Sourced from: http://mashable.com Four non-profit organizations working with U.S. veterans and military families will be up against each other during a month-long competition for receiving a grant from craigconnect, a non-profit project launched by the Craiglist founder Craig Newmark. These four … [Read more...] about Craiglist founder launches a unique social networking based funding competition
Global Changemakers seeks applications from young social entrepreneurs, community activists and volunteers for the Global Youth Summit to be held in the UK in November, 2011
Global Changemakers seeks applications from social entrepreneurs, community activists and volunteers aged 16 to 19 to attend week long training sessions and workshops in the UK during the Global Youth Summit to be held in November, 2011. As with previous summits, applicants will be expected to … [Read more...] about Global Changemakers seeks applications from young social entrepreneurs, community activists and volunteers for the Global Youth Summit to be held in the UK in November, 2011
Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship Program offering support for innovative social change ideas
Shuttleworth Foundation seeks applications for the fellowship program offering fellows the freedom and financial ability to bring about the change you envisage for the world as well as an enabling support structure and an existing network of social change agents. Who Can Apply? - Anyone who has … [Read more...] about Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship Program offering support for innovative social change ideas
Department of state funded Across Borders program invites young professionals from select Middle East countries to explore Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the US
Across Borders: Managing Trans-Boundary Environmental Resources in the Middle East and the United States” is an international exchange program for Emerging Young Professionals (EYPs), sponsored by the US Department of State’s office of Citizen Exchanges, and delivered by Dickinson College in … [Read more...] about Department of state funded Across Borders program invites young professionals from select Middle East countries to explore Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the US
German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences seeks applications for the 2011 Summer School at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
The German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences is conducting its Summer School at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany during September 7 to October 9, 2011. The course introduces its participants to issues related to the overarching topic of “Germany and Turkey in Europe.” Next to … [Read more...] about German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences seeks applications for the 2011 Summer School at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Active Youth Tested Recipes, a handbook of best practices for youth and organizations launched by UNV and UNDP in Ukraine
Recently during a press conference in Kiev, UNV, UNDP and the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport of the Government of Ukraine jointly launched 'Active Youth Tested Recipes', a handbook of best practices for youth and organizations working with youth, and a national Youth Portal to support … [Read more...] about Active Youth Tested Recipes, a handbook of best practices for youth and organizations launched by UNV and UNDP in Ukraine
Applications invited from young European journalists and emerging editors to attend the M100 Youth Media Workshop in Potsdam
Politicians, foundations and educational institutions across the world have putting-in lots of efforts in recent years to reach poorly educated and politically distant social groups. Unfortunately, the success has remained mostly moderate. Instead many young people seem to turn away from politics … [Read more...] about Applications invited from young European journalists and emerging editors to attend the M100 Youth Media Workshop in Potsdam
API Fellowships grant opportunity for candidates from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowships Program provides grant to successful applicants to carry out a project during the fellowship period of one month to one year in a country or countries participating in the API Fellowships Program (currently confined to Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the … [Read more...] about API Fellowships grant opportunity for candidates from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Call for applications: The Bihari Krishna fellowship in ethnographic research at the Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kathmandu
The Social Science Baha is an independent, non-profit organisation set up with the objective of promoting and enhancing the study of and research in the social sciences in Nepal. Established on 1 January 2002 with the primary focus of starting a social science library, the Social Science Baha was … [Read more...] about Call for applications: The Bihari Krishna fellowship in ethnographic research at the Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kathmandu
The International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam launches Research Fellowship for scholars from developing countries
The International Institute of Social History (IISH) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam is home to more than 3,000 archival collections, some one million printed volumes and about as many audio-visual items in the field of social history in general and the … [Read more...] about The International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam launches Research Fellowship for scholars from developing countries
