World Bank Summer Internship Program 2021

World Bank Summer Internship Program 2021 comes up with a great paid internship opportunity for highly motivated individuals. This internship in the USA would allow individuals from all around the world to bring innovative ideas, perspectives, and research experience in order to put these into Bank’s world.

In World Bank Summer Internship, interns will be getting an hourly salary and travel allowance up to USD 3000. Getting the experience of a World Bank internship would add on a great work experience in the CV. All interns will be working in a diverse environment. This internship will be for a minimum of 4 weeks. There is no need for IELTS/TOEFL or any other English Language Test.

The World Bank Provides equal opportunity to all the candidates from any country. We value diversity in our workplace and encourage all qualified individuals, particularly women, with diverse professional and academic backgrounds to apply. Our aim is to attract and recruit the best talent in the world. The Interns will be placed in Washington D.C World Bank Headquarters. Your Travel and other expenses will be funded by the World Bank. The detailed information is given below

Benefits of the World Bank Summer Internship:

  • Candidate will get paid hourly while doing internship
  • Your travel allowance will be covered up to 3000
  • Candidate will be working and assisting diverse professionals

Internship Fields:

The following fields of students can apply:

Economic, Finance, Public health, Education, Nutrition, Anthropology, Sociology, Agriculture, Environment, Engineering, Urban planning, Natural resources management, Accounting, Communications, Human Resources Management, Information Technology and Treasury and corporate services.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • A candidate should have an undergraduate degree or be enrolled in a graduate program either master’s or Ph.D.
  • There is no age limit.
  • A candidate must have a good command of the English language.
  • The knowledge of a few languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese will be encouraged.
  • Computing skills will be advantageous.
  • A candidate should be able to adjust himself in a diverse workplace

Required Documents:

  • Application form
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Statement of interest
  • Proof of enrollment in a graduate degree

How to apply?

  • A candidate first needs to register an account via the official website by providing an email address.
  • Make sure that you enter the correct email address since this will be the only way to communicate regarding candidacy.
  • A candidate must gather the required documents beforehand because he would only be able to submit the application in a single session.
  • Try to complete your application along with the documents attachment within 90 minutes.
  • To make it clear, please check the Official Website of World Bank Summer Internship program 2021

Application Deadline

A candidate may apply for a World Bank Summer Internship from December 1 to January 31 each year.

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Westerwelle Young Founders Programme

The Westerwelle Young Founders Programme is a fully funded 6-month-long programme for outstanding young entrepreneurs from emerging and developing countries. The programme aims to connect young founders from all over the world and offers a mentoring programme tailored to their particular challenges. It supports them in further developing their entrepreneurial skills and their international network.

The 6-month-long Westerwelle Young Founders Programme Spring 2021 starts with a digital kick-off conference from 1st to 5th of March 2021. In the following six months, the young founders will have the opportunity to develop their company with the support of a personal mentor and to exchange ideas with the other young founders and obtain feedback.

On top of that, the Westerwelle Foundation will select the ten best performing Young Founders and invite them to the Top-10-Conference in Berlin in autumn 2021. During this conference, the selected startups will have the opportunity to pitch in front of investors, participate in workshops and networking events and get an insight into the German start-up scene.

Applications for the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme Spring 2021 are open from November 13th till December 9th and accessible here.

We wish all applicants good luck and are looking forward to again a new cohort of inspiring Young Founders.

What we offer:

  • The Top-10 Conference – a week-long conference in Berlin for the ten best performing startups who will be given the unique chance to pitch in front of investors, participate in workshops and networking events and get an insight into the German startup scene. (travel and accommodation will be covered by the Westerwelle Foundation);
  • personal mentor who is an experienced entrepreneur and will function as a sparring partner with whom you can discuss upcoming challenges and new opportunities;
  • Monthly peer mentoring calls with the other successful Young Founders of the cohort to share knowledge with and support each other;
  • Expert sessions on relevant topics (e.g. OKRs, investor KPIs, marketing & sales);
  • The Young Founders Network — a strong alumni network that functions as a platform for all Young Founders to connect with each other, exchange ideas and find support for existing challenges;
  • Exposure to the Berlin startup scene and the public for you and your startup via our social media channels and our networks,
  • Assistance beyond the programme as we remain a contact person for the Young Founders and will help you to find suitable experts for challenges, offer possibilities to share learnings with current cohorts or celebrate successes.
  • The buddy programme that connects alumni of the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme with new Young Founders that operate in the same business to potentially open doors and enhance mutual exchange.

Our requirements

  • You have recently (in the last 5 years) started a for-profit company with a scalable business model that has achieved Product-Market Fit and has ideally secured first external funding (if you run a business model that requires external investment);
  • your company is based in a developing or emerging country or has a strong business focus on developing and emerging economies;
  • you possess a good working knowledge of English;
  • you are available to attend the digital kick-off conference and can make time to participate in monthly mentoring and peer mentoring calls for the 6-month programme.

Please note that foreign applicants must possess valid travel documents (including a visa, if necessary) to enter Germany, and valid travel medical insurance.

Application process YFP Spring 2021

  1. Application deadline (9th of December 2020, 12am CET)
  2. Skype interviews with shortlisted candidates (2nd of January to 31st of January 2021)
  3. Jury decision and selection of participants (4th of February 2021)
  4. Notification of all applicants (6th of February 2021)

The Network

One of the highlights of participating in the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme is that every participant will also join the Young Founders Network — a strong network of outstanding entrepreneurs from emerging and developing countries who had participated in the programme themselves. The Young Founders Network is a place to look for expertise, develop synergies with other Young Founders and support each other.

Meet our Young Founders here:

Westerwelle Young Founders Spring 2020

Westerwelle Young Founders Autumn 2019

Westerwelle Young Founders Spring 2019

Westerwelle Young Founders Autumn 2018

Westerwelle Young Founders Spring 2018

Westerwelle Young Founders 2017

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

For further information, please see the FAQs.

Amsterdam-Silicon Valley Female Founder Program

The Founder Institute, the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator, is launching the first of its kind virtual program in collaboration with WomenTech Network as part of the Amsterdam – Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program.  

The Female Founder Program helps early-stage women entrepreneurs build innovative businesses in the Silicon Valley-Amsterdam Founder Institute through:

  • Mentorship and feedback from +100 top entrepreneurs and industry experts 
  • Access to a local and global support network of mentors, investors, and advisors
  • Introductions to business angels, VCs and corporates investing globally 
  • Over €1.5MM in partner deals and resources
  • Several fellowships awarded to the top applicants, allowing them to participate in the program for free

This collaboration with WomenTech Network is part of Founder Institute’s goal of improving the gender gap in technology. Together we aim to build additional promising female-led startups in 2021, and help further establish Amsterdam as a center for female leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Who Should Apply?

The Founder Institute is the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator, with chapters across 185+ cities and alumni companies that have raised over $950M in funding. Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used our program to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, building a co-founding team, and more. 

The Regional Female Founder Program (scheduled with Amsterdam – Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program) takes place from  Mar 3, 2021 to May 27, 2021. Any pre-seed female entrepreneur interested in building an innovative startup is encouraged to apply, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies (pre-funding). 

The entire program is run virtually, so no physical presence is required. The weekly mandatory sessions are scheduled to take place starting 8.30AM PDT / 11:30AM EDT / 5:30PM CET / 6:30 EET and will last for 3 hours.

What to Expect?

To apply to the Amsterdam-Silcon Valley Female Founder Program you must complete your application below. 

During the program you can expect:

  • 3.5 months of systematic development on your idea and your company
  • 200+ specific tasks to develop your idea and your company
  • Direct and honest feedback about your business
  • Weekly online group sessions with top mentors giving practical guidance and Q&A session on specific topics
  • Personal and group office hours with hand-picked experienced mentors
  • Later in the program, introductions to corporates and potential investors
  • Global online demo day webinar for the graduates!

Rules of the game:

  • A limited number of applicants will be accepted to the program
  • We require execution – if you are not learning and executing, you may be dropped from the program
  • You will get strong peer support from other founders in your cohort
  • No need for physical appearance but mandatory remote video appearance for three hours on Wednesdays

After the short form, you will be invited to take our Entrepreneur DNA Assessment, which is our main criteria for evaluating applicants. 

The Final Application Deadline is on Feb 21, 2021. Female Founder Program recipients will be chosen from the top overall applicants to the program, and be notified via email within a few days of applying. 

Adobe Research Fellowship 2021

Overview

Here at Adobe Research we create innovative technologies for our software products to better serve consumers, creative professionals, developers, and enterprises. We bring together the smartest, most driven people we can find, and we allow them the freedom to nurture their intellectual curiosity, while providing them with the necessary resources, support and freedom to shape their ideas into tangible results.

Collaboration with the academic community plays a fundamental role in this process. Our research model blends our goal for business impact and our desire to collaborate with researchers outside of Adobe. Our lab maintains collaborations with well over fifty university partners, both students and faculty. Each researcher hosts several interns a year, giving them the opportunity to build the next generation of tools to support creatives. Our work is published in peer-reviewed conferences and journals, ensuring that the impact of our research goes well beyond Adobe and into the research community at large.

As a next natural step in supporting this ongoing relationship we are pleased to invite applications to the Adobe Research Fellowship. The Adobe Research Fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students anywhere in the world carrying out exceptional research in areas of computer science important to Adobe.

Follow AdobeResearch on Twitter and Facebook and bookmark this page to stay up to date on 2021 Adobe Research Fellowships!

This year, we will be awarding fellowships to graduate students working in the areas of:

Fellowship Details

The Adobe Research Fellowship consists of:

  • A $10,000 award paid once.
  • A Creative Cloud subscription membership for one year.
  • May qualify for an opportunity to interview for an internship at Adobe

A committee of Adobe researchers will be reviewing all applicants and will choose the recipients at their discretion. Recipients are selected based on their research (creative, impactful, important, and realistic in scope), how their work would contribute to Adobe, their technical skills (ability to build complex computer programs), and their personal skills (problem-solving ability, communication, leadership, organizational skills, ability to work in teams). Students may be invited for phone interviews for internship opportunities prior to Fellowship winner selection. 

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be considered for the 2021 Adobe Research Fellowship, students must meet the following criteria:

  • Be registered as a full-time graduate student at a university.
  • Remain an active, full-time student in a PhD program for the full duration of 2022 or forfeit the award.
  • Cannot have a relative working for Adobe Research.

How to Apply?

For additional guidance on how to submit your application click here.

Applications must include:

  • A research overview comprising two pages of text and figures not including citations. At least half a page should highlight how the student’s research could contribute to Adobe.
  • Three letters of recommendation from those familiar with the students work. One letter should come from the student’s advisor.
  • A CV.
  • A transcript of current and previous academic records both undergraduate and graduate.

Adobe For All

If named a Fellowship winner, there is opportunity to interview for an internship with Adobe Research. Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We believe that when people feel respected and included they can be more creative, innovative, and successful. We call this Adobe For All.

YALPI 2021 is calling for delegates!

Application Package: click here
Application Form: click here
Email: yalpichula@gmail.com 
Official Link: click here

What is YALPI and our plan for the YALPI 2021 forum?

  • Young ASEAN Leaders Policy Initiative (YALPI) is an international forum that gathers and empowers youths to solve current social problems from the bottom-up aspect. 
  • Our theme for this year’s YALPI is “A Call for Youth Leadership: Tackling Social Inequalities in the Age of COVID-19.” 
  • YALPI 2021 aims to alleviate social inequalities and injustices that have come to light during the COVID-19 outbreak by supporting research that has the potential to enable the development of locally-scaled projects. 
  • Therefore, we emphasize marginalized groups who are most likely to be gravely affected by the pandemic, as following:
    • Underprivileged Youth 
    • Women Workforce 
    • Migrant Workers 

When is YALPI 2021?

Young ASEAN Leader Policy Initiative (YALPI) 2021 will be divided into 2 phases: 

  • The conference day will be held on 23rd -24th January and the pitching day will be conducted on 20th February 2021
  • The content discussion will be a 3-hour session in each of the following weeks;
    • Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st January 2021 
    • Saturday 6th – Sunday 7th February 2021 
    • Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th February 2021.

Who is eligible to apply?

Thai and international youth (undergraduate or graduate, not limited to ASEAN nationals), aged under 25 years applying as a group of 4-10 people by sending political essays related to 3 issues.

How to apply?

  1. Download our YALPI2021 application package on our website and fill in all questions regarding the instructions provided.
  2. Complete the registration form on our official website.
  3. Choose your group’s preferred topic from 1 – 3, with 1 being the most preferable.
  4. Provide 2 emails through which you prefer us to contact you.
  5. Upload a copy of the academic transcript from each member of the group.
  6. Upload a copy of the passport (preferable) or identity card with the name written in English from each member of the group.
  7. Upload a completed YALPI 2021 application package as a group with all members’ signatures.
  8. Check all information and documents and click “Submit Application.”
Apply now onYALPI’s official website by December 6, 2020 23:59 (GMT +7)

*** Please be reminded that there will be a confirmation email sent to your provided emails within 4 days. If you do not receive our confirmation email within the given time please contact us at yalpichula@gmail.com or our Facebook page: Young ASEAN Leaders Policy Initiative – YALPI