Impact Funding Resources
Passionate about shaping the Arctic’s future through art, climate, or nature action? Apply for Youth Together for Arctic Futures’ small grants for Youth-led Projects for Arctic Change
End Date19 Dec 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 25k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Grant
These small-grants aim to empower youth and youth-led organisations to influence policy and address the pressing issues affecting their communities across the circumpolar Arctic. Through financial support and project guidance, this initiative enables young people to pioneer innovative and locally driven solutions.
Two grants will be awarded in this call.
Grant 1: Youth Realities & Identity in the Arctic: Cultural Expressions of Lived Experience
Projects should contribute:
• To amplify youth voices through creative and cultural expressions that reflect the diverse lived experiences of Arctic youth, including Indigenous perspectives.
• To preserve and promote Arctic cultural identity, languages, traditions, and ways of life through youth-led storytelling, arts, and documentation.
• To foster social inclusion and belonging by creating platforms for underrepresented youth to share their stories and realities.
• To increase public and policymaker awareness of youth perspectives on identity, wellbeing, and social challenges in the Arctic.
• To build youth capacity in cultural production, communication, and project leadership.
Projects should deliver one or more of the following results:
• Completed cultural or artistic outputs
• Increased visibility of youth voices
• Engagement of underrepresented youth
• Engagement of Indigenous youth
• Greater public awareness of Arctic youth experiences
• Skills development among youth participants
• Strengthened youth networks and collaboration
Projects may include, but are not limited to:
• Short films, photo essays, podcasts, or zines
• Public events showcasing music, dance, theatre, or visual art
• Youth-led documentation of local languages, oral histories, or traditional knowledge
• Murals, installations, or digital art
• Poetry collections, short stories, blogs, or youth magazines
Grant 2: Youth Action for Arctic Futures: Youth Engagement in Policy Shaping for Climate and Nature
Projects should contribute:
• To support youth-led initiatives that address climate change, biodiversity, and environmental justice in Arctic communities.
• To enable youth participation in policy processes, including local, national, Arctic Council, or EU-related decision-making on climate and nature.
• To promote community-based solutions to environmental challenges (including well-being), rooted in Indigenous knowledge, science, or civic activism.
• To strengthen the role of youth as change agents in shaping sustainable Arctic futures, with an emphasis on intergenerational equity.
• To increase the visibility and influence of Arctic youth in public dialogue, governance, and advocacy related to climate and nature.
Projects should deliver one or more of the following results:
• Implemented youth-led environmental or advocacy initiatives
• Increased youth participation in policy spaces
• Production of advocacy tools or policy recommendations
• Raised awareness of climate and nature issues
• Demonstrated impact on local environmental practices or discourse
• Increased youth leadership capacity
Projects may include, but are not limited to activities like:
• Advocacy campaigns
• Trainings e.g. public speaking, council work, advocacy
• Community and/or intergenerational dialogues
• Policy labs or simulations
Eligible organisations may include:
• Local grassroots youth Civil Society Organisations or Community Based Organisations
• Student associations and debate clubs
• Volunteer and youth-led organisations
• Indigenous organisations promoting youth participation
• Cultural organisations involving youth
• NGOs with a focus on youth engagement
• Other organisations integrating youth perspectives into their work or strategies
Eligibility criteria:
• Projects must include communication through arts and cultural expression (Grant 1) or a clear climate and nature policy focus (Grant 2)
• Projects must be youth-led (age 18-35), meaning youth are involved in the design, decision-making, and implementation of the project.
• Projects must also be implemented within the Arctic context, focusing on issues relevant to Arctic youth and communities.
• Applicants must be legally registered organisations able to sign contracts and assume financial responsibility.
• Applicants must be based in, or actively working on issues relevant to, the Arctic region.
