Young Leaders Summer Academy 2026: Climate Change and Security

Benefits & funding

• Funding classification: Fully Funded.
• The academy provides expert-led content, professional exchange, and training in strategic foresight, scenario development, and strategy development.
• The current official page no longer itemises the expenses covered for the closed 2026 cycle.

Eligibility

• Eligibility is limited to early-career scholars, diplomats, journalists, and practitioners from Europe or the Middle East in the broad sense.
• For structured filtering, the regional gate is expanded inclusively to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Vatican City, and Yemen.
• Applicants from varied academic backgrounds are welcome. The call publishes no formal degree, age, gender, residency, or years-of-experience threshold beyond its early-career wording.

Application process

1. 1
   Monitor the official programme page for the next annual call.
2. 2
   Review the eligibility and document requirements when the new call is published.
3. 3
   Submit through the method stated in that call before its deadline; the 2026 application route is closed and no longer displayed.

Program timeline

1. Application deadline

   Mar 2, 2026

2. Programme starts in Hamburg

   Jul 5, 2026

3. Programme ends

   Jul 8, 2026