The World Council of Churches welcomes young people (aged 18-30 years) to serve as interns in its Geneva offices. Interns work in a World Council of Churches (WCC) programme for a one-year period. During this time, they gain work experience in an ecumenical field and are given the tools to take this back to […]
Weston Jesuit strives to offer financial aid in the form of tuition scholarships to several international students every year. Weston Jesuit offers full- and partial-tuition scholarships. Applicants must be international students who plan on enrolling in either the M.Div., Th.M., S.T.L., or S.T.D. programs, and who plan to return to ministry in their home […]
Volvo Adventure is open to young people around the world aged between 13 and 16 years. Teams must be between 2 to 5 young people with one adult as a supervisor. Prizes: The best projects each year are invited to the final conference in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden. Here the best projects will be awarded: […]
The Swiss Government grants a number of arts scholarships to foreign students from a pool of countries, including Kenya, Algeria, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Madagascar, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Tunisia. Students may undertake Postgraduate study at any Swiss university or Federal Institute of Technology and the listed universities of applied sciences. For fine […]
The Institute for Humane Studies will award small grants to advanced students and recent graduates pursuing non-academic careers to help them take advantage of strategic short-term opportunities that can enhance their abilities and credentials to pursue careers that involve the communication of ideas. Actual grant amounts often vary with particular circumstances, though most grants […]
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation’s Women’s Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for PhD candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. The Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, […]
Scholarship/Financial aid: US $ 1,000 Date: annually Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria: Pre-university or pre-college women students (ages 16-20) at the time of application are eligible to apply. Award: District award recipients receive US$500 from the Zonta International Foundation Young Women in Public Affairs Fund. Districts may choose to add to this award amount. International […]
The annual World Press Photo contest offers an overview of how press photographers tackle their work worldwide and how the press gives viewers the news, bringing together pictures from all parts of the globe to reflect trends and developments in photojournalism. The World Press Photo of the Year Award carries a cash prize of […]
The World Council of Churches Scholarships Programme is open to all women and men, lay and ordained, who are recommended by a WCC member church or related church organization. Preference is given to candidates from a developing country, and to those who have not previously studied outside their home country. Before an application for […]
The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. Two awards are given annually to projects from the global north as well as the south that provide practical and innovative solutions to […]