Youth Innovation Fellowship!
Posted: November 17, 2016
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2016 Youth led Community Change Orientation by Laidlaw foundation
The Laidlaw foundation is now accepting applications for the Nathan Gilbert Youth Innovation Fellowship! The Youth Innovation Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for young community workers, researcher, changemakers, and activists to conduct research on policy projects that inspire them. It is a chance to work on innovative research within the education system, the justice system and the not-for-profit sector.
The Laidlaw foundation states that overall the fellowship gives youth the opportunity to:
- engage in public policy
- fill research gaps
- inform the Foundation’s strategies and expand its knowledge base
- access professional development opportunities
The Fellowship will support 1-2 individuals under the age of 30 to design and implement a policy-relevant project. Fellowships are usually 12 months in duration and comes with an award of $20,000 per fellow.
Successful applicants need to demonstrate the policy relevance of their projects and potential to contribute to a longstanding systemic issue and what they expect to learn.
The application is due November 21, 2016.
If any youth are interested in working in collaboration with Sustain Ontario for there fellowship, please contact opportunities [at] sustainontario.ca
We have exciting projects and research being conducted on
- Farmland preservation
- Food justice