Eligibility Criteria

What are the selection criteria?

  • Be between the ages of 16 and 28 at the time of applying (Only applicants who were born between January 13, 1996 and October 14, 2008 will be considered.)

  • Strong command of English, as all program materials and interactions require working English.ย 

  • Have identified an environmental problem you want to tackle with concrete action.

  • Reside in one of the following countries (citizenship is not required):
    Albania ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Andorra ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ, ร…land Islands ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฝ, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช, Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ, Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ, Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท, Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท, Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ, Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช, Faroe Islands ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด, Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช, Gibraltar ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท, Guernsey ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ, Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ, Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ, India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ, Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ, Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น, Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต, Jersey ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช, Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช, Kosovo ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป, Liechtenstein ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น, Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ, Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น, Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ, Monaco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ, Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช, North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด, Panama ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ, Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด, Rwanda ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ, San Marino ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ, Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ, Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ, Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ, Svalbard and Jan Mayen ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ, Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช, Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ, Tanzania ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Thailand ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท, Uganda ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ, United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, and Zimbabwe ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ

  • Not work for, or have a parent or guardian who works for Mercedes-Benz