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What is the Global Youth Institute?

The Global Youth Institute is a life-changing experience where outstanding high school students and teachers will gather from across the United States and around the world for an exciting three-day program to interact with Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates, and the more than 1,000 global leaders from 75 countries attending the World Food Prize's annual international symposium, the Borlaug Dialogue.

Students research issues they care about, and propose their ideas to solve these grand challenges.

Why Participate?

At this exciting event, participating high school students become recognized as Borlaug Scholars and have the opportunity to:

Present research and recommendations on ways to solve key global challenges in a short speech and small group discussions with global food security experts;
Connect with other student leaders to share ideas, identify solutions to these problems and build lasting friendships;
Explore the issues, current research and opportunities to make a difference in the world; and
Interact with global leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs working to end hunger and poverty and improve food security around the world.

Papers will be evaluated by The World Food Prize Board of Reviewers. This distinguished group of educators and experts was established to mentor and personally encourage students. Reviewers write thoughtful, personalized feedback to each student who applies to the Global Youth Institute.

How to Apply

To apply for the Global Youth Institute, students research a global issue and write a five page paper under the supervision of a teacher or mentor (using the downloadable guidelines above).

Ninth through twelfth grade students in the 2018/19 school year are eligible to apply.

Application and paper submission due online by: July 02, 2018.

All submitted applications and research papers will be evaluated by a committee of experts. Invitations to attend the Global Youth Institute will be emailed by July 23, 2018.

Accommodations, meal and program expenses during GYI (Wednesday evening through Saturday afternoon) are provided by the World Food Prize Foundation for student delegates and their teacher mentors. Student and teacher participants are responsible for coordinating and funding their own transportation to and from Des Moines, Iowa.

For more information please contact the World Food Prize Director of Global Education Programs Kelsey Tyrrell at:

ktyrrell@worldfoodprize.org or at (515) 245-3702.

Further opportunities for participants:

Borlaug-Ruan International Internships
An eight-week hands-on experience for high school students to work with world-renowned scientists and policymakers at leading research centers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Borlaug-Ruan Interns get a firsthand view of pressing food security and nutritional problems in poverty-stricken areas and take part in groundbreaking research.

Students selected as delegates for the Global Youth Institute are eligible to apply for the Borlaug Ruan International Internship.

USDA Wallace-Carver Fellowships
A paid summer research or policy placement for college students at a U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory, agency, or at USDA headquarters in Washington D.C. Wallace-Carver Fellows analyze agricultural and economic policy; assist in the management of food, nutrition and rural development programs; and take part in groundbreaking field and laboratory-based research. Fellows travel to Washington DC as part of their fellowship for a week-long high-level leadership program hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.