Deadline: September 1, 2025
Applications are open for the BowSeat True Blue Fellowship 2025. The True Blue Fellowship (formerly the Fellowship Grant Program) aims to connect and empower youth around the world to leverage the creative arts to enact change in local communities to safeguard the ocean, waterways, and the climate.
If you want to make a difference in your community, they invite you to participate in the True Blue Fellowship! The Fellowship is an initiative originally created and led by the Future Blue Youth Council (FBYC), a diverse group of Bow Seat alumni working together to empower their peers to advocate for a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future.
Projects may be of any duration, as long as they meet the Fellowship goals:
- Utilize the creative arts as the primary method for awareness and/or action.
- Co-create with and engage others in your local community
- Have a tangible impact on your local community and environment
Benefits
If selected, you will receive:
- Funding up to $2,500 USD
- Access to a community of other Fellows and Capacity Building Programs
- Mentorship and support from the Future Blue Youth Council and Bow Seat Staff
Eligibility
- This program is open to young people worldwide ages 13-24; however, applications must be in English.
- Proof of age, identity, or eligibility may be required after application submission.
- Applications may be submitted by an individual or by a group of unlimited size. Groups must select one group leader to serve as the primary contact.
- Projects may be new or emerging (no older than 2 years).
- Projects utilize the creative arts as its primary method to enact change.
- Projects are related to safeguarding the ocean, waterways, and/or the climate.
- Only one application per youth is permitted.
Selection Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on how well the project:
- Aligns with the Fellowship Program’s goals;
- Demonstrates issue knowledge;
- Is thoughtful in its approach;
- Is realistic in its goals (which includes the demonstration of an appropriate budget and timeline); and
- Is likely to result in measurable impacts.
Application
For more information, visit True Blue Fellowship.
