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HIIL JUSTICE ACCELERATION PROGRAM (UP TO €10,000 NON-EQUITY FUNDING)

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Application Deadline: April 4, 2024

LOCATION: The Netherlands

Do you want to participate in the Justice Accelerator Programme Applications for the Acceleration programme 2024 are open until April 4, 2024. This year our accelerator is focused on the most pressing challenges according to our Justice Needs and Satisfaction surveys in focus countries. We are looking for startups who have innovative solutions to prevent or resolve these challenges:

Nigeria: domestic violence, neighbours, land, crime, housing

Tunisia, Iraq and Palestine: employment and SMEs

Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia: crime, mSMEs, sexual gender-based violence

ELIGIBILITY:

Startups from MENA, Kenya and Nigeria who have:

People-centred solutions that prevent or resolve justice problems (read below under “Focus for 2024)

A functioning product with some traction (number of users, revenue, etc.) indicating proof of customer demand. Startups in earlier stages are encouraged to contact their respective regional innovation hubs to find out about our ideation and incubation programmes.

A strong team of founder(s).

A revenue model

Ambition to scale beyond the immediate target market

BENEFIT:

HiiL’s Justice Accelerator offers you a 4-month long programme that provides you with:

€10,000 non-equity funding.

Workshops delivered by industry specialists on a variety of topics from impact measurement to marketing, commercial strategy and financial modeling

A dedicated coach and a network of expert mentors

Access to a HiiL’s global network of justice stakeholders and practitioners, as well as top-notch research and development

International exposure and potential investment opportunities.

Chance to win up to €20.000 at Demo Day 

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OAK SPRING GARDEN FOUNDATION’S FELLOWSHIP IN PLANT CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

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Application Deadline: 31 May, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The Plant Conservation Biology Fellowship is awarded annually to one outstanding, early-career practitioner, scholar or scientist working on issues related to plant and landscape conservation in the broad sense.  The goal is to provide advanced graduate students, post-docs, and beginning faculty with an extended stay of  2 – 5 weeks on the Oak Spring estate to undertake independent writing and thinking, away from the day-to-day demands of their other responsibilities.

ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible applicants must be early-career practitioners, scholars or scientists, not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in 2025. The successful Fellow must be self-directed and able to work independently while on site. Applicants are expected to show dedication in their work in plant conservation in the broad sense, exceptional promise, good communication skills and excellence in what they have accomplished or plan to accomplish.

BENEFIT:

The $10,000 individual grant associated with this award can be put towards travel to and from OSGF, materials and supplies purchased for their Residency, and other items that will support their work, before or after their stay at OSGF. 

The selected Fellow should make travel arrangements to Dulles International Airport, where Oak Spring will arrange ground transportation for them to our estate in Upperville, VA.  The Fellow will be housed in a nicely appointed shared accommodations. The fellow will have a private bedroom and bathroom, and share a living room and kitchen with 1 – 3 other Residents or Fellows.

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