Join the 2025 Youth Innovation Challenge: Empower Ocean Solutions Through Education & Innovation

Applications close on 30 June 2025 at 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Young people aged 15 to 30 with a passion for ocean protection are invited to take part in the 2025 Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC), which calls on innovators from around the globe to put forward creative solutions to urgent marine environmental problems. This year's priority themes are marine biodiversity and conservation, reducing and educating on marine debris, and public-private collaboration for marine protection.