Applications - Young Leaders for Active Citizenship

Young Researchers for Social Impact

Applications to the Young Researchers for Social Impact program are currently open. If you are someone who is keen to use their analytical abilities to help find solutions to challenging social issues, then this is the program for you! At YRSI, we aim to carefully curate a cohort of 40-55 talented high-schoolers in each edition and systematically work with them to build their capacity to lead change.

Interested candidates may fill the form below to apply. Applications will be processed on a rolling basis and candidates will be informed of the admissions decision within 3-4 weeks of their candidature being filed.

If you have a strong preference for a particular edition, you are requested to indicate so in the form below. However, please note that your preference will have no bearing on your selection into the program. If you do not have a hard constraint, we request you to select “No strong preference – either edition would do”. This will make it easier for us to manage program logistics.

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Section I: The basics

Your current city *

Preferred edition *

First name *

Last name *

Date of Birth *

Class/ Grade *

School *

Board of Education *

Primary email address *

Primary phone number *

Alternative email address

Parent/guardian's email

Alternative phone number

Parent/guardian's phone

Section II: Getting to know you

This program is meant to help young adults look for solutions to pressing social/ development problems. If you had to pick one issue to work on, what would that be? What according to you are some reasons why this issue persists? *

Max. 300 words

Have you held any leadership position at school or outside of it? Share some lessons from that experience. *

Max. 200 words

What skills would you like to hone through this program and why? *

Max. 200 words

Section III: Your interests & achievements

Tell us about your academic interests and achievements. What do you enjoy studying and why? *

Max. 100 words

Upload your final report card from the last academic year. Please submit the complete document with all pages *

Picture, word file or pdf. max. size 15 MB

Upload any other documents/ certificates that might help strengthen your application. These could include details of MUNs or debates, projects undertaken, blogs published etc. (optional)

Upload as one consolidated file - either image, word or pdf; max. size 15 MB

Finally, how did you hear about the program?

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