Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students 2024/2025
Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students
The Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students offers ten students the opportunity to study for free.
The Open University is committed to driving change and ensuring that academic institutions remain inclusive and accessible for all members of society.
What is the Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students?
The Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students provides an opportunity for new, UK-resident students who identify as Black to study for free.
Ten scholarships will be available in 2024/25. A scholarship covers OU undergraduate credit-bearing modules and qualifications, paying for the full tuition cost of your qualification, up to 120 credits each seasonal academic year and 360 credits in total.
Successful scholarship recipients will also receive a one-off £500 study costs grant to support with the costs of preparing for study with the OU, such as buying a laptop, study materials or arranging internet access.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you’ll need to meet all the following criteria:
- Identify as being from a Black background; applicants must have one of the following ethnicities:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
- Black Other
- Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
- Mixed – White and Black African
- Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
- Have a personal annual income of not more than £25,000 or receive a qualifying benefit
- Be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible for a UK fee
- Hold no existing higher education qualification
- Be a new student to The Open University
- Be intending to study towards an undergraduate OU qualification or module commencing in the 2024/25 academic year
- Be studying at a minimum intensity of 25% (30 credits) per academic year.
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Western Union Foundation Fellowship Program 2024 For Changemakers
Western Union Foundation Fellowship
Equipping courageous leaders and entrepreneurs supporting highly marginalized, refugee, or displaced communities to create systemic change.
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is a leadership and venture development program for entrepreneurs and community leaders from and/or working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe. This virtual and global program is designed to equip next-generation entrepreneurs and leaders with the skills and experience to increase access to economic opportunity, build valuable networks and resources, and transform their communities.
Where You Create Impact: Applicants located in and/or creating impact in the following locations:
- United States, Uganda, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, United Kingdom, Germany, Lithuania, Japan, Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil.
- Preference is given to applicants from the following locations: Uganda, Colombia, Mexico, Pakistan and the United States.
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UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships in Archaeology and Conservation 2024-2025 edition
About the Programme
With a view to promoting human resource capacities and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and the peoples, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland are placing at the disposal of UNESCO 5 fellowships in the field of Archaeology and Conservation. The 5 selected fellows will be given the opportunity to undertake a 9-month archaeological internship between 1 October 2024 and 30 June 2025, at the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Eligibility Requirements
Candidates must be the nationals from the above-mentioned invited Member States , fulfilling the following eligibility requirements:
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Candidates must hold a B.A. or M.A. degree, preferably in the area of Archaeology or Conservation;
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Be proficient in reading and writing in English;
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No more than 40 years old.
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Global Good Fund Fellowship 2025 for Emerging Leaders
BECOME A GLOBAL GOOD FUND FELLOW
The Global Good Fund creates a better world by investing in the leadership of entrepreneurs working relentlessly to solve our world’s most pressing social issues. Our application process is selective and highly competitive, and also inclusive, constructive, and engaging. We are currently accepting applications for our 2025 Fellowship.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Global Good Fund Fellowship is for innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders of for-profit and non-profit social impact organizations. This program is for emerging leaders and entrepreneurs with diverse ethnic, religious, economic, geographic and gender experiences. Ideal entrepreneurs are dedicated to their own self-discovery and development and must hold a full-time leadership position at their social enterprise which has been operational for ideally two to five years.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
+ The enterprise the candidate leads has been in operation for a minimum of two years
+ The enterprise employs a minimum of two full-time, paid employees
+ The candidate’s role if that of a primary decision-maker, i.e. the role you hold is:
+ C-Suite (CEO, COO,CTO,CFO etc.)
+ Co-Founder/ Founder & C-Suite
+ Executive Director
+ Candidate is committed full-time to running the enterprise
+ The enterprise the candidate is leading is mission driven, meaning that the sole objective is not to make a profit, but also to have a positive impact on society.
International Labour Organization (ILO) Fellowship programme 2024
Call for Fellowship applications
The ILO’s Social Finance Programme invites applications from qualified professionals with expertise in inclusive finance, microfinance, insurance and development for inclusion in its Fellowship Programme roster and for potential placements in three countries: Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands. The projects are expected to start at the end of third quarter of 2024.
The Fellowship Programme
The objective of the programme is to match qualified professionals with organizations working on the frontiers of financial inclusion, micro finance and impact insurance, bridge skill gaps and create a new generation of professionals with experience serving low-income populations.
Each Fellow will be placed with a host organization for a year to support an innovation project. The project could range from the implementation of a financial product, public-private partnership, digital solution, or distribution partnership.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor or master’s degree in economics, management, finance, banking and insurance or other relevant fields
Professional experience
- 5-10 years of professional experience in financial services industry and knowledge of banking and insurance products and processes
- Experience in project management
- Experience in business analysis
- Experience in development cooperation
- Experience in design of financial product design and operations
- Experience in design of mass market distribution strategies
- Experience in digital technologies
How to apply
Interested candidates should submit their application by downloading and filling out the application form and returning this, together with a CV and cover letter, to socialfinance@ilo.org, using subject line "Application - Social Finance Fellowship in Mozambique/Solomon Islands/Sierra Leone". The deadline for submissions is 11 June 2024, 23:59 (CEST).
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Visa Kenya She's Next Grant Competition 2024
She's Next Kenya
Visa’s global program is going local. Advance your efforts to fund, run and grow your small business with a KES 2.5 million grant and a mentorship program.
Eligibility criteria
- The entrant must be at the time of the entry a legal resident of Kenya.
- The entrant must, at the time of entry, be an adult (18 and above).
- The entrant must own at least 51% of their business and operate their business in Kenya.
- The entrant’s business must have been operating for over 1 year.
- The entrant must have a business that has a product or service in market and is generating a minimum annual revenue of US Dollars 5,000 (or its equivalent).
- Limit of one (1) Entry per person.
CALA Advanced Leadership Program 2024
Become an advanced, collaborative leader for Africa’s food security and sustainability
Africa’s food security challenges require results-oriented leaders in government, the private sector and civil society who are responsive, adaptable, and able to lead collaboration, mobilize real change, and ensure delivery of country priorities.
At the country-level, for a leader and champion in food security and agriculture to remain relevant and effective, professionals must be ready to lead change and deliver on their priorities with practical tools and strategies.
The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme is a collaborative, hands-on, and tailored experience for senior and rising leaders in Africa’s agriculture sector. Designed for individuals spearheading and directly implementing specific country-level agriculture initiatives, the programme is initially open to participants from eight countries (see eligibility).
Certificate & Recognition
- Graduates of the programme will receive a certificate in Advanced Leadership Programme for Africa’s Food Security & Sustainability
- Be recognized as delivery champions across AGRA’s prestigious continental platforms and events, including at the national level
- Join an esteemed network of transformative leaders providing peer support for continuous achievement of country priorities
Programme Format
The 16-month leadership programme for experienced professionals will include a unique learning approach to developing participants’ leadership, collaboration and management skills, through the following experiences:
- Virtual and in-person learning events to hone leadership skills for delivery
- Action Learning Projects connected directly to the participants’ job objectives and country transformation objectives
- On-the-job and in-country coaching
- Regular peer accountability sessions
- Participation in bi-annual leadership forums
- Participation in the Africa Food Systems Forum
- Exposure to case studies of ‘Game-changers’ in African agriculture
- Virtual and in-person peer-learning and networking with cohorts of participants from across the continent.
Programme Costs & Sponsorship
Participants’ fees are fully sponsored through support provided to AGRA by the German Development Cooperation through KfW Development Bank. This will include travel costs for all Leadership Forums and graduation events. Participants are expected to meet their own costs of internet access for virtual leadership forums. Please note, CALA does not provide for per diems for in-person leadership forums and graduation events attendance.
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ETH Zurich Consolidation Grants 2024
2024 Consolidation Grants Call
The 2024 Consolidation Grants Call is now open. The Leading House Asia is offering grants up to 50 kCHF for strenghtening existing collaborations. Application deadline is 15 June 2024.
Application deadline: 15 June 2024
Earliest start: 14 October 2024
Funding and duration: 50k CHF, up to 12 months.
Consolidation Grants (CG) aim to encourage more advanced, solid projects between Switzerland and the East Asia or the Southeast Asia region. The impulse for the CG proposals should come from previous collaborations between the Switzerland-based and the East- or Southeast Asia-based applicant, with the goal to evolve and deepen those partnerships.
Open to postdoctoral researchers, senior scientists, or professors of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education, and public research institutes.
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International Fund For Public Interest Media 2024
Overview
The International Fund is a bold new multilateral initiative designed to boost the economic resilience of independent media in low- and middle-income countries and foster a new paradigm of sustainability for journalism.
The Fund is announcing a global open call for proposals to support independent media organizations investing in audience strategies to better serve the public.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
In order to be eligible to apply for and receive funding through this open call, media organizations must:
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Be an established legal entity that is none of the following:
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A publicly listed and/or traded company
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A subsidiary of a larger organization or corporation with significant activities outside media
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Majority-owned by an active political actor
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Meet the International Fund’s definition of public interest media and focus on publishing original, public interest content.
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Operate in one or more of the 40 eligible countries (see FAQs for full list)
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Have total annual costs of at least $300,000 USD in the most recent fiscal year
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Have existed and continuously published for more than three years
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Not have distributed dividends to shareholders in the last three years
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Have net income below 5% of total income (average over 3 years) and a cash runway of less than 12 months
KIC Young Farmer Business Academy (YFBA) 2024
About Us
Kosmos Innovation Center(KIC) is a non-profit organization that invests in young entrepreneurs and small businesses. We empower entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable, self-sustaining businesses and we work alongside promising small businesses to help them scale and reach their full potential. Each program is driven by local staff and private sector experts, resulting in a distinctive focus on commercial solutions and local knowledge. Our customized, best-in-class business support programs feature a mix of skills training, mentorship, and seed funding. Since our inception in 2016, more than 18,000 young leaders have been trained in business skills and entrepreneurship through participation in our programs.
KIC Young Farmer Business Academy (YFBA) is a 4 –7-month program that identifies young people who are interested in setting up an agribusiness in agricultural production. The program provides them with a system of training, workshops, and hands on experience to set up their own farms. The program uses practical sessions, field demonstrations, coaching and mentorship as a tool to encourage participants to take a fresh look at agri- production and its adjoining sectors to identify areas with potential business opportunities.
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