The Wild Card competition is an amazing opportunity for a student from any university in the world to win a place, worth £10,000, on the exclusive Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship Programme for both themselves and their faculty mentor.
We are looking for an exceptional student to join the 2016 Fellowship programme.
Worth
- Fellowship worth UK£10k to develop a circular Economy Innovation Project as part of a postgraduate study course, engineering, this consist of
- 2k bursary
- Week-long, fully paid summer school on the circular economy in the UK
- Online knowledge-building programnme and support facility, including the opportunity to participate in the CE100 six-week Executive Education course
- Wild card runner up prizes will include two places at the circular Economy 100 annual summit in London
Eligibility
- Confirmed and accepted place on a postgraduate (aka graduate) course in design, engineering and/or business, including proof of all necessary funding, by 15 February 2016. Your university course must not start any later than September 2016 nor finish any earlier than September 2016.
- Able to:
- attend an online interview on either Monday 22, Tuesday 23 or Wednesday 24
- February 2016, if shortlisted
- attend a week-long summer school in London (UK), 20 – 24 June 2016
- take part in the 2016 online knowledge-building programme
- comply with the Student Agreement if the application is successful (see supporting
- documents on the Apply webpage)
- Evidence of the support of your academic mentor and the availability of that mentor to attend the week-long summer school in London (UK), 20 – 24 June 2016 (see Mentor confirmation letter in supporting documents on the Apply webpage)
Deadline: February 15, 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
