Global Citizen Scholarship + €500 Seed Funding

The 9th cycle of the Global Citizen Scholarship empowers young changemakers (ages 20–35) to design and implement localized projects addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Scholars benefit from:

• Summer school training at Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) University
• Peer‑to‑peer mentoring and expert workshops
• Seed funding (€500) to implement a changemaker project
• Certificate of achievement signed by H.E. Ban Ki‑moon and H.E. Dr Heinz Fischer

Benefits include:

• Full cost coverage for summer school training (tuition, travel, accommodation)
• Expert workshops and mentoring
• €500 seed funding for project implementation
• Global recognition and certificate of achievemen

• Citizenship in one of the listed countries
• Age 20–35 at time of application
• Completed at least a Master’s degree (or first year of Master’s in exceptional cases)
• Strong dedication to SDGs and global citizenship
• Minimum English level B2 (European Standards)
• Submission of motivational statement, CV, project outline, portrait photo, and 60‑second introduction video
• Graduate student
• Just graduated
• In a postgraduate program
• Running a project or organization
• Entrepreneur
• Working (full-time or part-time)