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  Youth Innovation Challenge 2022: Tackling Marine Debris! Application Deadline: September 1, 2022. How can we help solve the most pressing issues affecting our marine ecosystems? Your solution could win you $1,000 USD! The Global Environmental Education Partnership ’s 2022 Youth Innovation Challenge invites young people around the world, ages 15-30, to propose innovative solutions to tackle marine debris, incorporating the power of environmental education to empower people as engaged stewards for our marine environments. The Global Environmental Education Partnership is looking for solutions that are innovative, feasible, and informed by research. Learn more about our selection criteria and how to apply here. Benefits Winning solutions will receive global recognition and a $1,000 USD prize. Eligibility Applicants must be 15-30 years old, and can come from any country in the world. Eligible Regions: Open for All Application Process Find more information including se...

  University Research Fellowship Application Deadline: September 6, 2022. The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. This scheme is for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field. These long term fellowships provide the opportunity and freedom to build an independent research career in the UK or Republic of Ireland and pursue cutting-edge scientific research. Until this point, the University Research Fellowship (URF) has been a five year fellowship, with the option to apply for a three year extension. From the current round onwards, applicants will have the opportunity to submit a research proposal and costs for an eight-year fellowship. Costs for years six to eight will be subject to satisfactory progress and completion of a mid-fellowship checkpoint review at the start of year four...

  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...

  Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship Application Deadline: September 1, 2022 What makes a future leader? In their eyes, you’re an exceptional thinker and highly ambitious. You are a natural collaborator with big ideas. And you’re driven by a desire to bring positive change to the world. These are the attributes we celebrate with our Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships – designed in conjunction with Australia’s leading universities to be a genuinely life-changing experience. Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships are among the most potent development scholarships in Australia. As well as investing up to $120,000 over 2-3 years into your postgraduate studies, the Scholarship will also shape your leadership skills far and above your expectations. Naturally, good ideas deserve to go global. So they’ll encourage you to open your mind to new experiences by heading overseas for up to six months to study. Whether it be at a world-class university, an NGO or a private organisatio...

  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 ...

  Fully Funded Scholarship in Singapore for Doctorate Degree Application Deadline:  December 1, 2022 Pursue your PhD education in Singapore with SINGA and take your research to greater heights. PhD training will be carried out in English at your chosen lab at A*STAR Research Institutes, NTU, NUS, SUTD or SMU. Students will be supervised by distinguished and world-renowned researchers in these labs. Upon successful completion, students will be conferred a PhD degree by either NTU, NUS, SUTD or SMU. Singapore is the gateway to some of the fastest-growing economies in the Asia Pacific region. And with SINGA, you can pursue your PhD education in Singapore, establish global links and take your research career to greater heights. SINGA fosters a vibrant and culturally diverse research community of international students. You’ll be working in a multi-cultural environment alongside distinguished and world-renowned researchers in state-of-the-art facilities. Benefits The a...