International Opportunities

                                                                             DEADLINE:  June 15, 2020 Goi Peace International Essay Contest is an annual essay contest which is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world. The theme for these year’s contest is “A Letter from Myself in 2030”. As a contestant you need to imagine what an ideal world ten years from now would be like. Write a letter from yourself in 2030 to your present (2020) self, in which you describe the state of the world, the way people are living, and what you, yourself, are doing in society. In addition, include any important message that you might wish to tell your present self. Location:  Japan  Benefits The following awards will be given in the Children’s category and Youth cate

                                                                               DEADLINE:  June 15, 2020 Students For Liberty (SFL) is excited to announce that the applications for the South Asia Students For Liberty Local Coordinator Program are now open! They want to help you become the most articulate defender of those issues that you care about! Freedom of expression? Women’s Rights? Privacy? Personal Liberty? So are you excited about the ideas of liberty and strive for living in a freer future? Your call! Students For Liberty (SFL) is an international non-profit organization and the world’s largest network of pro-liberty students who are passionate about the ideas of freedom – individual rights, fundamental liberties, toleration, rule of law – that are the foundation of freer civilized societies. Their mission is to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty. What is the Local Coordinator Program? SFL’s Local Coordinator   Program is a unique opportunit

                                                                DEADLINE:  June 29, 2020          REGION:  Germany As a longstanding partner of One Young World, DSM is proud to support the Brighter Living Scholarship. Their purpose is to create brighter lives for people today and generations to come. They connect their unique competences in Life Sciences and Material Sciences to create solutions that nourish, protect, and improve performance. With the Brighter Living Scholarship DSM will offer two scholarships to young leaders around the world, who are working to further the transition from a linear to a circular and/or bio-based economy. The scholarship focuses on DSM’s purpose-driven domain, Resources & Circularity. DSM’s ambition is to safeguard the future availability of natural resources and to unlock more value from the limited resources that are available. In order to reach this two-fold goal, DSM focuses on five circularity drivers to design and manufacture its solutions: R

                                                                                    DEADLINE:  June 30, 2020                       REGION:  UK Apply for International Excellence Scholarship now! Brunel University London is pleased to offer a prestigious package of scholarships for international students. The scholarship scheme is for fully self-funded students only and is based on overall academic merit and professional experience. We will award scholarships to applicants who most closely meet or exceed the criteria for the award. Applicants must have applied for a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2020 or January 2021. How many: September entry:  110 scholarships will be allocated in early September, to those applicants who meet all the following eligibility criteria. January entry:  20 scholarships plus any remaining awards from September, will be allocated in January 2021. The Brunel University of London is one of the best business univer

                                                                                DEADLINE:  June 10, 2020 UNHCR is launching Youth with Refugees Art Contest for students! As the old adage has it, an image is worth a thousand words. This art contest is your chance to use your creativity for a good cause. Covid-19 is affecting everyone on the planet. The 70.8 million people who have fled their homes to escape conflict or persecution need to be protected from the virus, like everyone else. You can use your talents to help UNHCR share the message that everyone counts in the fight against Covid-19, including refugees! Theme Under the overall heading of Everyone Counts, you can focus on one or more of these three themes: Everyone should be protected from the virus.  Everyone should have access to water, soap, health care and medicine. Unfortunately, many refugees who have fled the war in their countries are in places with limited access to all of this, which makes them very vulnerable. Everyo

                                                             DEADLINE:  June 10, 2020             REGION:  Online This global open innovation challenge is a Call To Action for all communities to collaborate and take action in order to create innovative solutions for the Covid-19 Challenge  Team up with your colleagues, friends, and family, or find a team virtually through the Prepr Network and use this time of social distancing to challenge yourself and help create the future you want to live in. Get creative with your team, solutions can be local or global, small business or industrial, preventative actions or treatment actions, creative or data-driven. This is a global crisis that is affecting every community around the globe, and it is going to take input and action from every community around the globe to solve it. Every solution is a building block to a better future for all. Do you want to get involved in making positive change in your community and beyond? Join the Prepr Network

                                                           DEADLINE:  June 30, 2020             REGION:  Vietnam Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) is a public and the biggest university in Vietnam. TDTU is ranked 101st – 200th in 2019 THE University Impact Rankings and be in TOP 901st – 1000th universities in the world (by ARWU, 2019). Every year, TDTU has two graduate admission times are the Spring semester and the Fall semester. In the academic year 2020-2021, they are expected to enrol and grant a hundred scholarships for international students who want to study at TDTU. Location:  Vietnam  Benefits The scholarship covers tuition, enrollment fee, dormitory and Vietnamese language course for Master and PhD program in the first year. The scholarship will be reviewed every year based on the student’s academic achievement.  Eligibilities Graduated from the university which is in THE/ QS/ URAP ranking Review based on GPA: GPA ≥ 3.6 (in scale 4.0): 100% scholarship GPA ≥ 3.4 (in scale 4.0):