Category Archives: Opportunities

THE ÉMILE BOUTMY SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 3 December, 2023

LOCATION: France

Sciences Po created the Émile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po (1871), in order to welcome the very best international students from outside the European Union. The Émile Boutmy scholarship fund benefits from the generous support of its sponsors (benefactors, companies and foundations) who are eager to allow the most deserving international students to study at Sciences Po.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be: first time applicants, from a non-European Union state, whose household does not file taxes within the European Union, and who have been admitted to the Undergraduate or Master’s programme.

If you do not validate your academic year, your scholarship will be lost.

If you have been granted a scholarship and decide to defer your admission, your scholarship will be lost.

During the year abroad (third year of the undergraduate programme): scholarship recipients will retain their tuition fee grant.

The Émile Boutmy scholarship is automatically renewed if the student chooses to continue their graduate studies at Sciences Po

Émile Boutmy Master’s scholarship holders already at Sciences Po : the amount awarded through the scholarship is determined at the time of admission. It may be recalculated on a yearly basis, in accordance with tuition fee increases, when applicable. 

BENEFIT:

A tuition grant of €14,210 per year for the three years of the undergraduate programme.

The Émile Boutmy programme is a tuition grant of €13,100 (amount granted in 2023, the 2024 amount is yet to be confirmed) per year, for each year, which covers part of the tuition fees for the two years of the Master’s degree programme.

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MDIF VENTURES CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FROM DIGITAL MEDIA FOR $1M INVESTMENT FUND

Application Deadline: 10 December, 2023

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

MDIF Ventures is calling for applications for investment from young and growing independent media companies with positive social impact and potential to scale.

ELIGIBILITY:

Commitment to the provision of unique, credible, independent news, reducing information poverty, addressing accountability, or strengthening debate in the public interest.

Commitment to fostering democratic practices and institutions, political pluralism, transparency, human rights, and dignity and equal rights for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion and other subjects of discrimination.

Ownership must be independent from the government or any other political or economic interests. (May be waived if the level and nature of such ownership do not put the applicant’s editorial independence in question.)

Located in or serve an audience in countries where access to free and independent news and information is under threat. MDIF Ventures is not able to consider applications from Russia.

BENEFIT:

Successful applicants will receive equity financing and strategic advice to help them take their business to the next level.

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