Academic Opportunity

  The SDG Innovation Challenge SDG Innovation Challenge 2022 is being held under the theme Transformative Solutions against Global Challenges – Accountability in Leveraging Youth Action to Create and Empower. The Challenge converges young talent who extensively ideate in interdisciplinary teams throughout the SDG Innovation Challenge and work in an agile hackathon like environment. Under the theme Transformative Solutions against Global Challenges – Accountability in Leveraging Youth Action to Create and Empower, the SDG Innovation Challenge 2022 connects young hearts, hands, and minds to collaborate on novel solutions ideas, grow interdisciplinary impact, build networks, and more. Designed as a virtual, pan-African ideation space, the SDG Innovation Challenge is a powerhouse for young people from across the continent to come together and co-develop practical solution ideas to grassroots challenges while pushing the needle of sustainable development on a global scale...

  Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism Application Deadline: September 15, 2022 South Korea’s capital was relocated to Hanyang (present-day Seoul) in the 1390s. Seoul has grown and developed with a focus on economic efficiency throughout the process of modernization. On the flip side, the city has become more cut off from the benefits provided by Mother Nature featuring its mountains, streams, winds, etc. At the 4th (2023) Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, it is hoped that this open competition will serve as an active forum in which participants discuss how to overcome the relevant obstacles. Since the late 1950s post-Korean War period (1950-1953), Seoul Metropolitan’s administrative zones have been expanded with a population boom associated with the rapid expansion of the city. Plans for the city’s urban development were focused on expansion of roads and supply of housing along with the development of technologies, which has led to elements of nature...

  RES4Africa Advanced Training Course Application Deadline: October 1, 2022 RES4Africa Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the call for applications for the 9th edition of the Advanced Training Course (ATC), which will be held in Milan from the 21st of November to the 2nd of December 2022. The 2022 edition is held in partnership with Enel Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the European Investment Bank, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management and SDA Bocconi. The training sessions will be dedicated to renewable energy with a focus on technical, economic and regulatory core competencies and advanced tools to assess and deploy the energy solutions in different contexts. A full scholarship will be awarded to up to 50 African professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. Furthermore, RES4Africa opens the application to 10 candidates from ...

  BluEarth Renewables Scholarship Program Application Deadline: September 15, 2022 Our scholarship program is designed to support, educate and inspire the next generation of leaders and professionals who have the power to change the future. We have three scholarship categories to help you achieve your education goals. Since our scholarship program first began in 2014, BluEarth has awarded nearly $80,000 to post-secondary students in Canada. Our scholarship program is an important part of our commitment to giving back to the communities where we live, work and operate. In addition to financial support, this scholarship offers a unique opportunity for recipients to be paired with a BluEarth learning partner for the academic year to provide support and mentorship while learning more about renewable energy. We are committed to building mutually-beneficial relationships with Canada’s Indigenous communities. As part of this commitment, we award scholarships to Indigenous stu...