Overview
The first Hub Zürich Fellowship is proudly sponsored by WWF Switzerland and will be granted in the area of “Climate Change & Sustainability”, one of the Hub’s core clusters. We are looking for outstanding, entrepreneurial ideas how to solve environmental problems like e.g. climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, ocean depletion or other ecological fields. The best idea will be awarded with a 1-year fellowship by WWF Switzerland and the Hub Zürich.
Benefits
The Hub Zürich Fellowship Program provides social entrepreneurs with the key ingredients that are needed to successfully launch a social business. The Hub Zürich WWF Fellow will receive:
■1x “Hub Unlimited” membership at the Hub Zürich (or 2x “Hub 100” or 3x “Hub 50” if you are a team of two or three respectively)
■CHF 10.000 seed capital after finalizing the business plan
■CHF 24.000 living stipend paid in quarterly installments
■Mentoring relationship with the WWF Switzerland
■Professional coaching with Ashoka Switzerland and its partners
■Peer-to-peer support within the Hub
■Access to the global Hub Network
■The quality label “Hub Zürich Fellow”
■Becoming part of the Hub Zürich hosting circle
■Possibility to organize workshops and events at the Hub Zürich
■Access to an exclusive Hub Fellow Alumni circle
After the Fellowhsip year, we support you on your next steps with our network partners and funders
Commitments
In order to ensure the impact of the Hub Zürich WWF Fellow, the fellow will be required to:
■Finalize a full business plan within the first six weeks of the Fellowship year
■Provide a written impact report at the end of the year
■Single applicants must make a full commitment (min. 30 hours per week) to the organization’s development for one year, teams of two or three persons may adjust accordingly
■Provide monthly updates of your amazing initiative (e.g through a video blog, blog post, or similar)
■Pro-active engagement within the Hub Zürich community
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
Individuals and teams of two or three persons older than 18 and from any nationality are eligible. However, applicants must take care of their work permit for Switzerland themselves.
Please note that the Fellowship is not meant to be an exclusive source of support. We encourage our future fellows to seek or already have additional funding to grow and accelerate. But now the interesting stuff:
We are thrilled to receive applications from individuals and small teams (1-3 persons) who are
■entrepreneurial
■collaborative
■passionate about positive change
The proposed ideas and projects need to
■be innovative
■effectively tackle one of the big environmental challenges of our time
■be sustainable, including financial viability
Show us that within the Fellowship year
■you contribute to the Hub Zürich community
■you make the most of the Hub Zürich space and global Hub network
■your idea or project will scale up so that the Fellowship Program would really make a difference for the impact you create
Take the challenge and apply for the Hub Zürich WWF Fellowship on Climate Change & Sustainability! Applications are open until December 12th, 2010 (23:59h CET). Find out more about the application & selection procedure at http://www.hubzurich.org/wp/fellowship/application-process/
The Hub Zürich
info@hubzurich.org http://www.hubzurich.org
Phone +41 (0)77 420 24 45 Fax +41 (0)71 224 27 22
The Hub Zürich c/o Institute for Economy and the Environment
University of St. Gallen, Tigerbergstr. 2, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The first Hub Zürich Fellowship is proudly sponsored by WWF Switzerland and will be granted in the area of “Climate Change & Sustainability”, one of the Hub’s core clusters. We are looking for outstanding, entrepreneurial ideas how to solve environmental problems like e.g. climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, ocean depletion or other ecological fields. The best idea will be awarded with a 1-year fellowship by WWF Switzerland and the Hub Zürich.
Benefits
The Hub Zürich Fellowship Program provides social entrepreneurs with the key ingredients that are needed to successfully launch a social business. The Hub Zürich WWF Fellow will receive:
■1x “Hub Unlimited” membership at the Hub Zürich (or 2x “Hub 100” or 3x “Hub 50” if you are a team of two or three respectively)
■CHF 10.000 seed capital after finalizing the business plan
■CHF 24.000 living stipend paid in quarterly installments
■Mentoring relationship with the WWF Switzerland
■Professional coaching with Ashoka Switzerland and its partners
■Peer-to-peer support within the Hub
■Access to the global Hub Network
■The quality label “Hub Zürich Fellow”
■Becoming part of the Hub Zürich hosting circle
■Possibility to organize workshops and events at the Hub Zürich
■Access to an exclusive Hub Fellow Alumni circle
After the Fellowhsip year, we support you on your next steps with our network partners and funders
Commitments
In order to ensure the impact of the Hub Zürich WWF Fellow, the fellow will be required to:
■Finalize a full business plan within the first six weeks of the Fellowship year
■Provide a written impact report at the end of the year
■Single applicants must make a full commitment (min. 30 hours per week) to the organization’s development for one year, teams of two or three persons may adjust accordingly
■Provide monthly updates of your amazing initiative (e.g through a video blog, blog post, or similar)
■Pro-active engagement within the Hub Zürich community
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
Individuals and teams of two or three persons older than 18 and from any nationality are eligible. However, applicants must take care of their work permit for Switzerland themselves.
Please note that the Fellowship is not meant to be an exclusive source of support. We encourage our future fellows to seek or already have additional funding to grow and accelerate. But now the interesting stuff:
We are thrilled to receive applications from individuals and small teams (1-3 persons) who are
■entrepreneurial
■collaborative
■passionate about positive change
The proposed ideas and projects need to
■be innovative
■effectively tackle one of the big environmental challenges of our time
■be sustainable, including financial viability
Show us that within the Fellowship year
■you contribute to the Hub Zürich community
■you make the most of the Hub Zürich space and global Hub network
■your idea or project will scale up so that the Fellowship Program would really make a difference for the impact you create
Take the challenge and apply for the Hub Zürich WWF Fellowship on Climate Change & Sustainability! Applications are open until December 12th, 2010 (23:59h CET). Find out more about the application & selection procedure at http://www.hubzurich.org/wp/fellowship/application-process/
The Hub Zürich
info@hubzurich.org http://www.hubzurich.org
Phone +41 (0)77 420 24 45 Fax +41 (0)71 224 27 22
The Hub Zürich c/o Institute for Economy and the Environment
University of St. Gallen, Tigerbergstr. 2, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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