{"id":9422,"date":"2024-02-23T18:36:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2024-02-23T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:36:22","slug":"call-for-proposals-for-effective-inter-regional-incubator-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/call-for-proposals-for-effective-inter-regional-incubator-for-youth","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals for Effective Inter-Regional Incubator for Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commonwealth Secretariat, OBREAL Global, Association of African Universities, and Symbiosis International University have partnered to launch a Youth Policy and International Cooperation in AI programme. Under this initiative, they are setting up an \u2018Effective Inter-regional Incubator for Youth\u2019 designed to support\u00a0undergraduate\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0postgraduate<\/strong>\u00a0students in turning their innovative ideas into tangible projects.<\/p>\n

About the <\/strong>Call for Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n

This Call for Proposals is for\u00a0undergraduate<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0postgraduate students<\/strong>\u00a0from around the world who are committed to personal and professional development and are eager to tackle global challenges<\/a>. Selected individuals will receive mentoring, seed funding<\/a>, and other support to implement their projects using AI, with the objective of promoting multilingualism.<\/p>\n

Focus Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proposals should focus on the application of AI tools into inter-regional and multilingual learning\/research processes, as well as education, health, food security, entrepreneurship promotion, poverty eradication, gender equality, climate change<\/a>, disaster risk reduction, and the blue ocean economy.<\/p>\n

Funding Selection Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each year, 25 proposals will receive up to\u00a0\u20ac10,000<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0seed funding<\/strong>, with the most promising projects receiving additional funding<\/a> over the following three years. The selection process will prioritize fair regional representation.<\/p>\n

Submission and Selection Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

The process involves pre-selection based on concept notes<\/a> (Phase 1 Call for Proposals), followed by full proposal selection. An international committee of experts will oversee the process. The final phases include documentation submission, contract signing, project<\/a> implementation, and the establishment of a network of project implementers.<\/p>\n

Important Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phase 1<\/strong>: It runs from\u00a0February 2024 to July 2024<\/strong>, with\u00a0concept note presentations<\/strong>\u00a0accepted until\u00a030 April 2024<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0proposal submissions<\/strong>\u00a0open from\u00a01 July 2024 to 31 August 2024<\/strong>. Link for Phase 1 can be accessed via\u00a0https:\/\/shorturl.at\/APSW9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Phase 2<\/strong>: It will run from\u00a0July to September 2024,\u00a0<\/strong>with funding awarded<\/a> by\u00a015 October 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Phase 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Documentation submission will be due by\u00a031 October 2024<\/strong>, and projects will start on\u00a015 November 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

The call is open<\/a> to students from Commonwealth member states and for non-member countries (up to three proposals in total). Each proposal must have one student project implementer, up to three co-implementers, and a mandatory faculty mentor.<\/p>\n

Expected Outcomes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Projects should aim to drive innovation<\/a>, product development, entrepreneurship, and potential commercialization for use in higher education institutions and other sectors.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the website via\u00a0https:\/\/ai-incubator.thecommonwealth.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Background The Commonwealth Secretariat, OBREAL Global, Association of African Universities, and Symbiosis International University have partnered to launch a Youth Policy and International Cooperation in AI programme. Under this initiative, they are setting up an \u2018Effective Inter-regional Incubator for Youth\u2019 designed to support\u00a0undergraduate\u00a0and\u00a0postgraduate\u00a0students in turning their innovative ideas into tangible projects. About the Call for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9428,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions\/9428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}