Deadline- July 6, 2012
The Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation is an international fellowship program that supports the most promising social change projects created by TakingITGlobal’s network of youth leaders. Beginning this fall, the Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation will recognize and support youth-developed projects created as a component of TakingITGlobal’s innovative Sprout E-course curriculum, designed to give young leaders (aged 16-30) worldwide access to training in essential skills, including team building, project management, communications, and the ability to leverage technology as they imagine, plan, and develop social innovation projects.
The Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation will be awarded to young people with the most promising and well-prepared plans for community projects developed during the Sprout E-course. For their 2012 Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation cycle, they will be selecting 20 Fellows to receive a seed grant of $1,000 USD each.
Eligibility–
- Able to commit no less than 8 hours per month over 4 months to Pearson Fellowship acitivites and deliverables.
- Passionate about creating positive change in your community
- An individual between the ages of 16 and 30 as of January 1, 2012
- A Sprout Alumni having successfully completed a Sprout E-course between Spring 2008 up to and including Spring 2012, having been given a certificate of completion
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Able to access regular and reliable broadband internet
- A good online communicator
- A member of TakingITGlobal
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