Scholarships

Application Deadline: 17 April 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship. AstraZeneca is looking for passionate, driven young leaders to join their 2025 Young Health Programme (YHP) Impact Fellowship. This Fellowship focuses on supporting young advocates to create actionable change relating to health equity in their communities by providing funding, learning and development opportunities, and participation in the One Young World Summit.

Selected Fellows will be awarded a fully-funded One Young World Scholarship to attend the 2025 Summit in Munich, Germany, a US $10,000 grant (or US $50,000 if chosen as a Lead2030 Challenge* winner) to implement a project through their eligible non-profit organisation. In addition, they will gain exclusive leadership opportunities designed to support their personal and professional growth.

AstraZeneca is looking for young leaders from all corners of the world who are committed to advocacy for health equity in at least one of the following focus areas:

• Non-communicable diseases (NCD) prevention: Working to prevent NCDs among young people by promoting policies that enable healthy lifestyles, with a specific focus on ensuring that efforts are inclusive and accessible to all. Relevant NCD risk factor areas include nutrition, tobacco & alcohol control, physical activity and air quality improvement.
• Rare disease: Advocating for equitable access to care and enabling policy changes for people living with rare diseases.

Requirements

• Aged 18 – 30.**
• Proficiency in English (speaking, reading, writing).
• Nationals of all countries are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Ability to fully participate in-person at the One Young World Summit (2-7 November 2025) in Munich, Germany.
• Willingness to share insights, help co-create commitments to action, foster partnerships, and serve as ambassadors of AstraZeneca’s health equity and YHP work where appropriate.
• Access to the internet and a device (computer, phone) that will allow them to participate in live, online Fellowship sessions – this will not be provided to Fellows.
• Applicants must be founders or leaders of registered non-profit organisations that meet the following criteria:
  • Have been registered and operational for at least 3 full years.
  • To be considered to receive a $10,000 grant: have had a total reported income in the last financial year of more than USD$10,000 and less than USD$1,000,000.
  • To be considered to receive a $50,000 grant: Have had a total reported income in the last financial year of more than USD$100,000 and less than USD$2,000,000.
• Are ‘funding-ready’ and able to provide appropriate documentation (in English) to AstraZeneca’s grant-making partner at the Charities Aid Foundation to verify their organisation’s charitable status, governance and financial situation. This process usually takes 3-6 months to complete and will begin once Fellows are selected. If the required documentation is not available, it may impact the ability of the organisation to receive the grant and Fellowship may be withdrawn. We aim for all grants to be dispersed by October 2025, and projects to start between October 2025 and April 2026. All projects must end by December 2026.
• Operate in underserved communities.
• Applicants must be able to propose a 6-12 month project that:
  • Focuses on preventing NCDs among young people by promoting policies that enable healthy lifestyles and equitable access to healthcare information and services, with a specific focus on ensuring that efforts are inclusive and accessible to all.
  • Projects can include influencing policy change within a country or community to benefit young people living with rare diseases or tackling the five major NCD risk factors / behavioural risk areas common among young people (tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and air pollution) which contribute to NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, type II diabetes).
  • Focuses on clear policy goals with a detailed advocacy strategy that is primarily led by, and for the benefit of, young people.
  • Is inclusive and non-discriminatory in its approach working with marginalised or vulnerable young people.
  • Working with underserved communities.
  • Is measurable and is able to demonstrate impact. Organisations must provide an end-of-year and end-of-grant report including, but not limited to, total number of young people reached directly, policies influenced/result, lessons learned and impact.
  • Begins after October 2025 and will be completed by December 2026.

Benefits

The selected Fellows will gain access to networks and development opportunities, enabling them to drive a global health movement led by and for young people:

• Access to Networks: Participation in the 2025 One Young World Summit and Ambassador Network and access to a YHP Alumni group of other young changemakers who are all passionate about youth health. Selected individuals will also join AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme Advisory Board which brings together passionate young leaders to accelerate political action on acting early on NCDs and champion policy solutions.
• Access to Development: Structured learning and development offerings to enable you to scale your impact, including both self-directed and live learning. This includes access to the One Young World Academy, an award-winning mini-MBA programme, and professional training.
• Access to Funding: Each selected Fellow will receive a grant of either US $10,000 or US $50,000 (if selected as the Lead2030 winner* for SDG3, for which you will be automatically considered) from AstraZeneca, through their non-profit organisation. Fellows are expected to use the grant to implement a project focused on improving youth health within their community.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship