New Entries For Cambridge Consultants’ Code for Good Scholarship World Summit 2019 in London, to attend One Young. As well as participating in the One Young World Summit 2019, scholarship recipients will receive remote mentoring, an intensive two week residency at the Cambridge (UK) headquarters and support in developing their innovations.
Are you a talented young leader with a demonstrated passion for using technology to address the UN SDGs in your community? Apply now!
About
Cambridge Consultants is a world leader in disruptive innovation and technology-based consulting. Established in 1960, their world-class engineers, designers, scientists, and consultants solve the world’s most complex engineering, technology, and design problems to deliver world-firsts.
Through six decades of innovation, they have demonstrated the power of technology to solve complex problems at scale. This year they’re excited to partner with One Young World to identify and support young leaders who share their belief in the power of technology to alleviate suffering and empower a new generation.
The Cambridge Consultants’ Scholarship has been established to support young people who want to apply technology to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Applications using data analysis, artificial intelligence, language processing, novel designs for Human Interaction or similar fields are particularly attractive to us. Your innovation can be wholly software or some large product or service where software is just one of the essential parts.
Scholarship and Profits
They will tailor the package of scholarship support to suit the individual and their idea. They know from their daily working lives that great ideas need individual treatment. As a guide, here’s how they will work with you.
Their initial contact is likely to focus on us getting an excellent understanding of your innovation and how it will help others. They’ll work remotely, to understand your ideas and operate so far, and maintain focus on the development. They will provide remote mentoring and support from world-class technical experts over several months. This includes general professional and business mentoring, and detailed advice on problem-solving.
They will invite you to Cambridge (UK) to meet them, and give you direct support in developing your idea through to application. This will also provide you with exposure to a wide range of professionals in a world-class technology development environment.
They will tailor the details of the scholarship to suit the requirements of your project. In summary, their scholarship to expected to include:
- 3 months of remote mentoring and support to develop your innovation
- Guided access to their prototype and development capabilities and laboratories
- Travel to Cambridge (UK) and accommodation for 2 weeks between 7 and 21 October(one young world accommodation)
- Workplace-based mentoring and support at their Cambridge (UK) headquarters
- Fully funded participation in the One Young World Summit 2019
- Help in developing, or launching and refining your innovation
The intellectual property of all work undertaken throughout the scholarship will remain your own: they want to help you innovate to help others. At the end of the scholarship, they will discuss with you whether you should seek to protect your IP in some way and help you identify the best route to market.
Qualification
This scholarship is invented to support young leaders* who aim to use technology to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their community or country.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:
- Developing expertise in technology, software or design
- A passion for pressing sustainability issues
- A developing concept to apply technology to drive progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
They are particularly keen to connect with innovators working to address Goal 13: Climate Action, but would welcome applications from people working on:
Goal 4: Quality Education
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Goal 15: Life on Land
Most One Young World scholars are between the ages of 18 and 30. The One Young World team will consider applications from those who are older than 30, pending demonstration of appropriate personal impact, initiative, and willingness to engage. We are not able to accept applications from those who will be aged under 18 by the date the programme begins (10 June 2019).
How To Apply
Visit One Young World For Details.
Deadline: May 3, 2019
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