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YOUTH IN TOURISM INNOVATION CHALLENGE

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Application Deadline: 01 March 2024.

LOCATION: South Africa

This is an exclusive platform being provided to innovative African youth in travel and tourism looking for funding, partnership and mentorship opportunities to present their projects to the global market place in order to find the required support for their programmes.

ELIGIBILITY:

The vision, uniqueness, authenticity and rationale.

Evidence of innovation in travel & tourism or related industry challenge being solved in Africa – COVID 19 era and into the future (such as technological, social entrepreneurship, educational, youth empowerment and job creation, environmental sustainability, community development, etc.)

The sustainability of the impact of the project on travel and tourism, local communities and/or related industries.

Timelines for the project.

The kind of support required – funding, investors, mentorship, partnerships, etc.

Conclusion/additional, but relevant information of not more than 500 words.

Competitor required to show a demo/Minimum Viable Product (MVP) (5 min) during the presentation.

Age limit – 35 years.

BENEFIT:

$1000.00 grant seed for the winner.

$500.00 grant seed for 1st & 2nd runner up.

Complimentary enrolment for short courses provided by UNWTO.

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TWAS SIWEI CHENG AWARD IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

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Application Deadline: 31 March 2024

LOCATION: Italy

With funding from the Siwei Cheng Foundation of the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the award will recognize economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least 10 years. The cycle of the Award is now every two years. The award reflects the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ strong support to TWAS and, more generally, seeks to build scientific capacity in the developing world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates for the TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award in Economic Sciences must be economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination. They must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

Scientific research achievement in economic sciences of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.

Outstanding contribution to the application of economic sciences to sustainable development.

Members of TWAS are not eligible for the award.

Self-nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered.

TWAS is inviting nominations from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.

Nominations can only be submitted electronically through the on-line nomination platform and clearly state the candidate’s contribution to understanding and addressing economic sciences.

Nominations of women social scientists and candidates from scientifically lagging countries are particularly encouraged.

BENEFIT:

An award of US$10,000 is given in the field of Economic Sciences.

The award is accompanied by a medal.

The award will be presented on a special occasion, often coinciding with the General Conference of TWAS.

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