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
Thu. 22-11-2024 registration deadline Global Challenge Via e-mail
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

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

You can register until Friday, November 22. Costs for participation are €25 per student.

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.