Tag: Youth Research Grant

IYF Silk Roads Cooperation Grant, UNESCO, Paris, France. Deadline: 30 June 2026.

Since 2017, the International Youth Forum (IYF) on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads has mobilized over 800 participants from 146 countries to foster intercultural dialogue and heritage conservation. To transition from dialogue to tangible impact, the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia is launching the IYF Silk Roads Cooperation Grant. This initiative aims to bridge the last three editions of the forum (2023–2025) and provide seed funding to transform youth-led ideas into sustainable, real-world practices.

Objectives

• Bridge the Implementation Gap: Providing resources to turn IYF ideas into operational projects.
• Foster South-South Cooperation: Requiring cross-country collaboration that mirrors the spirit of the Silk Roads
• Advance Culture as an SDG: Positioning heritage as a driver for sustainable economic growth.

Thematic Areas

Proposals must address at least one of the following themes:

• Inclusive Heritage and Social Cohesion: Using cultural heritage for peacebuilding and social integration.
• Digital Frontiers and Heritage Entrepreneurship: Intersecting technology and business for heritage protection.
• Innovative Heritage Protection: Feasible operation models to solve local heritage challenges.
• Expanded Network Impact: Strengthening connections through joint youth proposals.

Silk Roads Youth Research Grant, UNESCO, Paris, France. Deadline: 31 May 2023.

UNESCO calls on young women and men under the age of 35 to apply for the 2023 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. The grant aims to mobilize young researchers for further study of the Silk Roads shared heritage. Twelve grants of US$10,000 will be awarded per research project.

The research needs to address specific issues relating to:

• the shared heritage and plural identities developed along the Silk Roads,
  its internal diversity,
• its potential in contemporary societies for creativity, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion, regional and international cooperation, and
• ultimately sustainable peace and development.

Silk Roads Youth Research Grant, UNESCO, Paris, France. Deadline: 31 May 2022.

The call for proposals for the second edition of the Silk Roads Youth Research Grant is now open. As part of the Silk Roads Programme’s ongoing work to better understand the rich history and shared legacy and spirit of the Silk Roads, UNESCO, with the support of the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, launched the ‘Silk Roads Youth Research Grant’ in 2021 within the framework of the Social and Human Sciences Sector. The second edition has been launched on 1 March 2022.

This initiative, which aims to mobilize young researchers for further study of the Silk Roads shared heritage, will award 12 research grants to young women and men under 35 years of age. Grant applicants are invited to address areas of academic study which relate to the shared heritage and plural identities of the Silk Roads, as well as its internal diversity, and potential in contemporary societies for creativity, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion, regional and international cooperation, and ultimately sustainable peace and development.