Youth CAUSE Initiative Applications Now Open!

Applications are now open for our free Youth Climate Action and Urban Sustainability Emissaries (CAUSE) Initiative program, conducted over two-weeks from August 8-18, mentoring youth on how to be ambassadors of science and technology in their communities. We encourage all forms and styles of scientific exploration, discovery and creativity.

​Program includes:

• field research in the Wrightsville Beach salt marsh
• technology experiences at Live Oak Bank to collaborate with software engineers
• exclusive 3-day overnight expedition to Bald Head Island to work with Conservancy staff on sea turtles, fisheries and other coastal ecology projects. 

Applications Due By 11.59am on Monday July 31, 2023

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Program themes that inspire discovery and benefit the community

The Youth CAUSE - Climate Action and Urban Sustainability Emissaries - Initiative is an exclusive, invite only program mentoring youth on how to be ambassadors of science in their communities. We encourage all forms and styles of scientific exploration, discovery and creativity whether it be a lab experiment testing a new idea, art project expressing a scientific opinion or a public service announcement showing how science can be used to solve issues.  By facilitating diverse research collaborations and effective communication with community leaders, our goal is to enable "future generations to have a voice" as emissaries of science, particularly in the areas of climate change, urban sustainability and public health.

Climate Change

Urban Sustainability

Public Health

em·is·sar·y
/ˈeməˌserē/
(noun)
​a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative