The OSM Young Talent Grants (YTG) celebrate and support the achievements of young New Zealanders, with grants towards training, competing or next steps in their chosen field of endeavour. 

An initiative from Cookie Time’s OSM brand, the YTG is funded and administered by the Cookie Time Charitable Trust. Each year up to $70,000 is made available to the YTG, and with this we aim to support as many young people as possible to fuel their mission at national and international levels.  

Due to the extraordinary talent and number of worthy recipients this year, however, we’ve now allocated our entire year’s grant budget. Therefore, we have had to take a time out for the remainder of 2026. This means we are unable to accept any new applicants at this time. We expect to be back in January 2027 with new funding to continue this initiative.