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WSA Young Innovators Award in Vienna (Switzerland), 2020
Thursday, March 28, 2024

WSA Young Innovators Award in Vienna (Switzerland), 2020

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 TYPE :Prize, Competition
 OPEN TO : Young People
 PLACE : Vienna
STATUS: Ongoing

Application call for the 2020 WSA Young Innovators Award in Vienna is opened. The Award is a special call within the framework of WSA, that promotes and awards young social entrepreneurs.

The WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young people under 26 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Together with the WSA winners of each year, they are honored as outstanding digital innovation with social impact.

Programme Details

  • Area: Government & Citizen Engagement, Health & Well Being, Learning & Education, Environment & Green Energy, Culture & Tourism, Settlements & Urbanization, Business & Commerce, Inclusion & Empowerment.
  • Number of Awards: Not specified.
  • Duration: Not specified.
  • Target group: Open to citizens of UN and UNESCO member state.

WSA Young Innovators Award Benefits

The WSA Young Innovators Award is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. This means that winners benefit not from a one time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration.

Winners of the World Summit Awards Benefits

  1. Invitation to the WSA Global Congress including:
    • Pitching seminars
    • 5-minute pitch session in front of an international audience during the Congress
    • A program of especially crafted workshops for the winners
    • Invitation to the prestigious award ceremony and Gala night
    • Board and lodging for the durance of the Congress
    • Eye to eye exchange with speakers, jurors and international guests
  2. Integration into a network of internationally recognized digital content developers
  3. Access to the WSA community of global experts and industry leaders in over 180 countries
  4. Interaction with world-renowned sponsors and partners of the WSA community
  5. Workshops specially shaped for the winners needs
  6. A video clip highlighting the winners projects
  7. Special placement on WSA website, YouTube channel and social media promotion
  8. Long-term coverage within WSA editorial channels

Nominees’ Benefits

  1. More coverage on your product. WSA provides nominees with press templates to help them to gain the attention of national media with support of the WSA national experts
  2. World Summit Award nominee seal to use on websites, social media channels and publications
  3. Opportunity to receive feedback from the jurors.
  4. Being nominated for the World Summit Award means to be the best in the respective country in one of the 8 categories.

WSA Young Innovators Award Eligibility

To apply for this program, you must meet following criteria

  • WSA is open to any company, organization or individual in any UN and UNESCO member state.
  • The participation in the WSA Young Innovators is restricted to any entrepreneur, company, student group or project team, where at least one of the founding members and the majority of the team is under the age of 26 (born on or after January 1, 1993) from any of the UN and UNESCO member states.
  • Submissions for the WSA Young Innovators can contain all mobile and web-based projects, such as: apps, web pages, applications for wearables, kiosk installations, SMS based products, games and interactive productions. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
  • All submissions have to be launched products. No drafts, ideas or unfinished projects can be accepted.

Other opportunities

  1. University of Ottawa International Admission Scholarship;
  2. Turkish Government Research Scholarship;
  3. University of Toronto International Students Scholarship;
  4. Government of the Czech Republic Scholarships (Master – PhD);
  5. Université de Montréal International Student Scholarship;
  6. Brazilian Government Scholarship Programme for Developing Countries;
  7. Emile-Boutmy Scholarship at Sciences Po for international students.

Application instructions

Eligible candidate should follow steps below to submit their application

  1. Please click on the “Click to Apply” button below ;
  2. Select your country and Register ;
  3. Complete the registration form ;
  4. Check your email account ;
  5. Sign in WSA platform ;
  6. Complete the form.

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