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GLOBAL MILKEN-PENN GSE EDUCATION BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: February 19, 2025

LOCATION: USA

Considered the most prestigious and well-funded competition of its kind, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates and nurtures purpose-driven ventures that seek to address inequities in education through innovation.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC) is open to applicants worldwide advancing teaching and learning through innovation. Finalists get targeted venture development support from a strategic advisor, opportunities for in-person networking with investors and potential customers.

They welcome education ventures with innovative solutions to educational inequity from around the world, especially those ventures founded by and serving individuals from marginalized and historically underrepresented communities. We encourage applicants working in every conceivable educational setting–from early childhood through corporate and adult training. We also welcome both nonprofit and for-profit submissions. Since 2010, areas of focus have included (but are not limited to):

Urban Education

Connecting Research to Practice

Teaching & Learning

Technology in Grades K through 12

Special Education & At-Risk Students

Open & Collaborative Solutions: The Education Ecosystem

Online & Distance Learning in Higher Education

Global/Borderless Education Solutions

Early Childhood Education

Workforce Learning

Ventures apply through Catapult, the Catalyst @ Penn GSE virtual accelerator. Registration and application are free, and you’ll enjoy access to over 4,000 articles, videos, and podcast episodes in the Catapult Content Hub. Register and apply via Catapult

BENEFIT:

$40,000: Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize

$25,000: Second place award

$10,000: Third place award

$5,000: Audience Choice prize

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FRANCIS FONTAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR EACTS MEMBERS

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Application runs from: 1st July – 1st September 2025

LOCATION: USA

The Francis Fontan Fellowship program fosters the continued growth and development of cardiothoracic surgeons by providing opportunities to learn from the highest standards of cardiothoracic care and gain knowledge of novel techniques and innovative technologies used by other institutes around the world. Successful applicants will use the valuable learnings and collaborative relationships developed through their fellowship to further the progress of cardiothoracic surgery at their home institution and support the delivery of the highest quality patient care.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants who possess the following desirable criteria would be of particular interest:

Previous attendance at EACTS courses and Annual Meetings

Fellow of EBCTS

Previous experience with data, quality and outcome operations

Possibility of applying the knowledge and abilities acquired during the fellowship in home practice

In order to complete your application, you must submit the following documents*:

Letter of support from current Head of Department/Training director (if in last year of training)

Letter of interest (detailing the way in which you meet the application criteria, your career aspirations and how you are in a position to apply the skills and knowledge obtained during the Fellowship in your own centre)

CV

Operative experience

Be fluent in English

Start Date: From January 2026

BENEFIT:

They offer a bursary of €20,000 to help with the living and travel costs associated with this fellowship. 
EACTS will also provide a bursary towards the cost of your attendance at the 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting.

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