SIF’s YOUNG SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS WORKSHOP 2016
The YSE program inspires, equips and enables youth of different nationalities to build their social enterprises in Singapore and beyond. If you are age 18 to 30 years old and with an idea for a social enterprise, we want to help you make it happen!
What we offer: An ecosystem of changemakers. Mentorship from industry experts. Overseas study visits to gain insights. Grants of up to SGD$ 20,000!
Deadline: 15 January 2016
Open to: college and high school students
Prizes: US$20,000 in prizes.
The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program for high school and undergraduate college students.
The festival accepts short films that either raise awareness or propose solutions to a variety of global women’s issues, including maternal health, microfinance initiatives, child marriage, sex-trafficking and poverty alleviation.
Films must be 3 to 5 minutes long and can be narrative, documentary, investigative reporting, music video, animation or curated film (film collage).
Applicants must be 25 or under and currently enrolled undergraduates or full-time high school students.
The festival will award US$20,000 in prizes.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE GIRLS IMPACT THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR FILM.
In order to apply, register HERE.
Before submitting, please check:
1)Does your film address at least one of the GITW issue areas (see guidelines page)?
1A) GREEN IS entries, please check box below, “Enter this film into the Green IS Contest”.
2)Is your film between 3 – 5 minutes?
3)Are you a current high school or undergraduate student?
4)Is your submission an ORIGINAL film?
5)Did you include the End Marker still image in your film?
Please read ALL Film Requirements before submitting your film.
Deadline for applying is 15 January 2015.
If you have any questions, write to: 
filmfest@connecther.org
For more information please visit the official website.
Deadline: 15 January 2016
Open to: college and high school students
Prizes: US$20,000 in prizes.
The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program for high school and undergraduate college students.
The festival accepts short films that either raise awareness or propose solutions to a variety of global women’s issues, including maternal health, microfinance initiatives, child marriage, sex-trafficking and poverty alleviation.
Films must be 3 to 5 minutes long and can be narrative, documentary, investigative reporting, music video, animation or curated film (film collage).
Applicants must be 25 or under and currently enrolled undergraduates or full-time high school students.
The festival will award US$20,000 in prizes.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE GIRLS IMPACT THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR FILM.
In order to apply, register HERE.
Before submitting, please check:
1)Does your film address at least one of the GITW issue areas (see guidelines page)?
1A) GREEN IS entries, please check box below, “Enter this film into the Green IS Contest”.
2)Is your film between 3 – 5 minutes?
3)Are you a current high school or undergraduate student?
4)Is your submission an ORIGINAL film?
5)Did you include the End Marker still image in your film?
Please read ALL Film Requirements before submitting your film.
Deadline for applying is 15 January 2015.
If you have any questions, write to: filmfest@connecther.org
For more information please visit the official website.
Deadline: 6 December 2015
Open to: everyone
Awards: Wacom Cintiq 13HD 13.3″ Creative Pen & Touch Display, GoPro HERO4 BLACK 4K Action Camera, Amazon Vouchers, Adonit Stylus
Description
iAniMagic is an annual animation contest of Animation Desk. Your mission is to create a unique animation that showcases your ability to, pardon the pun, think outside the box. You’ll need to use the template provided in the first and last frames of your animation, the rest is up to what your mind can muster up.
You can download the template and submit your works from Animation Desk Cloud (iPhone/iPad), Animation Desk for Android, and Animation Desk for Windows. Each submission should be between 5 – 10 sec.. No entry fee required, and the apps are free. Check out our website to learn more about the contest.
Eligibility
Anyone regardless of nationality or age can join this contest.
We accept animations that made with Animation Desk app series- Animation Desk Cloud (iPhone/ iPad), Animation Desk for Windows, and Animation Desk for Android)
The submission should be between 5-10 sec..
Awards
#1: Wacom Cintiq 13HD 13.3″ Creative Pen & Touch Display
#2: GoPro HERO4 BLACK 4K Action Camera
#3: Wacom Intuos pro Special Edition (PTH-651)
Best Mentions: USD 200 Amazon vouchers + The Persistence of Vision DVD(Special Edition-Signed by the Director)
Best Technique, Best Drama, Best Creative: Adonit Pixelpoint stylus
Special prizes for early bird submissions.
Application
Submit your work within the latest version of Animation Desk. Find more information of the contest on:https://anizone.kdanmobile.com/contest/gallery (if you may, the track link: https://anizone.kdanmobile.com/contest/gallery?utm_source=iAniMagic&utm_medium=ContestWeb&utm_campaign=iAniMagic_ContestWeb)
Filmmakers and activists can submit videos that inspire activism, compassion and social transformation.
The Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) is accepting entries for its international documentary and educational media competition and showcase, funded by documentary companies and human rights organizations.
The categories are feature, short and impact video. Feature documentaries must be a minimum of 40 minutes, shorts a maximum of 39 minutes and impact videos 2 to 20 minutes long.
All (non-English language) documentaries and educational impact videos must be subtitled in English.
Winners in each category will receive from US$500 to US$1,000.
The early bird deadline is Sept. 26. The regular deadline is Oct. 9. The entry fee starts at US$5.
For more information click here.
Deadline: 1 March 2016
Open to: Full-time college or university students, 18 years of age or older
Prizes: $ 2,000
Dear students, we are proud to announce Unplag has launched a scholarship contest! Why? Just because we’ve always been passionate about learning and encouraging students from all over the world to stay original all the way through.
To boost your original writing skills, we’d be happy to give away $2.000 to the one who will create the most engaging essay on one of the topics mentioned in the Essay Requirements section.
To make your writing vivid and full of interesting details, you can choose any style of the essay and switch on your imagination dwelling on future perspectives of online cheating, technologies that are most likely to stop plagiarism, etc.
Do you want to share your own experience in fighting plagiarism? Just do it by creating your own essay topic!
Key Scholarship Points:
How to Apply?
Applications for the scholarship are open from September 1, 2015 till March 1, 2016. If you submit an essay later than March 1, 2016, it will not be considered.
Essay Requirements
For more information please visit the official website.
Deadline: 10 October 2015
Open to: applicants aged 15-25 during the period of this competition
Prize: public exhibition of winning posters during the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Helsinki
To create a poster reflecting the challenge of fixing government to include more voices in public decisions and help address growing income inequality. Using the powerful poster format, young people are invited to express their unique views and ideas on how we can change the rules so that everyone can have access to better public services (such as schools and healthcare) and a better life (through less unemployment, better jobs and job satisfaction, less discrimination and more opportunities for all). The poster should be motivating and visual and they should address one of the following themes:
All competitors and their posters must meet following requirements:
Winning posters will be displayed in an exclusive poster gallery during the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Helsinki on 27-28 October 2015 bringing together ministers and high-level officials from countries around the world.
The deadline for applications is 10 October 2015. Posters may be created digitally or traditionally (on paper). The file of digital poster should be sent to IGPoster@oecd.org in the form of a high-resolution (300 dpi) PDF file. Files sent by email must not exceed 30 MB in size. Traditional handmade poster must be 100 cm x 70 cm and may be sent it by postal mail to the following address:
OECD Inclusive Growth Poster Competition,
OECD, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, MB 1157, 2 rue André Pascal,
75775,
Paris CEDEX 16, France
Please include a complete and signed declaration form.
For more information please visit the official website.
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Deadline: 25 September 2015
Open to: women filmmakers and producers from the Caucasus region
Venue: 19 – 20 October 2015 in Tbilisi, Georgia
Swedish filmmakers Karin Ekberg and Johanna Berhardson and Sakdoc Film, with the support of The Swedish Institute, organize a workshop for female documentary filmmakers from Caucasus. The workshop aims to empower female filmmakers in the beginning of their career and give them skills and confidence to reach an international level. The workshop also aims to raise an awareness of gender equality behind and in front of the camera, and a longterm change of attitudes.
The workshop will be help in the frame of Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival (Cinedoc) and is open for semiprofessional female directors and producers from Caucasus with a documentary film project on development stage. Working language of the workshop is English. All participants must be able to communicate in English and visuals for the application need English subtitles
Participation is free of charge. Organizers will cover accommodation, coffee breaks and lunches of selected participants.
Please submit the following documents:
All the requested information should be saved as ONE single PDF file and attached with your application form, also saved as a PDF and e-mailed to the following address: docstorytelling@gmail.com, together with links and passwords of visual (subtitled) material on vimeo or youtube. The deadline is September 25, 2015.
Important note! Only applications that include filled application form and all the annexes will be considered. Below you can find additional information about the workshop.
If you have any questions, write to: docstorytelling@gmail.com
Deadline: 3 October 2015
Open to: the competition is open to individuals and teams of up to 5 people. Participants must be between the ages of 18 to 35
Prize: prizes for the winning teams will be announced closer to the competition date, accommodation and traveling all fully covered
The World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015 invites young people from around the world to use their knowledge and creativity to crowd-source solutions for climate change that contribute to growth and development in developing and emerging countries. The Youth Summit will be held on 16-17 November 2015 in IFC Auditorium, Washington, DC.
Under the motto “If Not Us Then Who: Crowd-Sourcing Solutions for Climate Change”, the event will gather exceptional future leaders in the field to gathers exceptional future leaders to share knowledge and provoke discussions on to inspire communities everywhere to take action.
The goal of this competition is to motivate youth to work and design the most promising and dynamic proposals to mainstream climate change while achieving development objectives.
The competition is open to nationals of all countries of the world. Participates must be between the ages of 18 to 35 at the time of submission. Entries are encouraged from eligible individuals with the drive to innovate regardless of their occupation (working professionals, students, NGO leaders, government officials, start-up creators, technical experts or any other). World Bank Group employees and their families are also allowed to participate.
Prizes for the winning teams will be announced closer to the competition date, accommodation and traveling all fully covered.
Completed proposals must be submitted through the Youth Summit email youthsummit@worldbank.org with the subject line “WBG Youth Summit 2015 Climate Chnage Solutions Competition entry”. All submissions must be received by 11:59PM EST on 3 October 2015. Each team or individual may only submit one proposal.
In order for your proposal to qualify it must:
Before submitting a proposal, please review the full details in the World Bank Group Youth Summit 2015 Competition Rules and Regulations.
For more information please visit the official website.