Under the Social Edge Program, the Center for Science, Technology and Society of the Santa Clara’s University in California, United States is organizing the ‘Global Social Benefit Incubator.’ The Global Social Benefit Incubator is a program for social benefit entrepreneurs in developing countries that provides assistance for organizations to develop sustainability ideas and business plans so that they can increase the number of the beneficiaries. The program comprises of three components, in which business plan exercises are carried out online, after which 20 organizations are selected for a 4-month online program in addition to the 2-week residential program for intensive action learning process. Completion of the business planning exercises can help organizations in getting selected for full scholarship of US $ 25,000.
Interested applicants can start working on this application from 6 January 2009 onwards. They need to visit the Social Edge Website and complete the Business Planning exercises, giving all the information. The deadline for the submission of the first set of information is 16 January 2009. More details about this scholarship opportunity is available at this link.
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