STARTUP WISE GUYS SUSTAINABILITY ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

Application Deadline: January 18, 2024.

LOCATION: USA

Applications are now open for the Sustainability program. Empower a Green Future: Elevate Your Startup with the Sustainability Acceleration Program.

ELIGIBILITY:

Goal orientated, ambitious and aspiring to build your business for the long term future. 

This Sustainability accelerator program is designed for teams who meet one or more of the requirements listed below.

You are an early-stage B2B Sustainability startup working in

Climate-smart agriculture

Regenerative agriculture

Circular economy

Circular waste management

Sustainable land management

You have a working MVP

Your startup has at least 2 co-founders or team members

You are building initial customer traction, MRR or revenues.

There are no geographical restrictions on who can apply, but you have to take into account that the workshops, mentoring sessions, and other program activities will happen according to the EET time zone, so you might have to adapt to this schedule.

Also, it’s a hybrid program with online and onsite modules, therefore, some parts of the program will happen onsite, and you’ll be expected to be there.

BENEFIT:

Get up to €120K convertible investment (85K cash + 35K program) with a €250K follow-on possibility.

Learn top sales and product development tricks from leading Sustainability mentors and experts.

Access a community +350 mentors, +200 investors and collaborate with 600+ fellow visionary founders growing in the same industry as you.

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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH COMMONWEALTH SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

Application Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 14th December 2023.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and UK universities, including the University of Edinburgh, to jointly support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country

Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country

Be available to start their academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September 2024

By September 2024, hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second-class degree (2:2) and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree)

Not have studied or worked for more than one (academic) year or more in a high-income country

Be unable to afford to study in the UK university without this Scholarship

Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format

BENEFIT:

The award will cover:

All tuition fees;

Air fare to and from the United Kingdom;

Expenses for accommodation and maintenance. Payments for the academic year 2023-2024 are set at £1,347 per month for the programme of study. 

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