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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Youth Leaders/Leadership, Civic Engagement, Community, Youth-led Project
Deadline: May 28, 2025
“Knight Emerging City Champions is a fellowship and micro-grant program for young civic innovators with bold ideas to transform their communities. We are looking for future city leaders with creative solutions to local challenges. Project proposals should aim to:
- Enhance Community Connection: Building trust in community through projects that create shared public spaces, launch local information-sharing initiatives, or utilize other creative approaches that promote civic engagement.
- Foster Creative Expression: Celebrating freedom of expression with projects that aim to preserve and advance local arts and culture.
- Build Community Resilience: Benefitting local economies with projects that support and fuel entrepreneurship.”
Funder: 8 80 Cities and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Eligibility: “The fellowship is open to U.S. residents aged 18-35 with an innovative project idea and the drive to see it through in one of Knight Foundation’s 8 resident communities. Applicants may be community activists, educators, tactical urbanists, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, and more. The program is accepting applications from residents aged 18-35 from the following cities: Akron, OH; Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; Macon, GA; Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; San Jose, CA; and St. Paul, MN.”
Amount: $5,000 in seed funding and a $500 tech grant to help implement their project idea, ongoing virtual training, technical support from 8 80 Cities and access to a national network of creative urbanists.
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