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DexConnect Opportunity Update November 2022.04
DexConnect Opportunity Update November 2022.04
INNOVATION CHALLENGE
18 - 30 YEARS 18 - 30 YEARS
The challenge invites young people to The challenge seeks to give candidates a
explore, start and grow ideas that will chance to explore, start and grow their
help accelerate the shift to net zero ideas to solve social or environmental
emissions. Submitted ideas should focus issues that matter the most to them.
on UN Sustainable Development Goals Candidates can apply alone or in teams.
and propose ways to tackle climate Shortlisted students will work with
emergencies. Submissions can be made mentors to develop a pitch for their
individually or in teams. The grand prize ideas. Selected candidates will get
winner will receive USD 10,000 in prize mentorship from industry experts and
money. awards of up to USD 10,000.
Organized by the Institute for Research The Ministry of Culture, Government of Participants are invited to submit
and Innovation in STEM, the program India, is inviting students to submit paintings, photographs, digital art,
aims to promote and nurture scientific innovative slogans for Azadi Ka Amrit mixed media or 3-D art on a topic or
research among young innovators. Mahotsav souvenirs. The souvenirs theme of their choice. All submissions
Students will be required to submit a would symbolize this milestone moment must be accompanied by an artist
science project on topics ranging from and be part of millions of households statement of no more than 200 words.
Animal Sciences and Chemistry to around the country. Top 10 winners will Winners will receive digital certificates
Mathematics and Microbiology. Winning receive certificates and cash prizes of and artworks of all finalists will be
students will represent India at the INR 20,000 each. displayed in a digital exhibition.
International Science and Engineering
Fair (ISEF), the world’ s largest
international pre-college science
competition, held annually in the U.S.
The scholarship aims to help students The competition is inviting participants The contest invites participants to
residing near the various JSW plant to connect with their local environment document, reflect and express
locations who cannot afford quality and investigate a sustainability themselves on any aspect of what it’ s
education due to the high fees challenge in their area or region. like to grow up in this age through a
structure. Scholarships are available for Participants should then make a video photo, cartoon, graph, chart,
several courses ranging from Medical to of no more than 3 minutes, identifying screenshot, illustration or any other
ITI. Scholarship recipients will receive the sustainability challenge and visual piece. Submissions can be made
up to INR 50,000 towards their college suggesting solutions for it. Winners will in one of the three given focus
fees. receive trophies and certificates. questions and must include a short
statement of no more than 400 words.
Winning entries will be published on the
New York Times website and potentially
in print.
Applications are invited for this one- The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers The contest invites photographs to
year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Welfare, Government of India, is inviting recognise electric vehicles (EVs) and
University on the topic of environmental students to submit a documentary on associated charging infrastructure in
humanities. Applicants must submit the importance of millets and showcase India. Entries should reflect the themes
their resume, a statement of the how use of millets has transformed the of Electric vehicles, and associated
research project, and a writing sample. lives and lifestyles of people. The elements such as clean air and
Selected fellows will receive a stipend of documentary should be between 3-5 environment, health benefits and
USD 65,000, medical insurance, and minutes in length. Participants must elements relevant to the electric vehicle
research support. All selected fellows also submit a brief description of the industry. Participants can submit a
will be expected to be in residence at film in 100 words. The grand prize maximum of 2 entries. The grand prize
Harvard for the term of the fellowship. winner will receive INR 1,00,000 while winner will receive INR 5,000 and
runners-up will receive INR 50,000 and runners-up will receive INR 3,000 and
INR 25,000 respectively. INR 2,000 respectively.
Organized on behalf of the Ministry of The prize aims to celebrate stories and This intensive year-long fellowship is
Education, Youth and Sports of the poems that integrate a variety of designed to equip individuals with the
Czech Republic, the contest seeks to formats, platforms, and digital media. tools, mindset, and community to tackle
challenge students in a three-hour long Participants can submit a short story, poverty and injustice within their
physics based online contest. novel, poem, narrative game, communities. Candidates will need to
Participants can compete in teams of up documentary or transmedia work using submit the online application form,
to 5 members. Every team starts with words, images, film or animation. online assignments, and shortlisted
the same seven problems, for each Entries can be submitted through the candidates will then be invited for
problem solved they get a new, more online form and all submissions must interviews and group-discussions.
challenging one. All participants will include a short biography of the writer. Acumen will cover the fellowship related
receive certificates with their scores on The grand prize winner will receive GBP expenses of all selected fellows.
it. 1,000 in cash prize.
Participants are invited to submit Participants are invited to submit The scheme seeks to provide financial
photographs that celebrate buildings innovative, youth-led projects which assistance to meritorious students from
and the relationship people have with tackle the causes of air pollution and poor families and help them meet a part
buildings. Submitted photographs focus on the long-term health of young of their day-to-day expenses while
should depict the impact and passion of people. A preference will be given to pursuing higher studies. Students must
people who work in the construction projects which operate in a low or have secured 80% marks in their 12th
industry. Two winners will receive EUR lower-middle income country or setting. board exams, and have a family income
1,500 each in cash prize and selected The grand prize winner will receive USD of less than Rs 4.5 Lakh per annum.
photographs will be showcased through 50,000 in prize money along with Selected candidates will receive the
public installations. professional mentorship. scholarship ranging from INR 10,000 to
INR 20,000 per year.
Photographs can be submitted in any of Participants are invited to submit The challenge invites participants to
the six categories - Natural World, images, photographs, illustrations, or design products and services that could
Travel, People, Drone/Aerial, Artistic, designs that showcase the spirit of the improve well-being and optimize long
and The American Experience. Locarno film festival. Submitted projects life among all humans. The theme of the
Participants can submit up to 15 must evoke the identity of the Locarno challenge is “Optimizing Health Span:
photographs per category. The grand Film Festival and the nature of the event Living Well at Every Age”. Applicants
prize winner will receive USD 2,500 in as a meeting place for different visions need to fill an online application and
prize money and six category winners and imaginaries. The grand prize winner submit a video explaining their product.
will receive USD 500 each. will receive a prize of CHF 5,000 and All teams selected for the finals will be
have the opportunity to see their given a cash prize of USD 10,000 while
creation on the festival’ s physical and runners-up will receive USD 5,000 and
digital platforms around the world. USD 2,000 respectively.
The award seeks to find, support and The contest aims to provide students an Participants are invited to submit short
scale disruptive ideas that can protect opportunity to convert their ideas into films on any topic or genre that are of 2
our planet and transform the textile solutions that bring a positive change to to 20 minutes in length. Entries can be
industry into a planet positive one. their immediate surroundings. made in 3 award categories - Filmmaker,
Entries can be made individually or in Participants are required to submit a Student Filmmaker (open to those
groups of 4 members. A total of 5 solution, in the form of prototype (or pursuing a film course in an institution)
winners will receive cash prizes from a proof-of-concept), to a local problem and Future Format. Selected winners will
pool of USD 1 million along with they identify with. Top 50 projects will receive cash prizes and fully funded trip
mentoring from industry experts. be displayed at an in-person grand to Sony Pictures Studio in Los Angeles.
exhibition at Plaksha University.
The scholarship aims to enable talented Sponsored by the U.S. Department of The competition seeks to recognize
and motivated individuals to gain the State, the program aims to bring fiction writers who have never had any
knowledge and skills required for together future leaders from around the Mystery Novel published. Submitted
sustainable development, and is aimed globe to the United States to experience manuscripts must include a murder or
at those who could not otherwise afford U.S. higher education, gain critical another serious crime at the heart of
to study in the UK. Applicants will need professional skills, and explore new the story. Submissions must be of at
to submit their resume, essays, and cultures and values. Applicants will need least 60,000 words in length. Selected
transcripts. Selected students will to fill the online application and submit winners will get their manuscript
receive a full scholarship to pursue a their resume and statements of published by Minotaur Books and
master’ s program in the UK. purpose. Selected candidates will be receive royalties of up to USD 10,000.
invited to pursue a fully funded non-
degree undergraduate study in the
United States.
The scholarship aims to financially The competition invites entries on the Organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakti,
support students of economically theme of "Shining a Light: Women and Government of India, the contest invites
weaker sections of society. Along with Prison”. Pictures should illustrate the students to submit a poem on the theme
the financial support, the programme unique ways in which incarceration of Water Conservation. Submitted
will also focus on mentorship and career affects women prisoners. Participants poems should contain minimum 10 lines
guidance to the beneficiaries. can make only one entry. The grand and can be both in Hindi and English.
Candidates can apply for the scholarship prize winner will get a cash prize of USD Winners will be awarded e-certificates
in three categories - Educational, 1,000 and runners-up will receive USD by National Water Mission, Ministry of
Sportsperson and Other. The 750 and USD 500 respectively. Jal Shakti.
scholarships range from INR 20,000 per
year to INR 50,000 per year.
Supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trusts, Bill The program seeks to train and certify The scholarship aims to support
& Melinda Gates Foundation, the young leaders to be ambassadors for a academically gifted and financially
program aims to train people in Health more sustainable world. Selected needy students, preferably girl students
Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) students will explore how sustainability from India, by enabling access to
methods along with practical experience is related to economics, politics, law, Engineering, Computer Science and
of conducting a HPSR study. Applicants culture, technology, education, and related professional education.
will need to submit their resume, letter more. 60 students from around the Applicants will need to submit an online
of motivation, preliminary research world will go on a fully-funded trip to application with details regarding their
question and a letter of Hurricane Island Center for Science and financial background. Shortlisted
recommendation. Selected fellows will Leadership in the United States. candidates will then be invited to submit
receive the opportunity to conduct a an essay. Selected candidates will
HPSR study under the guidance of a receive INR 40,000 per year until
mentor. graduation.
Organized in partnership with UN The Organization for Economic Co- The program aims to recognize young
Environment Programme, the contest operation and Development (OECD) is people who believe in peace and are
invites participants to submit calling for interns to work on projects working actively to achieve it.
photographs in the following three linked to the Strategic Orientations of Candidates will need to finish an online
categories: mercury pollution, the the Secretary-General. Applicants will course and complete the online
environment, and the people working to need to fill an online application and application. Shortlisted candidates will
phase out mercury. Images should help upload a cover letter. Selected be invited for an interview. Selected
spread awareness about the magnitude candidates will need to go through a students will receive mentorship and
of mercury pollution. Submissions can telephone interview and/or a written resources to lead peace initiatives in
be made online. Winners will receive test. Successful candidates can work their communities.
awards and recognition by the UN and remotely or in hybrid mode and will be
Minamata Convention on Mercury. paid EUR 700 per month.
Resources
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