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UPG SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP

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Application Deadline: 31 December, 2023

LOCATION: USA

UPG Sustainability Leadership is a movement that mobilises individuals and organisations to support positive citizen leadership on sustainability.

Are you a passionate citizen, aged 18 to 35, who believes your actions can support your local community and that every small positive action can make the world a better place? Then you are welcome to apply for our 2024 Program.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates must be aged 18-35 between 1 March and 31 July 2024.

Candidates must be self-motivated, capable of overcoming major challenges and able to think outside the box.

Applicants from all nationalities are eligible to apply

Candidates from all genders and candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

BENEFIT:

Participation in UPG Sustainability Leadership is FREE for selected participants. All 500 participants will receive online training free of charge and all will be certified as UPG Sustainability Leaders after completion of the course.

Participants selected for the 1 week immersive excursion will have the costs of the program covered – training material, accommodation, subsistence, local transportation, international flights (a round trip flight from participant’s home town to the US)

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STANFORD CENTER ON LONGETIVITY DESIGN CHALLENGE

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Application Deadline: November 30, 2023.

LOCATION: USA

The 2024 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge invites student designers to help develop a new vision for how to move through these new life transitions. Designs that help make transitions more positive and meaningful can play a large role in optimizing longer lives.

The list of life transitions that can be addressed by design is long and includes (but is not limited to) transition such as:

Moving out of a family home to live independently

Completing a stage of education (could happen multiple times at different ages)

Joining the working world (at any age)

Beginning or ending military service

Getting married, re-married, or committing to a long-term partner

Joining or leaving a religious or civic community

Becoming a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent by birth or adoption

Changing or losing a career

Getting retrained or going back to school

Moving to a different location or community and adapting to a new culture or language

Adapting to environmental or societal changes (e.g., natural disaster, political instability)

Transitioning to single life after divorce

Moving to a life that accommodates a chronic disease or disability

Changing diet or fitness routine

Going through puberty or menopause

Taking on caregiving duties for a loved one

Adjusting to the death of a partner, parent, child, or close friend

Transitioning from a family environment to an “empty nest” in mid-life

Cohabiting with roommates (of the same or different generations)

Downsizing in later life

Retiring

Starting an encore career

Becoming a volunteer

ELIGIBILITY:

The challenge is open to teams of 1-5 students enrolled during the 2022-2023 academic year, attending any accredited university or college globally.  Each team must have at least one full-time student and if the team is selected as a Finalist, only students may present.

Other (non-university) students may participate in the Design Challenge, but only as part of a team which contains at least one university (undergraduate or graduate) student.

BENEFIT:

Top winners receive cash prizes of $10,000 (1st place), $5,000 (2nd place), $2,000 (3rd place).

Finalists receive a $1,000 cash prize and mentorship from industry experts and researchers.

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