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   EMPOWERING PEOPLE AWARD 2012

It is often true to say that the smallest things can have the greatest impact. With the “empowering people Award” the Siemens Stiftung has initiated a worldwide competition to identify low tech innovations for basic supply problems in developing countries. Simplistic innovations that can change lives. Visit their website to directly submit your idea!
 

                      Wanted: technological solutions to tackle basic supply needs

With the "empowering-people-award Award”, the Siemens Stiftung would like to identify efficient technical solutions which empower people in developing and emerging countries to independently combat existential problems in basic supply.

Inventors and developers from all regions worldwide are invited to enter simple and appropriate technical products and solutions in the categories Water & Waste Water, Energy, Waste Management & Recycling, Health, Food & Agriculture, Housing & Construction, and Information & Communication Technology. Entries are to be made online on the project website www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org Creativity is of the essence: The competition calls for inventions, for example, innovations that create power for the operation of single machines or the supply of energy in homes, filter systems for water supply, e-health solutions or technologies for composting or recycling. The main requirement here is that the solutions or products can be implemented with the resources in the areas themselves. The entries will be professionally evaluated and an international jury will select winners.

The Siemens Stiftung launched the competition in June 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20. It is supported by the KfW (business area development bank) and the Helmholtz Association. The best entries will be honoured during an Awards Ceremony in Summer 2013. Deadline for entries is 31st December 2012, 12 pm.

Project website www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org

Jacobs University International Foundation Year Program

University Preparation for International High School Graduates

Jacobs University (a private, international university in Bremen, Germany) offers an International Foundation Year for students who would like to gain the qualifications necessary for undergraduate studies in an English-speaking university. The program also provides participants with orientation in core academic subjects to support them in the decision of their ultimate course of study. The tailor-made academic program (September 2012 – May 2013) builds upon students’ existing language, subject and study skills while they live and learn on campus with students from over 100 nations.

Participants are thoroughly prepared for the college admissions test SAT and can choose between foundation tracks in engineering, natural sciences or economics. All courses are instructed in English. Attractive excursions throughout the region and Europe (for example Berlin, Edinburgh and Brussels) allow a broader glance into European culture. Students may also apply for a German host family, who will help the student integrate into life in Bremen.

Foundation Year students also have the option of visiting regular undergraduate courses to gain credits that can be transferred to their future undergraduate program. Those who successfully complete the Foundation Year and reach Jacobs admissions criteria will be accepted into a Jacobs Bachelor program or can apply to other English-speaking institutions worldwide. 

Applications are being accepted online now through June 15^th.

More Information is available at:

http://www.jacobs-university.de/foundation-year

Contact:

foundationyear@jacobs-university.de

Fellowship & Award offers of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

For further information concerning the fellowship & award offers, please click here.

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