USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change Program 2021 for Young Africans

The USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change program is conducting a grant competition in six African countries. Grantees will test and adapt solutions for a cross-sectoral problem in a regional context through youth-led “research-for-change” approaches for positive youth development.

Youth Excel seeks concept notes from local youth-led and youth-serving organizations to strengthen mental health and psychosocial support for marginalized and vulnerable youth in East Africa and Southern Africa.

• Table of Content
• About International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
• USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change Program
• Requirements for USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)

A nonprofit organization committed to global development and education, IREX has focused on people and communities since 1968. Our organization was created to bridge geopolitical divides by fostering the exchange of scholars, teachers, students, and ideas. IREX then built on our expertise and network of relationships in Eurasia to support people driving educational reform, leading newly empowered movements in civil society, and building effective and accountable governance. IREX became a leader in improving access to information technology, strengthening independent media, and empowering yo... continue reading

USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change Program

Requirements for USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change Program Qualification

• Local youth-led and youth-serving organizations who meet the minimum criteria and share Youth Excel’s objectives are eligible to apply. 
• Organizations led by or serving marginalized groups, which may include age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other identities, are encouraged to apply. The grant competition is not restricted to certain technical sectors or to research organizations. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

1. Download the request for application (PDF, 410 KB) Added July 7, 2021.
2. Download the Letter of Support Template (Word, 33 KB) Added July 7, 2021.
3. Attend our information session webinar on July 27, 2021, at 1 p.m., East Africa Time. Register for the webinar. 
4. Attend our second information session webinar on August 2, 2021, at 3 p.m., East Africa Time. Register for the webinar.
5. Submit your concept note. 

For more details, visit IREX website.