Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust Rise Challenge

Overview

Type: Challenge/Competition

Location: Online

Value: Numerous.

Application Deadline: 25 January 2023.

About the Competition

Rise is a program that finds brilliant people who need opportunity and supports them for life as they work to serve others. The program starts at ages 15–17 and offers a lifetime of benefits including scholarships, mentorship, access to career development opportunities, funding, and more as Global Winners work toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems.

Everyone who applies joins a global community of leaders and gains access to free online courses and opportunities from our partners around the world.

ALL RISE GLOBAL WINNERS RECEIVE ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS UPON SELECTION:

RESIDENTIAL SUMMIT

An invitation to attend a fully-funded, three-week residential summit with other members of the Rise Global Winner cohort—to be held in a rotating location globally for each new cohort—as well as to join network events in subsequent years.

MENTORSHIP & CAREER SERVICES

Mentors paired with each Global Winner to provide personal, academic, or professional guidance, and specialized career services for internships and jobs.

PROGRAMMING

Virtual and in-person leadership and educational courses designed specifically for the Global Winner cohort, and a service commitment made through the Global Winner Pledge.

GLOBAL WINNER NETWORK

Access to a network of other Global Winners across cohorts to connect on common interests, make service commitments, launch enterprises, and collaborate together.

HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS

A four-year, post-secondary scholarship at any accredited university, including tuition and a living stipend, based on need and where not already covered by financial aid.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology packages, such as laptops or tablets, to be determined each year.

IN ADDITION, ALL RISE GLOBAL WINNERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS OVER THEIR LIFETIME:

PARTNER NETWORK

Opportunity to be matched to programs, secondary school scholarships, internships, and other benefits from partners who are part of the Rise network.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunity to apply for funding to experiment with innovative ideas to address major problems in local communities or around the world—ranging from seed money to start a social enterprise to a grant for a non-profit. Funds will be designated for these purposes in a total pooled amount of at least $5 million per year of the program.

EDUCATION SUPPORT

Opportunity to apply for scholarship funds for a graduate degree.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants for the 2023 cohort must be between the ages of 15 and 17 as of July 1, 2023, meaning they are born on or between July 2, 2005 and July 1, 2008.