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INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (ITC) WTO MSME GROUP SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPIONS COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: 28 March 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

Are you an organization that supports the circular business model? Are you a non-governmental organization that empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs to become sustainable? Are you owning a small business implementing or wanting to scale sustainable innovations?

Become a Small Business Champion!

ELIGIBILITY:

The proposal entails:

Initiatives that can include awareness-raising campaigns, competitions, capacity building, training, mentoring and networking programmes related to the circular economy.

Small businesses active in the circular economy with an innovative business concept that, through its operations, reduces, prevents or repurposes waste in equivalent conventional business models.

Applications should have a clear link to international trade and include an action plan. To see examples from past competition winners, visit the MSME Group Small Business Champions website.

Proposals are open to small businesses, enterprises, industry associations, chambers of commerce and non-governmental organizations and should be submitted by 28 March 2025 via this online form:

Small Business Champions 2025 – Formstack
For more information on the Proposal and the Initiative, visit:

English: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_e.pdf

French: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_f.pdf

Spanish: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_s.pdf

BENEFIT:

The winner(s) will be invited to travel to Geneva for the award ceremony on 26 June 2025, sponsored by ICC and ITC. The International Trade Centre will additionally award each winner $4,000 prize money to support the development or further scaling of their winning project and issue an award certificate.

Moreover, training and mentoring opportunities will be discussed with each winner according to their needs, while winning submissions will be promoted by ICC, ITC, UN Trade and Development and the WTO MSME Group through their communication channels.

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BRITISH ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Deadline: Tuesday, 18th March 2025, 5:00 pm

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The BA International Fellowships Programme provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders. Each award is expected to involve a specific and protected research focus with the award holder undertaking high-quality, original research.

ELIGIBILITY:

The applicant must:

Have a PhD, or applicants in the final stages of their PhD will be accepted provided that the PhD will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the Fellowship. Confirmation of award of the PhD will be required before any Fellowship award is confirmed.

Applicants should have no more than 7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).

Be living and working outside the UK (for at least 12 months at the time of application).

Not hold UK citizenship.

Be competent in oral and written English.

Have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host researcher.

BENEFIT:

The International Fellowships offer support for three years and the award is offered at 80% FEC. Applicants may apply for research expenses of up to £12,000 and relocation costs of up to £8,000. Applicants will need to justify the level of research expenses and relocation costs requested in their
application.

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