provides an opportunity for young people around the world to share their innovative solutions to protect marine resources.
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This year’s YIC explores how they can address marine issues, including loss of biodiversity, marine debris, lack of awareness, and other related issues, and support people of all ages to be engaged stewards to support marine environments.
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Focus Areas
- Marine biodiversity and conservation: Managing, protecting, and/or restoring marine biodiversity for its ecological, cultural, economic, and other values.
- Marine debris: Reducing and/or mitigating the effects of marine debris, including the monitoring, clean-up, and recycling of marine debris, and educating communities about how to address these issues.
- Public-private collaboration: Collaborating between the private sector, governments, and the public to protect marine environments. This might include ideas for cooperation between government and corporations to fulfill corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals, civic engagement opportunities for the public to engage with government programs, and other initiatives that foster collaboration between public and private sector.
Benefits
- An official YIC finalist certificate
- Recognition through GEEP, NAAEE, and other global partners’ websites and social media pages
Funding Information
- Each winner will receive a $1,000 USD prize.
Eligibility:
- The Youth Innovation Challenge is intended for young leaders and innovators aged 15–30.
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