Seedstars Global Competition for Startup Entrepreneurs 2017 – Up to US$1.5million For Grab

Application Deadline: 10th November 2017 (see specific deadline for African cities below)

Offered annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: Africa, Asia, Latin America, CEE and MENA

To be taken at (country): Switzerland

Area of Interest: Entrepreneurship in any field

About the Award: On this 2017 edition of the tour, they will visit over 25 cities across Sub-Saharan Africa to host bootcamps and pitch competitions, adding countries such as Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to its tour. The winner from each country is invited to the final at the Seedstars Global Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to $500,000 in equity investment and additional multiple prizes and perks.

Offered Since: Not specified

Selection Criteria:

• Maximum 2 years since founding date
• Maximum USD 0.5m funding
• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
• Need to use technology to solve a local or regional issue

Selection Process: At each Local Event, the top 10-15 pre-selected startups are invited to pitch in front of an expert jury and quality audience to determine the winner. The event brings together key entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and institutions from the local ecosystem combined with a unique global Seedstars World flavour. The winner of each Local Event gets a free trip to the Final Event and loads of cool tech prizes.

The winner of each Local Event will be invited to Switzerland to represent his startup and country at the global finals. The Final Event is a weeklong adventure consisting of a bootcamp, international conference and investor forum. It’s an amazing chance to meet with investors, build a global network and grow your business.

Number of Awardees: several with on grand winner

Value of Award

• Equity investment:There is a prize package consisting of USD500,000 in equity investment and more in cash and in-kind prizes. You’ll be exposed to VCs, corporates and angels searching for investment opportunities. Maximum USD 0.5m funding
• Coverage & Prestige:All Seedstars World events are heavily covered by local and international press with around 500 articles on Seedstars last year. Represent your country at the worldwide Seedstars Summit in front of an international audience.
• Partnerships & Family:Join the close knit Seedstars Family of talented entrepreneurs in 65+ countries. Find potential partners and business opportunities through the community and at the various events.
• Learn & Grow:We hand pick top-quality mentors from all over the world with experience in relevant industries. Benefit from the knowledge of corporate leaders, serial entrepreneurs, accelerator directors and investors.

           Global Production Engineering and Management Scholarship 2017

Duration of Scholarship: 2 days for the Local Event + 7 days if you are selected for the Seedstars Summit (includes: online application, preparing for pitching event, coaching, traveling and attending the events).

How to Apply:

Step 1: Make sure you have a venture profile published on the VC4Africa platform with your most recent pitch deck attached.
Step 2: Apply to one of the 15 local events in Africa through the online form.

Application deadline: Go to Seedstars website below to see specific deadline for each African city.

Visit Seedstars Webpage for details

Award Provider: Seedstars World

Important Notes: You must be prepared to talk about your startup in public. Pitch and application documents must be in English or you must provide a translator. Your startup can be from any sector but must be for profit.

Global Production Engineering and Management Scholarship 2017

DEADLINE May 31, 2017

Full Scholarship

The Hinrich Foundation and TBS Group are encouraging bright individuals with a passion for footwear manufacturing to apply for this scholarship and career development opportunity.

Location:

 Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam

 Benefits

Full financial support for tuition feeMonthly allowanceVisaRound-trip airfares (if any)Plus, you will be offered a 6-month internship as well as a job with TBS Group upon graduation

 Eligibilities

Be a Vietnamese, Cambodian and Burmese citizen.Have byan undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, electronics, chemistry, textiles or relevant fields.Have at least one year of work experience after graduationHave a valid minimum TOEFL iBT 79 or IELTS 6.5

Eligible Regions: Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam

APPLICATION PROCESS

Your complete online application package must include:

• Curriculum vitae
• Cover letter
• Academic transcript and degree
• English certification
• Work recommendation letter
• Passport
• A 500-word essay: “Considering economic, environmental and social factors, how has international trade improved your daily life?”

Send you application here

Application Deadline: May 31, 2017 

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Toyota Foundation International Grant Program 2017

Applications are invited for Toyota Foundation grants for undertaking research projects. The target countries of this program are East and Southeast Asia.

The grant program focuses on deepening mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among people on the ground in East and Southeast Asia who are finding solutions to shared issues.

Through promoting direct interaction among key players, the grant program aims to survey and analyze situations in target countries, obtain new perspectives, and expand the potential of future generations.

Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Benefits

Grants includes 100 million yen:

One-year project: JPY 5,000,000 (approx. USD 44,500);Two-year project: JPY 10,000,000 (approx. USD 89,000)

Future Leaders MBA Scholarship at Imperial College Business School, 2017

 Eligibilities

Applicants, including the project representative and members, must be:

Individuals in multiple target countries with practical experience in such areas as conducting research, carrying out activities, producing creative works, and making policy proposals.A team or broad network extending to multiple target countries that is composed of members such as practitioners, project participants, researchers, creators, policy makers, and journalists and other media representatives.Capable of carrying out a project with a diverse network of participants across multiple target countries.

Eligible Regions: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please visit the official website and apply accordingly!

Application Deadline: June 20, 2017

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Future Leaders MBA Scholarship at Imperial College Business School, 2017

DEADLINE
May 5, 2017

Imperial College Business School is announcing MBA scholarships for the year 2017. International students are eligible to apply for these scholarships.Imperial College Business School is a triple accredited business school located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent of Imperial College London.

Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded in the field of Business Administration.

Location:

 United Kingdom

 Benefits

Scholarships of up to £23,500 are available.

 Eligibilities

Successful applicants will demonstrate the ability and passion to become a visionary business leader. To be considered for this scholarship, you must display leadership qualities and exceptional career potential in your application.

The scholarship will be awarded to applicants based on the following criteria:

• A strong academic background, a high and well-balanced GMAT score, and an excellent track record of professional achievement
• Your performance during the admissions process, where academic and professional merit will be judged
• Your professional references
• Under six years’ postgraduate work experience preferred

Eligible Regions: Open for All

APPLICATION PROCESS

Candidates who apply before 5 May 2017 and receive an offer for the Full-Time MBA programme commencing in September 2017 will automatically be considered. All candidates should address the requirements of the scholarship in their personal statement.

Application Deadline: May 5, 2017 

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Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships Program

DEADLINE
April 25,2017

The Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships are facilitated through institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements between Canadian institutions and institutions in the CARICOM. These agreements are created between colleges, technical or vocational institutions and universities. Students or researchers, hereby referred to as “candidates”, remain registered as full-time students in their home institution during this exchange. Up to 100 scholarships are awarded every year for a total of over 650 scholarships since 2007.

Canadian post-secondary institutions

Canadian institutions are:

• responsible for submitting applications on behalf of eligible candidates from institutions in CARICOM member states; and
• encouraged to promote this scholarship opportunity to faculty and staff members, as well as to partner institutions in the CARICOM.

Canadian institutions with successful candidates:

• should identify a single person responsible for the administration of the contribution agreement and another person with delegated signing authority; and
• will receive contribution funding from Global Affairs Canada to disburse as scholarships to recipients.

Non-Canadian candidates

Candidates interested in this scholarship program should contact their home institution to:

• make their interest known;
• find out if there is an existing institutional collaboration or exchange agreement with a Canadian institution; and
• request information about the application process and selection criteria specific to the Canadian institution.

Selected candidates are encouraged to:

• ensure that they fulfill the requirements of the Canadian institution including academic requirements and language proficiency;
• initiate the process for the transfer of credits to their home institution as soon as their Canadian courses have been identified;
• follow the procedures of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada as outlined by the Canadian institution (generally a study permit is required for course work and a work permit is required for research); and
• contact alumni of the program through their home institution for advice and a local perspective on the scholarship experience.

Non-Canadian institutions

Non-Canadian institutions are encouraged to:

• communicate with partner institutions in Canada to confirm or explore institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements;
• promote this scholarship opportunity through their international offices;
• identify strong candidates who meet the admission requirements for the Canadian partner institution;
• provide the candidates’ names to the Canadian partner institution, which is responsible for submitting the scholarship applications; and
• propose to selected candidates to gain additional linguistic training, academic upgrading and cultural preparedness before their departure.

Location:

 Canada

 Benefits

The scholarship value varies depending on the duration and level of study. The scholarship value for students is:

• $7,200 CAN for college, undergraduate or graduate (Master’s and PhD) students for a minimum of four months or one academic term of study or research;
• $9,700 CAN for graduate students (Master’s and PhD) for a period of five or six months of study or research; or
• $14,700 CAN for undergraduate and college students for a period of eight months of study or research.

In addition to the funds allocated to the recipients by DFATD, the Canadian host institution may also claim $300 CAN per scholarship recipient to assist with administrative costs once the scholarship recipient arrives in Canada.

 Eligibilities

Candidates:

• who have obtained Canadian citizenship or who have applied for permanent residency in Canada are not eligible;
• already participating in an exchange scholarship program funded by the Government of Canada are not eligible;
• already enrolled in a degree or diploma program at a Canadian university or college are not eligible; and
• must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution in an eligible country and paying any tuition fees regulated by that institution for the full duration of the exchange.

More specific criteria are mentioned in the official website.

Eligible Regions: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos.

 APPLICATION PROCESS

The Canadian institution must apply on behalf of the candidate(s) by submitting the online application form and uploading all supporting documents prior to the deadline. Institutions may submit multiple applications and may be asked to rank their applications, based on their strategic priorities. A single person should be responsible for the administration of the program. Canadian faculty or staff members who are submitting an application must notify the person responsible for the administration of the program at their respective institution as the institution may be requested to rank multiple applications.

Detailed Application process in available in the official website!

Application Deadline: April 25, 2017 

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Excellence Fellowships for Swiss and International Students in Switzerland, 2017

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne-EPFL) is offering Excellence Fellowships for 2017 intake. Scholarships are open for all national and international students to pursue masters programme.

EPFL offers a limited number of fellowships at the Master’s level to students with outstanding academic records. Some of the fellowships are financed by EPFL directly and others through partnerships with foundations or companies.

The expected level of command of English may vary depending on the school and, above all, the study program or course, the usual average English language requirement you will be required to have to study in Europe is 550 points (paper-based TOEFL test), or 213 points (computer-based TOEFL test), or 79-80 points (Internet-based TOEFL test), or 5.5 – 6.5 score in the IELTS test.

Course Level: Scholarships are provided for master’s studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne-EPFL).

Study Subject: Scholarships are offered in diverse fields to help students in upgrading their education.

Scholarship Award: It includes-

External

Fellowships for those candidates include:

• CHF 16’000 per academic year (split into monthly payments), meaning:

CHF 32’000 for a 2-years Master’s(120 credits)

CHF 24’000 for a 1 1/2 year Master’s (90 credits)

• reservation of a room in students accomodation

(Note that accomodation, tuition fees, visa fees, etc. must be paid by the fellowship’s holder.)

Cumulating this fellowship with other substantial scholarships isn’t possible. Candidates are required to declare all the scholarships they will receive during their master’s and cases will be evaluated one by one.

Internal

Fellowships for those candidates include:

• CHF 10’000 (split into 2 payments)
• A certificate of excellence for the results obtained during their Bachelor’s

(Note that accomodation, tuition fees, etc. must be paid by the fellowship’s holder.)

Scholarship can be taken in Switzerland

Eligibility: Anyone applying to an EPFL Master’s Program is eligible. The selection of candidates and the granting of the fellowships is done based solely on the evaluation of the academic records of the candidates.

Nationality: Swiss and International Students are eligible to apply.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants must have their previous degree.

Test Requirement: No

English Language Requirements: The expected level of command of English may vary depending on the school and, above all, the study program or course, the usual average English language requirement you will be required to have to study in Europe is 550 points (paper-based TOEFL test), or 213 points (computer-based TOEFL test), or 79-80 points (Internet-based TOEFL test), or 5.5 – 6.5 score in the IELTS test.

Switzerland Scholarships

How to Apply: External Applications: Applications are reviewed twice a year, in February and May, following Master’s programs admission committees.

Application

The application is done via the same online form than your application to a Master’s program. It is however necessary to tick a box indicating that your profile should also be considered for an excellence fellowship.

Internal applications: are reviewed once a year, in May, following the second Master’s programs admission committee.

Application: Candidates should deliver their printed application to their section by April 30.

The application should contain:

• a recommendation letter from the section’s director
• a CV
• a motivation letter
• a transcript of all grades obtained at EPFL

If you are planning to switch to another section:

You still need a recommendation letter from the director of your section of origin but you must contact the deputy of your future section to introduce yourself. It is the deputy of your future section that will propose your application to the Excellence Fellowships Committee.

Application Deadline:

• External Applicants: Applications are reviewed twice a year, in February and May, following Master’s programs admission committees.
• Internal Applicants: Internal applications are reviewed once a year, in May, following the second Master’s programs admission committee.

Scholarship Link