Gain powerful and marketable skills that will last a lifetime.

The program rests on three pillars: exploring our role as global citizens, deepening our understanding of global challenges, and expanding our skills to be leaders and change makers. Scholars will leave with:

• a stronger sense of self and purpose, including tools for self-care and goal setting. Scholars also explore global careers, schools and opportunities.
• greater fluency in the causes and impacts of our greatest challenges including: climate change, human rights, global security, inequality, immigration.
• a stronger network. Scholars meet with experts working on the front lines of global change, and learn with and from other inspired youth leaders.
• powerful tools to envision, design, communicate and win change around issues they care about.
• a renewed sense of hope and possibility for building a better world, and the skills and confidence to get started. They benefit from year-round coaching and small funding opportunities, too.

Scholars can also launch a project, help lead research or writing of our annual State of Global Youth Report, receive a recommendation and certificate, and access our alumni network and ongoing leadership opportunities.

Join our global network of youth leaders and changemakers.

Global Scholar is just the beginning! Since our founding by students at Yale after 9/11, we have engaged well over 100,000 youth around the world with our work. We’re excited to welcome you to the community. Here are a few highlights you can look forward to as an alum:

• Monthly coaching calls. Global Scholar alums are invited to monthly coaching calls with AMP trainers and fellow alumni, to continue to build skills and community. Whether you’re launching a project you designed during Global Scholar, or working with an existing group at your school, we’re here to back you up.
• Power Up Virtual Conference. Our virtual winter conference is another opportunity to connect with other alums, expand your knowledge about our greatest global challenges, and share what you’ve learned with others.
• Alumni Reunion and Advanced Training. Alumni are also invited back to DC the summer after their program, to reconvene with staff, bring their ideas to Capitol Hill, and share their wisdom with the newest class of Scholars.

Leadership ositions with the AMP network and Global Scholar. The majority of the positions in our broader community are staffed by Global Scholar alums! This year, our State of Global Youth Report, Power Up Conference, social media, and issue analysis blog posts are all led by alumni.

Join us, in Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, or Online.

We offr our flagship global leadership accelerator program in Washington DC, Atlanta GA, and Online. All of our Global Scholars will have the choice to craft a final project or participate in the State of Global Youth Report team as their capstone experience. Here’s our summer 2025 line-up:

Session 1: Washington, DC. Sun June 28-Sun July 5. American University
Session 2: Virtual. Mon July 6 – Fri July 11. Online.
Session 3: Atlanta GA (with travel to Montgomery AL). Sun July 13-Fri July 20. Emory University

We also know this has been an incredibly difficult time for many families financially. As a non-profit organization, our goal is to reach as many youth as possible with this life-changing experience. Our rates are significantly lower than any other competitor program, as we are a nonprofit organization, not a company trying to maximize revenue. Last year we awarded almost $50,000 in scholarship support. Find out more on the Application and FAQ pages.