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The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows will receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans.

 

The Voqal Fellowship is designed to further progressive, social justice-oriented causes. Ideal applicants will have a specific issue or challenge they are looking to address over the course of their fellowship. Projects can be broad in scope, or a simple tool that will help resolve a social inequity or lead to progressive social change.

 

Worth

 

Voqal Fellows will receive a $30,000 stipend and will be expected to complete a project in six months

Candidates must have three-to-five years of work experience and may not be currently enrolled in a graduate program

The fellowship is intended to provide an opportunity to build out an idea or concept that would not be possible to accomplish with a full-time job. Qualifying fellows may also be eligible to receive an additional stipend to help offset the cost of personal health insurance.

Eligibility projects

 

Mobile Apps

Media Products

Information Access

Tools for Wrangling Big Data

Algorithms

Software for Social Change Agents

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Deadline: October 23, 2015

 

To apply and for more information visit here

By News Editor

Our News Editor, Muyiwa is an information management expert and Development Blogger with more than a decade experience in investigative reporting and journalism. He is passionate about human angle stories to all social issues in Nigeria and Africa.