Global Challenge

Global Challenge

Wageningen Youth Institute invites high school students to participate in the Global Challenge of the World Food Prize Foundation. To participate you will write a short essay about a global challenge. If you are selected at the finals in April 2025, you will be eligible to attend the Global Youth Institute in October 2025 in Des Moines, USA.

Win a trip to the United States!

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For whom?

For highschool students between 15 and 19 years old. You can register for this Challenge individually or as a class. Students can collaborate in their research, but submit their Global Challenge essay individually. This may be in Dutch or English.

Dates

Date & time Programme Location
Wed. 11-12-2024 Instruction Global Challenge & Workshop(s) Wageningen Campus (optional)
Mon. 16-12-2024 Presentations by international WUR students to inspire your essay Wageningen Campus or online
Fri. 21-02-2025 Global Challenge submission deadline Via e-mail
Fri. 04-04-2025 Global Challenge Event, presentation of the essays and roundtablediscussions Wageningen Campus

Participate in the Global Challenge

Registrations for this year are closed. The registrations for next year will open late April.

Send an email to pre.university@wur.nl with the following information:

  • Student's name
  • School + class
  • Student's email address
  • School name
  • Teacher's name
  • Teacher's email address
  • Billing address

Participate with (a part of) the class

Teachers can contact us if they would like to do the Global Challenge with their students.

Why participate?

  • You can really have an impact and think about a better world.
  • You learn skills such as discussing and presenting. Very useful for school and afterwards.
  • You meet and advise master students, policy makers, entrepreneurs and scientists.
  • You become part of the Wageningen Youth Institute, where you make special friendships and build a network that can be useful in your later career.
  • You have a chance to win a trip to the Global Youth Institute in the United States.