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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY EMERGING GLOBAL LEADER SCHOLAR

Application Opens: September 1, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU – academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement – the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves with vision. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Preference will be given to:

International students who have overcome various obstacles and challenges as well as those from diverse and underrepresented global and socioeconomic backgrounds.

A minimum 3.8 GPA equivalent out of 4.0 GPA (or in the top 10% of graduating class) for 9th-12th grades.

A demonstrated commitment to leadership, volunteerism, community service, and to advancing the needs of people in their home country.

Students with one of the following:

95+ TOEFL iBT (all subscores must be 20 or above)

Sub-scores of 24+ on the paper-based TOEFL (Taken after May 31, 2017)

7.0+ IELTS (all subscores must be 6.0 or above)

33 minimum SAT Reading subscore

29 minimum ACT English

65 minimum PTE

125+ Duolingo (all subscores must be 115 or above)

Cambridge Assessment English score of 185 or higher. Each sub-score must be 169 or higher.

Students who are still enrolled in secondary/high school and graduating by June 2024.

Important: Students in the IB system should plan to graduate with a full IB diploma with at least 3 HL subjects. Students studying in the British A-Levels system must complete at least 3 A levels and finish 13 years of study before August 2024.

Very Important: The AU EGLS selection process is most competitive. Priority consideration will be given to those AU EGLS applicants who apply and complete the AU EGLS application, Common Application, and international admissions document submission process, including proof of English proficiency and bank letter confirming US$4,000 minimum

AU EGLS applicants must apply Regular Decision for fall (August) 2024. Do not apply Early Decision (ED).

The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship is closed for fall 2024. More information for fall 2025 will be available after September 1, 2024.

BENEFIT:

The AU EGL scholarship covers all billable AU expenses (full tuition, room, and board) for one international student who will need a non-immigrant visa (preferably an F-1 or J-1 student visa) to study in the United States. The scholarship does not cover non-billable expenses such as mandatory health insurance, books, airline tickets, taxes, and miscellaneous expenses (approximately U.S.$4,000 per year).

The AU EGL scholarship is renewable for a total of four years of undergraduate study, based on continued satisfactory academic performance. Students interested in all majors offered at AU are eligible to apply.

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SLINGSHOT 2024 – DEEP TECH STARTUP PITCHING COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 1 July, 2024

LOCATION: Singapore

Propel your startup onto the global scene by joining Singapore’s thriving deep tech tech ecosystem, and compete for S$1.2 million worth in grant prizes. Ready to make the pitch of a lifetime? Register now to submit your proposal today! SLINGSHOT 2024 Finals will be held at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2024.

ELIGIBILITY:

They are not just looking for brilliant ideas, but most importantly, practical and scalable solutions.

Any startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and meet the following conditions are eligible to participate:

Develops or possesses innovation

Has been registered within the past 10 years in their country of registration

Is not a subsidiary of a corporate entity

For more information, refer to the Rules tab.

Regardless of your business area, all startups are welcome to apply in any domains stated in the SLINGSHOT 2024:

Consumer Media, Goods and Services

Environment, Energy and Green Technologies

Health and Biomedical

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity

Transformative Digital Technologies

BENEFIT:

Grand Winner of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:

S$200,000 Startup SG Grant Prize 

18 months rent-free space at LaunchPad

1st Runner-Up of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:

S$150,000 Startup SG Grant Prize

12 months rent-free space at LaunchPad

2nd Runner-Up of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:

S$100,000 Startup SG Grant Prize

6 months rent-free space at LaunchPad

The Top 3 winners will also receive a complimentary 12 month international membership with ACE.SG. For more information, visit https://ace.org.sg/ace-membership/

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