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YGC RECOUPLING AWARDS

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Application Deadline: 27 November, 11:59pm CEST

LOCATION: Germany

With the “Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards” the Global Solutions Initiative aims to identify, recognize and reward young changemakers from all over the world who contribute actively towards a better alignment – a “recoupling” – of economic prosperity with environmental sustainability and the needs and demands of societies, communities and individuals. 

ELIGIBILITY:

The following criteria need to be fulfilled by all applicants to be eligible, independent from the category in which they apply. 

Individuals Only: Only individual people can apply. You cannot apply as an organization, only as its representative. 

Leading Role: Participants should have a leading position in the project or initiative they are applying with. (This can be the founder, co-founder, project-lead, initiator or a similar role.) 

Strong English: Participants must have a command of the English language  strong enough to present their work in front of a jury and an audience, and to participate in group conversations. 

Age: The Young Global Changers program aims to empower youth. Applicants should preferably be between the ages of 18 and 35. 

Motivation: The applicants should show motivation to become active members of a global network which aims at bringing about lasting global change. 

BENEFIT:

A full scholarship* for the finalists of the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2024 to come to Berlin and attend the 2024 Global Solutions Summit.

The scholarship includes the following:

Travel expenses to and from Berlin**

Accommodation for the time of the Global Solutions Summit (five nights, May 3-8, 2024)

Free admission to the Global Solutions Summit 2024

Networking opportunities with great minds from academia, business, politics & civil society

Access to an exclusive global network of like-minded Young Global Changers

Possibilities for further engagement

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GERMAN-AFRICAN INNOVATION INCENTIVE AWARD (GAIIA)

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Application Deadline: 7 November, 2023

LOCATION: Germany

With the German-African Innovation Promotion Award ( GAIIA ), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) honors outstanding achievements by African scientists. The prize promotes the further development of research results into innovative solutions that address the social and ecological challenges on the African continent and benefit the population.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Award is oriented towards the strategic cooperation priorities of the Federal Government’s Future Strategy and the Africa Strategy of the BMBF. Funding will be provided for collaborative projects which involve international cooperation and preferably deal with one or more of the following priority areas in line with the funding purpose described above:

Environmental sciences, Health research, Bio-economy, Societal development and social sciences (in particular socially responsible business practices, social innovations, sustainability strategies)

Resource management (in particular valorization of locally available resources, resource efficiency and sustainability)

Information and communication technologies. The project plan is expected to include joint work phases in the African and German partner countries. The success of the individual funded activities will be measured by looking, for example, at their contribution to

Increasing African and German project partners’ know-how about the respective thematic areas and/or their further development

BENEFIT:

The Innovation Incentive Award will be awarded to researchers in African countries and their partners in Germany for proven outstanding research with the potential for application in combination with a utilization or commercialization plan.

The Award will take the form of a grant paid for implementing a German-African cooperation project and is thus to be used for this specific purpose (see section 5 Type, scope and rates of funding). Supplementary to this, African award winners will be provided with individual qualification opportunities that support the transfer of their research results. These will be adapted to their individual needs and take the form of advice, training and networking measures during the project period and beyond. German cooperation partners will be involved in the
measures and learn about new applications for (part of) their research results in Africa. https://www.internationales-buero.de/media/content/BMBF_Call_GAIIA_III_2023.pdf

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