YouthMappers is an international network of university-student-led chapters. They organize, collaborate, and implement mapping activities that respond to actual development needs around the globe – creating and using geospatial data and information that is made publicly available through open platforms. They share experiences and results while learning, leading, and making a difference in the world.
Students and their faculty advisors, in any country, are invited to join YouthMappers, an international university consortium on mapping for resilience. YouthMappers aspires to be the “community within the community” for the academic sector to find resources for participating in open mapping initiatives for humanitarian and development purposes. YouthMappers offers leadership and research fellowship opportunities, focused activities for female mappers, and local capacity-building support for students and their faculty advisors to work within their communities to make a difference, together.
The YouthMappers network invites undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any field at an institution of higher education with an official YouthMappers chapter in good standing to apply to join the 2024 YouthMappers Leadership Fellowship cohort.
YouthMappers will provide selected students with knowledge, skills, and technical training in open mapping techniques to help build leadership capacity and enrich their chapter activities. Students will have access to pre-departure sessions, mentoring by international experts throughout the fellowship, and the opportunity to engage in an online community with the other participants after the workshop. The program provides travel support, including airfare, lodging, and meals for a 10-day workshop in May or June 2024. Details on the location will be released soon.
Fellows will be expected to return to their home chapters and implement activities based on the knowledge, skills, or capacity learned during the workshop. Activities may be tailored to the needs of their home chapter, including conducting leadership seminars, installing leadership transition plans, launching data collection efforts to fight climate impacts, initiating gender programming, developing allyship support, offering technical workshops, or many other options to be determined after the summit. They will then be expected to report back to YouthMappers through the submission of a blog detailing their experiences.
Benefits
- The program provides travel support, including airfare, lodging, and meals.
Eligibilities
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Alumni, anyone previously awarded a fellowship or regional ambassadorship, and faculty advisors are unable to apply for this opportunity.
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Chapters in Good Standing have been formally approved by the YouthMappers Steering Committee and have submitted a 2023 annual report or have been created and approved by the YouthMappers steering committee in 2023.
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Preferred Countries include any country with a USAID presence and/or a YouthMappers chapter, including the United States. Applicants from the host country will be considered in a special preferred category.
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Only applications in possession of a valid passport will be considered for this opportunity due to anticipated visa application time frames.
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Special priority will be given to students applying from chapters that have not previously had students with fellowships or ambassadors.
Application Process
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Applicants will apply by submitting responses through the official application form
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Applications will include a brief 2-page CV highlighting applicants’ qualifications and interests in the summit themes. Upload your CV in the short application form. In case there are any issues uploading your CV to the form or submitting the form, please email [email protected] with your name in the subject line.
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Within the form, applicants will be asked to provide the FULL name and contact information of a faculty or mentor who has agreed to provide a reference and will be contacted by the program regarding this application.
Application Deadline: January 1, 2024
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