Applications now open for Innovate Salone 2013 paid graduate fellowships in Sierra Leone

GMin Innovate Fellowships will be awarded to three passionate young Sierra Leoneans. The Fellows will promote the vision of Global Minimum; which is to empower locals who wish to create and implement their own solutions to local problems. Each Fellow will be given competitive stipends for their Fellowship year along with the opportunities to work with students and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University; collaborate with national and international organizations; and develop an innovative project of his or her own that promotes the ethos of innovation within Sierra Leone.

Fellows will be expected to spend at least 40 hours per week on their work. The Fellows will work through the 2013 Innovate Salone program as well as through their own individual community service project(s). The Fellows will reside in Sierra Leone for the duration of the Fellowship which will be from January 2013 through December 2013.

Eligible applicants should be either (a) Sierra Leonean or (b) living in Sierra Leone for at least the past two years. He or she should hold a Bachelor’s degree, postgraduate degree, or an advanced educational certificate from a credible academic institution within the last four years; be entrepreneurial, motivated and self-directed; computer literate with regular internet access; a good writer, speaker, and diligent worker. The deadline for applications is December 24, 2012.

To access the application for the GMin Innovate Fellowship, please visit www.innovatesalone.org orwww.goo.gl/LvmxT

All questions regarding the Fellowship or application should be sent to innovate@gmin.org.

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