About the program:
The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that happens on campus. The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are here to elevate students’ leadership.This is a leadership development program convening, challenging, and celebrating student leadership that advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and UNAI principles. This is built on the partnership between Millennium Campus Network and United Nations Academic Impact that draws on a combined 17 years of experience to help elevate leadership of young people on campus and in the community.
Millennium Campus Network(MCN) was founded in university dorm rooms in 2007 and the network was built to help undergraduates advance the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals. From 2000-2015, the MDGs mobilized citizens and governments alike – and provided a framework for the Sustainable Development Goals to build upon for 2015-2030. The Millennium Fellowship was launched by MCN in 2013 – and bears the “Millennium” brand in recognition of when it began – and shares the brand with the youth-led NGO that began on a university campus a decade ago.
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) works with institutions of higher education and research around the world to further the realization of United Nations goals and objectives. It recognizes and cooperates with some 1,200 member institutions worldwide in promoting the values of the United Nations through research, relevant educational courses, and campus activities. The United Nations General Assembly has invited “the academic, research and scientific communities to contribute to the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, in this regard, recognizes the important role of the United Nations Academic Impact, among other initiatives, and encourages the UNAI to play an important and growing role in fostering global citizenship, filling knowledge gaps and facilitating a better understanding of the core principles and activities of the United Nations.”
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant MUST be at least 18 years old.
- Applicant MUST be an undergraduate enrolled in a college or university.
- Applicant MUST be In good standing at that academic institution for the duration of the program.
Benefits of the program:
- Students through the program will get exposed to a variety of elements during the Fellowship sessions as part of the MCN Action Toolkit:cultivating core values (empathy, humility, inclusion).
- Students through the fellowship will be exposed to honing hard skills (how to write a budget, and create SMART goals).
- Students will also be tutored on honing soft skills (team management, pitching your Project).
- Guaranteed peer-to-peer feedback – sharing best practices to help each other overcome obstacles to the Project and exploring further opportunities for collaboration.
How to apply:
Visit the millennium fellowship website to access the application form and start the Round 1 process.
Application deadline:
30th of September, 2024
We at Icanstudent wish you the very best in your applications.
