Welcome To Sir Sylvester Uzowuru Foundation Blog: September 2016

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

APPLY: Selection of Candidates for the 7th Batch Training of the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps(AU-YVC)

AU-YVC is a continental development program that recruits and works with youth volunteers, to work in all 54 countries across the African Union.

APPLY: Preparing Global Leaders Academy- Amman Jordan

The preparing global Leaders Academy (PGLA) is a premiere international educational program for the best young professionals in the world. The program seeks to prepare aspiring global scholar-leaders with the tools necessary for effective leadership in an increasingly complex world.

The WWF prince Bernhard Scholarships (PBS) are awarded to individuals from developing/emerging economies (East and South) who wish to pursue formal studies or mid-career professional training in the field of nature conservation.

Applications are open for African Leaders of Tomorrow (ALT) Scholarship Program that commemorates the late Nelson Mandela’s commitment to social justice and equity by supporting young African professionals to become leaders in public policy and administration.

To assist the future of women in this field and other aerospace-related sciences and engineering, Zonta International established the Amelia Earhart Fellowship in 1938 in honor of legendary pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart.Amelia Earhart Fellowships are made possible by generous contributions to the Zonta International Foundation Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund.

APPLY: Submit Story Entries For Medical Student Anthology.

Are you a medical student looking to share insights you have gleaned through your experiences in medicine? Consider Submitting a story, reflection, essay or poem. Medical students and recent graduates are invited to submit entries (a story, reflection, essay or poem) for medical anthology book!

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) is a one-year taught degree course. It enables you to develop analytical and critical skills relevant for understanding the challenges of public policy and its implementation. It also equips you with skills that are essential for effective policy delivery.

Soma in partnership with Commonwealth Writers and English PEN is delighted to announce a call for applications for a workshop on Kiswahili–English translation, to be held in Dar Es Salaam from 7-11 November 2016.

You are a matriculant and graduate with a real passion for learning. You have a questioning mind-set and often ask “why?”. It’s not unusual for you to have had new and brilliant ideas before breakfast.
You are interested in technology and love to play around with the latest gadgets. You’ve always been great at solving problems. You believe that the world can be a better place through the use of technology, and want to help make that happen.
Does this sound like you?! If yes, we’d love to chat with you about a career with IBM!

The Fountain’s 2016 Essay Contest invites you to consider the issues facing today’s immigrants. Are you an immigrant, too? Were your parents or grandparents immigrants? Are we all immigrants in this world? How do immigrants contribute to your society? How do they cause problems in your society? How would you help immigrants thrive?

The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty

The World Bank Group’s Early Learning Partnership (ELP) is launching the Africa Early Years Fellowship to recruit a cadre of young African professionals to support governments and World Bank teams to scale up investments in the early years. This new initiative is complementary to the WBG Africa Fellowship Program, which is targeting Ph.D. students from Sub-Saharan Africa who are interested in starting careers with the World Bank Group.

LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership

The Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership was established to foster transformational leadership capacity and innovation to advance the field of landscape architecture. The fellowship is an opportunity for mid-career or senior-level professionals to dedicate the equivalent of 3 months’ time over the course of one year to nurture emerging ideas and to think deeply. It is designed as a time to reflect, research, explore, create, test, and develop ideas into action.

The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) in collaboration with the African Union and Italy based World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Young Scientist National Award, open to both male and female young researchers.

APPLY: Chivas Regals’ The venture Competition for Social Good Enterprises 2017

In 2014, chivas Regal launched the venture, a $1 million annual fund and global search to reward those are using business to create positive change. Over the last two years we have invested $2 million in a new generation of extraordinary startups, that do well be doing good, because we believe generosity and success go hand in hand.

The British High Commission in Yaounde- Cameroon, is announcing to the general public that the 2016/2017 edition of the Cameroon Women’s Scholarship has now been launched.

APPLY: YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders 2017 (Fully Funded to the USA)

From June 16-30, the Mandela Washington Fellowship will host up to 1,000 young African Leaders. Fellows will travel to US University and college campuses for six-week Academic and leadership institutes in one of three tracks: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership, or public Management.

Interns at Google bring questions and build answers. We offer a range of internships across EMEA and durations and start dates vary according to a project and location. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and our recruitment team will determine where you fit best based on your resume.

Launched in 2005, the Draper hills summer fellowship on Democracy and development program (DHSFDD) is a three-week academic training program that is hosted annually at Stanford University’s centre on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by President of the United States Barack Obama as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35.

Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk. With about 60,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries, we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. We help individuals, small and medium sized companies and global corporations around the world understand and protect themselves from risk by offering a wide range of insurance products, solutions and advisory services.

The Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge has been created to recognize early stage start-up businesses that can play a major role in improving the way people around the world manage their health and associated costs.

The Berkeley Prize Competition was establish in 1998, made by a generous gift of Judith Lee Stronach to the Department of Architecture at the college of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University is looking for innovative journalists who want to use social media to build a stronger following, develop new sources and better cover their beats.

Are you under 35 and seeking an opportunity to develop as a Digital Enterprise? Offering your services to the City of Johannesburg? Then you should apply to be a Jozi Digital Ambassador.

APPLY: IBM Fellowship Award Programme

The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. This includes pioneering work in: cognitive computing and augmented intelligence; quantum computing; blockchain; data-centric systems; advanced analytics; security; radical cloud innovation; next-generation silicon(and beyond); and brain-inspired devices and infrastructure.

The World Summit Award Mobile (WSA-mobile) selects and promotes the world’s best mobile content and applications. The award emphasizes:

The GlobalGiving Accelerator is a virtual training program and crowdfunding campaign that will help you take your fundraising to the next level. Following an optional two-week training curriculum, you’ll be entered into an Accelerator campaign where you’ll raise at least $5,000 total from a minimum of 40 different donors in order to graduate and secure a permanent fundraising spot on the GlobalGiving platform.

The African Poetry Book Series is made possible through the generosity of philanthropists Laura and Robert F. X. Sillerman, whose generous contributions have facilitated the establishment of the APBF. In recognition of their invaluable support of our work, Mr. and Mrs. Sillerman have welcomed the use of their name for the First Book Prize for African Poets.

TWAS was founded in 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world, under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate. They shared a belief that developing nations, by building strength in science and engineering, could build the knowledge and skill to address such challenges as hunger, disease and poverty. From the start, the Academy had essential support from Italian scientists and political leaders.

APPLY: Discovery Entrepreneurs MedTech Silicon Valley Programme for South Africans 2016

Discovery Entrepreneurs MedTech Silicon Valley Programme is a new and innovative Enterprise and Supplier Development support offering by Discovery. The programme objectives are to provide local medtech entrepreneurs with the opportunity to network and learn in a global market, as well as gain access to tailored support for business growth.

Every two years, the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) invites Young Journalists (YJs) working all around the world to be part of the next edition of the IACC.

The masterclass aims to support the most promising young visual journalists in their professional development

The mission of the AXA Research Fund is to fund academic research dedicated to bettering our understanding of important hazards, risks and threats and our current global societal challenges within four clusters: socioeconomic risks, environmental risks, life risks and the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”

Teach A Man to Fish works with schools across the world to set up school businesses. These businesses are both educational and profitable – teaching students practical business, workplace and transferable life skills (e.g. communication, problem-solving, teamwork) -and generating much-needed extra income for schools.

The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless.

APPLY: Terra Foundation Research Travel Grants for Study in United State of America 2016

Terra Foundation Research Travel Grants provide support for research on topics concerning American art and visual culture prior to 1980. These grants enable scholars outside the United States to consult resources that are only available within the United States.

The prize encourages and promotes the best in new media writing and is leading the way toward the future of the ‘written’ word and storytelling. In the past six years, the NMWP has attracted entries from the very best and most innovative writers in the field.

Ready to dive into high-level forums with experts from landscape sectors?
We want to hear from you!

APPLY: Procter and Gamble Entry-Level Internship Programme 2016

Procter and Gamble is the biggest FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) firm on earth with quality brands like Pampers, Ariel, Always, Gillette, Oral B to mention a few. We have been in production for roughly 176 years internationally and 21 years in Nigeria.Procter and Gamble Entry-Level Internship Programme 2016

APPLY: EcoGlobalBusiness Solutions Social Eco Entrepreneur Program 2016

EcoGlobalBusiness Solutions Pvt Limited is creative eco business program for aspiring entrepreneur, talented based, professional, subject specialists. We are driven by productive and cooperative limit less business process which creates local futuristic entrepreneurship on worldwide platform.EcoGlobalBusiness Social Eco Entrepreneur Program 2016

The Federal Civil Service Commission of Nigeria is an authority part of Nigeria that decide appointments and transfers, and also carry out administrative operation on all Federal Civil Servants.Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) Massive Internal and External Recruitment 2016

APPLY: DRD Scholarships for Master and PhD Studies

DRD Scholarships for PhD and Master Studies: The Development Research Division (DRD) of the DAAD-funded South African - German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa is a cooperation project of the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy of Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and the School of Government and the Institute for Social Development of University of the Western Cape (UWC).

APPLY: International Leader of Tomorrow Award Scholarship

International Leader of Tomorrow Award: International Undergraduate Scholarship at University of British Columbia, Canada.

Scholarships in Canada for International Students: The University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (UMGF) are merit-based awards that are open to international students registered as full-time graduate students (Masters or Ph.D.) at the University of Manitoba regardless of nationality or discipline.

APPLY: World Scholars Program - University of Sydney

World Scholars Program - University of Sydney: Up to 20 new full tuition fee PhD scholarships will be available per annum for international students.

DAAD Study Scholarships for Foreign Students in USA: Study Scholarships are awarded to highly qualified graduating seniors and graduate students of all disciplines to provide the opportunity to study in Germany, or complete a postgraduate or Master’s degree course and obtain a degree from a German higher education institution.

APPLY: Victoria Masters Scholarships & PhD by Thesis Scholarships in New Zealand

Victoria Masters by Thesis & PhD Scholarships: The scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to international students in any subject.

Scholarships for Short Courses: NFP Fellowships available for short courses.
The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC) offers the opportunity to apply for a fellowship for the following training courses, as part of the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for short courses.

Scholarships

Masters and PhD Scholarships Switzerland; A substantial number of scholarships are allotted each year by the Institute to Master and Ph.D. students on the basis of academic merit and financial need.

African Fellowship: The Royal Agricultural College, UK, announces African grants and fellowships for students from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Cameroon in the UK.

The FMM West Africa is currently seeking proposals for its Non-State Actors Fund (FMM NSA Fund) that aims to maximise the development potential of free movement of persons and migration in West Africa by supporting the effective implementation of the ECOWAS Free Movement of Persons’ Protocols and the ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration.

APPLY: Delta Health Care Service Grant Program

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service is currently seeking applications from eligible entities for its Delta Health Care Services Grant (DHCS) Program.

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) is a growing African institution committed to deepening democracy, protecting human rights and enhancing good governance in the region.

Do you have an artistic talent and are passionate about photography? Do you believe that Art and Dignity have an inextricable bond? Are you between the ages of 15-30? If you have answered YES then the 2016 World Youth Alliance Photo Contest is for you!

To have an in-depth understanding of national and international development, Young Professionals will be exposed to as part of to various training and capacity development, at the completion of which Young Professionals will be given appointment in different BRAC programs and have the opportunity to fast track their careers towards managerial positions across BRAC International.

The World Youth Alliance Internship Programme provides opportunities for young people who are inspired by the ideas and work of the World Youth Alliance (WAY to gain professional skills working on WAY’s projects and a substantive learning) experience on WAY’s core ideas.

The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is pleased to invite women working for newspapers or digital media in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine to apply for the much-sought-after Women in News (WIN) leadership development programme.

APPLY: International Student Travel Video Contest 2016.

The 2016 InternationalStudent.com Travel video contest is now open for entries. Submit the best video you can make, no longer than five minutes long, where you talk about your proposed international studies. If you are already an International student, the video can tell about any trip you would like to take.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2016 edition of its annual Essay Competition. The NSE Essay Competition, themed “Building a Sustainable Capital Market”, is one of the Exchange’s financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at building a financially savvy generation.

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