IWA & Grundfos Youth Action for SDG 6 Fellowship 2025-2026

The IWA & Grundfos Youth Action for SDG 6 Fellowship is a 2025-2026 funded programme that engages fourteen IWA Young Water Professionals aged 18 to 35 to online and in-person activities. The fellows co-develop a publication focused on local-led water management solutions to promote resilience and adaptation in the water sector. The fellowship runs from February 2025 to September 2026 and includes events at IWA HQ, Grundfos HQ, a high-level water sector event, and the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Glasgow.

Air travel; accommodation; meals; ground transport; travel insurance; visa application fees; support for publication costs of their project.

Be between 18 and 35 years old, be an IWA member, show commitment to delivering positive change in the water sector, demonstrate leadership capacity, address key local and/or global issues in their current work, have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas in the water sector, and have working knowledge of English. Former IWA & Grundfos Youth Action for SDG 6 Fellows are not eligible to apply.

Submit online form and send the required documents (CV, motivation letter, reference letter, project proposal) as a single PDF; forms and documents must be emailed to ywp@iwahq.org.