The Ocean Leaders Fellowship (OLF) 2026 is now open for early-career ocean and climate leaders worldwide. This one-year program includes virtual leadership training, mentorship, and a fully funded international institute in June 2026.

Rotary International is recruiting members for its 2026–27 Youth Advisory Council, offering youth program participants, alumni, and Rotary members the chance to advise Rotary’s Board of Directors and help shape the future of its global youth programs.

Field Notes, part of the World Food Forum Australia Youth Chapter, is offering an unpaid volunteer role for a Content Editor (Short-Form Video) to create engaging Instagram videos (around four per month) from monthly shoot footage.

The 2026 Victorian Youth Press Gallery by Y Victoria is a program for young people aged 16–25 to gain hands-on experience in political journalism, videography, photography, and social media.

The St. Gallen Global Essay Competition is an international essay contest for graduate and postgraduate students worldwide, challenging them to address a core global theme through original written analysis. Top entrants receive monetary awards and qualify to participate at the annual St. Gallen Symposium as part of the Leaders of Tomorrow community.

The WhyNot Newsroom is a youth-led journalism initiative for emerging and early-career writers who want to report on issues shaping young people’s lives through ethical, youth-centred storytelling. Participants contribute articles on a flexible, project-based basis, working with experienced editors to produce journalism that centres lived experience, accountability and systems change.

The New Colombo Plan Alumni Representative role is for New Colombo Plan alumni with 2–6 years of professional experience who are actively engaged with the Indo-Pacific. Representatives lead community engagement, strengthen alumni and industry connections, and act as advocates for the New Colombo Plan across their state or territory.

The Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge is a global initiative for youth aged 15 to 26 to submit education-focused innovation projects that address themes of community impact, well-being or sustainability. Shortlisted participants receive mentorship and exposure, with top ambassadors awarded grants and networking opportunities to advance their work.

A fully funded three-week leadership institute in the United States focused on international cooperation and conflict resolution. The program covers all costs, including international airfare, room, board, and programmatic fees. It is designed for students and recent graduates aged 20–25 who are emerging leaders globally.

The Multicultural Youth Network (MYN) is an advisory group of up to 20 young Victorians from multicultural and multifaith backgrounds, aged 18–25, who work, study or live in Victoria to provide insight and recommendations to the Victorian Multicultural Commission and government on issues affecting multicultural young people.

Secure a fully funded, two year research scholarship at the prestigious National University of Singapore, focusing your Master's thesis on Taiwanese or Japanese politics.

Register your interest for the ANAO's 2025 Internship Program, a paid, casual opportunity for university students to gain foundational knowledge in public sector audit and assurance. Interns work flexibly, contributing to audits that enhance government accountability and improving their competitiveness for future Graduate Programs.

FactSet is offering a paid 12-week Client Consulting Internship from December 2025 to February 2026. Gain hands-on fintech experience, work with industry professionals, support global investment clients and receive comprehensive platform training. Apply now, if you are interested!

Join the WFF Australia Youth Chapter as a Development Officer to drive growth, build strategic partnerships, and support funding initiatives for a youth led movement focused on sustainable agrifood systems.

Use your creative communication skills to develop engaging, on brand digital content for the World Food Forum Australia Youth Chapter, amplifying youth voices in sustainable agrifood systems.

Help shape the future of food by joining the WFF Australian Youth Chapter as a Policy Officer to monitor agrifood policy and draft submissions amplifying young Australian voices globally.

Apply for this identified role to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, knowledge, and leadership are meaningfully embedded across all projects and policy work of a national, youth led agrifood movement.

Apply to be the central administrative executive figure for the WFF Australia Youth Chapter, supporting operational oversight, documentation, and communication to ensure the smooth running of the organisation and its advisory group.

Join the World Food Forum Australia Youth Chapter as an Outreach Project Officer to help design and deliver the Youth Food Charter 2027, a flagship initiative capturing young Australians' perspectives on the future of food.

Secure $20,000 USD in startup funding to launch proven poverty solutions in low or middle income countries. This competition, run by D-prize, provides seed capital for entrepreneurs who are ready to design an initial test pilot and launch a large scale organisation to tackle extreme poverty.

Join the Young Women's Working Group to provide policy and advocacy advice on the most pressing issues facing young women. Members will contribute to solutions based policy positions to be presented at the Women Deliver conference in 2026.

Gain hands-on experience in international relations with the AIIA Canberra Internship. Contribute to research, events, and policy engagement at Australia’s leading foreign affairs think tank.

Apply to serve a one-year term on the World Food Forum's Youth Policy Board, a strategic, youth-led group driving the transformation of global agrifood systems through policy and advocacy.

The Persephone Network is running a youth survey to capture the voices of young Australians on the themes for the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in 2026. Insights will inform Australia's policy position and the creation of a comprehensive Youth Statement for the international stage.

Manage and grow the online presence of the UNAA NSW, a voluntary position focused on creating engaging social media content that promotes the mission of the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Represent your electorate in Canberra at the fully funded National Youth Parliament. Aged 16–17? Debate, lead, and shape the future alongside peers from across Australia.

Baptist World Aid Australia is seeking an enthusiastic Child Sponsorship Support Volunteer in North Ryde, NSW, to assist the Regular Giving Team with administrative tasks, including reviewing child profiles and producing annual updates for sponsors.

Undertake a three to five month policy assistant internship with the Australian Permanent Missions to the UN and WTO in Geneva, gaining hands on experience in multilateral diplomacy and advancing Australia's national interests in international affairs.

Promote the voices of young Australians in foreign policy by contributing six articles over six months in a remote research fellowship with Young Australians in International Affairs.

Apply for the Dalai Lama Fellows program, a year long, fully funded initiative for young social changemakers aged 20–36, focused on cultivating contemplative leadership and compassionate action.