Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship

This year, AstraZeneca is going beyond Scholarships to power and deliver a unique Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship that provides development opportunities, access to networks, and funding to help the most impactful young health leaders to help them create even more positive change.

By collaborating with One Young World, these inspiring young leaders will attend the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast, UK. They will receive a US $10,000 grant to contribute to a specific project within their eligible non-profit organization. This grant will assist in developing and delivering effective health promotion programs, emphasizing under-resourced and marginalized communities in low- and middle-income countries. We believe that access to networks, development, and funding will lead to a global health movement led by, and for, young people.

Eligibility

The Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship participants must be:

• Aged 18 – 30.
• Nationals of all non-sanctioned countries are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Applicants must demonstrate a positive impact related to tackling non-communicable diseases among youth.
• Access to the internet and a device (computer, phone) that will allow them to participate in life, and online Fellowship sessions – this will not be provided to Fellows.
• Applicants must be founders or leaders of registered non-profit organizations that meet the following criteria:
  • Have been registered and operational for at least 3 full years.
  • Have had total reported income in the last financial year of more than USD$50,000 and less than USD$1,000,000.
  • 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 organization’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is not available, it may impact the ability of the organization to receive the grant and the Fellowship may be withdrawn. We aim for all grants to be dispersed by October 2023, and projects to start between October 2023 and April 2024. All projects must end by December 2024.
  • Operate in under-resourced communities. These are likely to be in low-income or lower-middle-income countries or settings.
• Applicants must be able to propose a 6-12 month project that:
  • Empowers young people (aged 12-24) to manage their health to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in their community.
  • Focuses on tackling the five major NCD risk factor / behavioral risk areas (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)
  • Is inclusive and non-discriminatory in its approach, working with marginalized or vulnerable young people
  • Is measured and can demonstrate impact. Organizations must provide an end-of-year and end-of-grant report including, but not limited to, the total number of young people reached directly, change/improvement over time, lessons learned, and impact.
  • Begins after October 2023 and will be completed by December 2024.
• Projects that do any of the following are not eligible for funding:
  • Discriminate or primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their beneficiaries.
  • Use the funds to make grants or financial donations to other organizations or individuals.
  • Be primarily a medical course/s.
  • Provide bursaries, tuition, scholarships, or fees for an existing course.
  • Provide treatment, promote medicines, provide medical advice, or pay for drugs.
  • Benefit AstraZeneca’s commercial business.
  • Last more than 12 months.
  • Have already taken place or are planned to start before November 2023.
  • Be funded more than 50% by another source, aside from Step Up! Grant.
• Selected individuals are expected to fully participate in the YHP Impact Fellowship and One Young World Summit. Any misrepresentation, or inability to fully participate and complete verification promptly may jeopardize their Scholarship benefits and grant eligibility.
• If, after selection, the screening and verification process determines that the organizations do not meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above, they will be unable to receive the Grant and the individual’s participation in the YHP Impact Fellowship and OYW Summit may be withdrawn.

Benefits

• Full delegate access to the One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 2 – 5 October 2023.
• Return air travel from your home country to Belfast (flights in economy only). Flights will be arranged by the OYW delegate services team.
• Hotel accommodation in Belfast checking in on 1 October and checking out on 6 October. Hotel accommodation will be arranged by the OYW delegate services team.
• Catering which includes:
  • Dinner on 2 October.
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner from 3 to 5 October
  • Breakfast on 6 October
• A per diem of up to £48 per day spent traveling to Belfast and on the ‘pre’ and ‘post’ Summit days of 1, 2, and 6 October.
• Reimbursement of the UK visitor visa application fee of £105 (if applicable)
• Return transfer from airport to hotel via public transport
• Access to the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship’s pre-program on 2 October.
• Access to AstraZeneca’s YHP Impact Fellowship. The Fellowship will provide a combination of live and self-taught learning and development opportunities throughout the year to help Scholars scale their impact. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Access to the One Young World Academy for 1 year. The OYW Academy is an online learning experience, that helps young leaders tackle some of the biggest challenges facing our world by learning from world-renowned subject matter experts and gaining tools.
  • Participation in an award-winning online mini-MBA program, complete with a University accreditation and 12 months of material access.
  • Learning and development opportunities related to NCD prevention and professional skills.
• A USD 10,000 grant to support the delivery of a 6-12 month NCD prevention-focused project. Receipt of the grant is subject to the scholar’s organization passing due diligence and verification checks completed by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and will be deposited into the eligible organization’s bank account following the Summit
• Invitation to join the Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship Alumni Group and network with other young health leaders from around the world, after attending the OYW Summit

Please note:
AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme Impact Fellowship also supports a One Young World Lead2030 Challenge tackling non-communicable diseases among young people. Individuals can apply for both opportunities but may only be selected for one.

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Application Process

• One Young World will evaluate applications according to the following criteria:
  Evidenced commitment to addressing non-communicable diseases in a local, national, or global community, with a specific focus on child and adolescent health and/or disease prevention and/or social determinants of health programming.
• Leadership ability in championing and galvanizing stakeholders around their chosen cause or issue.
  A capacity for innovation and problem-solving that is entrepreneurial and values-driven.
  Concern for local and global issues.
• Experience in working towards a shared goal through teamwork and collaboration.
  Potential for future impact or ability to scale up their work through attendance at the Summit and receiving the grant.
• A shortlist of candidates identified by One Young World will advance to an assessment process conducted by the YHP, from which 7 Impact Fellowship recipients will be selected.
  Upon selection, the 7 selected recipients will undergo verification through the Charities Aid Foundation to ensure that the individual organizations are eligible to receive the grant.
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• GC Patton et al Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing: http://www.thelancet.com/commissions/adolescent-health-and-wellbeing.