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ROYAL SOCIETY RISING STAR AFRICA PRIZE

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Application Deadline: Friday 23 February 2024 at 23:59 GMT

LOCATION: England

The Royal Society is encouraging nominations of joint collaborations, groups or teams for almost all its medals to better represent how contemporary science is undertaken. In addition, the Society is extremely keen to broaden the diversity of those nominated for its awards, so do please consider all contacts and colleagues. You do not have to be a Fellow of the Royal Society to nominate or to be nominated for any of the Royal Society medals and awards. The call for nominations is now open. Please ensure you read through the guidance document fully.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize is open to African citizens. It is restricted to early career scientists with no more than 15 years since achieving their PhD (not including career breaks) and nominations will remain valid and shall be considered by the award selection committee throughout three nomination cycles.

The terms and conditions of the Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize (PDF) should be read before submitting a nomination.

BENEFIT:

Winners will receive a grant of £14,000 to support their research and a personal gift of £1,000

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FUTURE OF LEARNING MASTERCARD FOUNDATION EDTECH STARTUP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: February 17, 2024

LOCATION: Nigeria

The program provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with a network of experienced professionals with the same goal: to drive innovation in the edtech sector. Hands-on mentorship and resources will be provided to help you get your startup to the next level. Interested innovators are to apply below. In this stage, the Edtech solutions will be assessed on the following criteria: Problem/Solution Fit, Founder Potential, Business Model Fit, and Traction.

ELIGIBILITY:

Startups must be Africa focused and incorporated in Nigeria. They should be building solutions that address challenges across K-12, tertiary education and vocational skills training.

Your Edtech Solution must posses these two qualities:

EdTech Solution Based: Must have verifiable users aligned with our accelerator’s focus: education access, student learning, school management, and teacher/trainer effectiveness.

Inclusive Teams: Applicants should have a balanced team, passionate about education. Female founders of EdTech solution companies are strongly encouraged to apply

BENEFIT:

Startups that make it into our accelerator programme enjoy the following benefits:

Equity Free Funding: Qualified startups are entitled to $100k in equity free funding over the course of the accelerator programme.

Support & Mentoring: Startups can tap into our multidisciplinary experts for design, product, and tech optimization.

Investor Network: Startups, through this programme would be exposed to investors to help scale their products

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