Grant
Young Entrepreneurship Programme 2026 / برنامج ريادة الأعمال للشباب 2026
No cash grant. The 2026 Summer Cohort is free and provides age-based entrepreneurship training, simulations, mentoring, showcases, certificates and recognition awards. A legitimate, free, source-rich youth capability programme with practical learning and recognition, but not a cash grant despite the canonical ticket type. It serves minors through a fixed curriculum, requests substantial family identity information and media consent, and publishes no participant outcomes. The internal target/date conflicts and lack of a public roster warrant reviewer attention before any production sync.
About this opportunity
Young Emiratis ages 4–18 who can build age-appropriate entrepreneurship, financial-literacy, teamwork, prototyping, branding, pitching and market-readiness skills. Official programme target is Emirati youth ages 4–18 Cycle 1: ages 4–6 Cycle 2: ages 7–9 Cycle 3: ages 10–14 Cycle 4: ages 15–18 Parent/guardian registration, student ID upload and consent are required Non-Emirati eligibility is held because the form offers Other while programme text says Emirati youth The public form requests student identity and school details, age cycle, city, gender, dietary/allergy information, a student ID upload up to 10 MB, father and mother identity/contact details, an alternate contact, guardian signature and media consent. No deadline or review time is published. Official 2026 programme page. Free participation is not represented as a monetary award.
Current published details
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Certificate for all participants
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Four in-person sessions of three hours each
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Age-specific workshops and business simulations
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Mentor feedback and pitch practice for older cycles
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Trophies for high performers and planned ADRA Young Trader licences for the top 10% in cycles 2–4
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benefit kind: in_kind · text: Graduation Day project showcase
application route
codes: direct
How the program has evolved
11funding
No cash grant. The 2026 Summer Cohort is free and provides age-based entrepreneurship training, simulations, mentoring, showcases, certificates and recognition awards. Official 2026 programme page. Free participation is not represented as a monetary award.
eligibility
Young Emiratis ages 4–18 who can build age-appropriate entrepreneurship, financial-literacy, teamwork, prototyping, branding, pitching and market-readiness skills. Official programme target is Emirati youth ages 4–18 Cycle 1: ages 4–6 Cycle 2: ages 7–9 Cycle 3: ages 10–14 Cycle 4: ages 15–18 Parent/guardian registration, student ID upload and consent are required Non-Emirati eligibility is held because the form offers Other while programme text says Emirati youth Official target: Emirati youth ages 4–18; Applicants select one of four age cycles; Available summer locations are within Abu Dhabi Emirate; The form’s Other nationality option conflicts with the stated Emirati-only target; No current capacity-selection or scoring rubric is public
eligibility
Complete age-appropriate activities, simulations and a Graduation Day presentation/showcase
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Attend the four-session age-cycle pathway
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Cycle 1 requires guardian accompaniment
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Parent/guardian supplies registration details, student ID image and digital signature/media consent
duration
Summer Cohort runs 13 July–21 August 2026 by location; four sessions per participant. Winter Cohort is planned for December but exact dates conflict in the official deck.
organizer
Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED)
lifecycle
active Free four-session learning pathway, three hours per session, with workshops, simulations, mentoring, a graduation showcase, certificates and recognition awards; no cash grant. Runs 13 July–21 August 2026 across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra. The live form still offered the Al Dhafra 10–21 August session at snapshot. The deck conflicts internally: its location summary totals 450 summer students, while its age-cycle implementation table totals 460.
lifecycle
planned Planned continuation of the four-cycle training model; the deck does not separately state a winter fee or cash award. Planned for Abu Dhabi, Al Qu’aa and Delma Island with 240 target students. The deck overview gives 14–31 December by location, while a detailed timeline says 7–11 December; the conflict is held and no single date range is asserted.
lifecycle
completed_outcome_unpublished Practical entrepreneurship programme with expert guidance, market exposure and award opportunities; no participant cash grant or fee is stated in the retained launch source. Launched 4 July 2025 for Emirati youth ages 6–18, with Inventor and Trader pathways, a two-week camp within a four-week programme and five-year ambitions of 5,000 participants, 2,500 projects and 1,000 small ventures. These are targets, not achieved outcomes. No named participant/winner roster was found.
Current application seasons
0No current season is published.
Past seasons
32026 Young Entrepreneurship Programme — Summer Cohort
2026 Young Entrepreneurship Programme — Winter Cohort
Published recipients
0No recipients are published yet.