$60,000 Generation Regen Challenge Grant

One Young World and Founding Partner BMO run the Generation Regen Challenge, which funds young leaders whose non-profits, charities and social enterprises are working on regenerative and sustainable agriculture in Canada and the U.S. Two winners receive $60,000 grants and four finalists receive $20,000 grants for a project their organisation delivers, plus a fully funded place at the One Young World Summit 2027 in Tokyo.

What you get:

• Two Challenge Winners: grants of $60,000 to support their projects
• Four Challenge Finalists: grants of $20,000 to support their projects
• Full scholarship to the One Young World Summit 2027, Tokyo, 28 September to 1 October 2027, inclusive of return flights, accommodation and catering
• Lifelong membership to the One Young World Ambassador Community
• Peer mentorship with 2026 Challenge recipients

What you'll do:

• Propose a regenerative or sustainable agriculture project delivered by your organisation in Canada and/or the U.S.
• Longlisted applicants submit a detailed second round proposal; finalists pitch remotely to a BMO interview committee
• Attend the Summit and take part in a post-Summit Social Return on Investment analysis

• Be between 18 and 35 years of age
• Lead a non-profit, charity, social enterprise or purpose focused start-up, and submit the application yourself as its leader (for example Founder, Co-founder, CEO or Chairperson)
• Organisation must be a registered Canadian non-profit or charity, a registered U.S. 501(c)(3), or a social enterprise registered in Canada or the U.S. (social enterprises must propose a social purpose project and use 100 percent of grant funds on it)
• Organisation must have been registered for at least one year by 5 November 2026
• Project must be delivered by your organisation and based in and focused on Canada and/or the U.S.; it can be existing or new
• Organisation must have an operational bank account that can receive grant funds and be able to provide audited financial statements
• One application per organisation; applications in English or French
• Not eligible: projects outside Canada and the U.S., funds for individuals working outside an organisation, partisan or politically affiliated programmes, discriminatory programmes