Deadline: April 30, 2019
The Global Arena Research Institute (GARI) is looking for extraordinary young people (aged 18-35) from across the world, with proven commitment and engagement, to represent innovation and the future. Young people are ‘movers and shakers’ in their communities and countries, and are key to solving the universal challenges outlined by GARI and the N100.
The ReDefine Next 100 program brings together selected young leaders from diverse fields including (but not limited to) humanities, social sciences, engineering, medicine, computing science, art and the natural sciences. Top young leaders identify the issue they perceive to be the paramount global challenge in the future. GARI will put the selected candidates into diverse international teams, that incorporate innovative ideas from various respective fields
and propose a way to address a global challenge.
Teams will be invited to Prague for a five-day-long workshop in September 2019, where they will refine their work with the guidance of high-level mentors. At the end of the ReDefine September program, GARI will choose the best teams/projects, with the most innovative and applicable idea and invite them back for the November
programme as well as to present at The Next 100 Symposium.
ReDefine Next 100 challenges young leaders to think outside the box, and look at the world through the lens of opportunity, promoting the use of technology and innovation to address global challenges.
Fees and Scholarships:
Applicants who are selected can then apply for a partial or full scholarship.
Applicants can fund their own participation or seek a sponsor on their own.
Fees:
- Travel to and from Prague: train or bus from nearest European city; or flight from your nearest international airport
- Accommodation & Board: grouped accommodation in Prague; lunch and coffee breaks during the working days
- Programme fee: mentoring, workshops and all activities during the programme weeks.
Basic Scholarship:
- ReDefine N100 programme fee
Partial Scholarship:
- Accommodation and board for the September and possibly November programme week;
- ReDefine N100 programme fee
Full Scholarship:
- Travel to and from applicant’s country of stay;
- accommodation and board for the September and possibly November programme week;
- ReDefine N100 programme fee
Not Covered by GARI:
- Visa and visa-related costs
- Travel to and from the nearest international airport; nor travel to and from the Prague airport
- Per Diems
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
- Applicants must be between 18 and 35 at the time of the program (September – November 2019)
- Students of higher education (Bachelor, Masters, PhD) or individuals who have left their formal education no later than 5 years prior to applying.
- Applications are open to young adults from all around the world, without restriction of nationality, however, they must have access to a good internet connection to attend the mentoring sessions and work collaboratively on the teams.
- Applications must be submitted in English. The candidate must have mandatory intermediate, or preferably high level of English, and be able to speak clearly and comprehensively in English.
- Applicants must be able to travel to and participate in ReDefine Next 100 2019 in Prague (Czech Republic) from September 6 – 12 and November 14 – 22.
Evaluation criteria:
Evaluation is based on 5 criteria:
- Your passion, experience and potential in innovation & technology and how it can be applied in your chosen field/topic of engagement/project.
- A passion for innovative, cross-disciplinary critical thinking
- Your knowledge of your chosen topic and the relevance of your active engagement. We encourage candidates to show how their activities have had an impact or to articulate the potential impact of their proposed project.
- Your role as a representative of an organisation, other youth or community, and your leadership experience or potential.
- The originality of the idea and depth of suggested solution to challenge.
Application Stages:
- Application stage – You will be required to fill out the application form and submit it online. You can submit a short video to go along with your application. We recommend that you do submit a video.
- Evaluation stage – top young people will be chosen and notified in June
- Mentoring stage a. You will be placed into groups of 3-5 people b. You will be required to go through some mentoring of the ReDefine program online c. You will be required to communicate and plan with your group online and long-distance to prepare your group project d. You will be required to submit your draft project before you come to the ReDefine N100 program in September
- September programme – 6-12. September – stage, which will take place in Prague in September. Groups will meet in-person and work on their group projects with mentors, developers and experts. Groups will receive seminars on public speaking, project development, presentation skills, pitching skills and more. Groups will be required to develop their projects in depth.
- Finalisation & Evaluation stage, where groups will complete their projects online and submit them for review. An evaluation panel will review and evaluate the final projects and decide on the top projects that will be presented at the Next 100 Symposium.
- November programme – 14-22. November – will bring the top projects/groups to Prague again to complete their projects and present them at the Next 100 Symposium.
How to apply:
- On the application form, please complete all the fields. In order to be evaluated, your application has to be complete and submitted before the deadline. Late applications will not be accepted.
- Applications and proposals must involve the field of technology and innovation. Applications not involving this element will not be considered. Be bold and original!