Projects focused on the theme Education for the 21st Century can be registered until April 21
Singularity University(SU), a global community that uses exponential technologies to face the biggest global challenges and build an abundant future for all, announces the partnership with Universidade Positivo to launch the “SingularityU Global Impact Challenge” in Brazil.
The objective of the challenge, which can be faced by anyone over 21 years of age, is to encourage innovations that contribute to solving major global problems. In this edition, the theme will be “Education for the 21st Century” and projects must meet one or more of the four axes: Access to Education (distance education with or without the use of technology); Education for Social Emotional Skills (creativity, empathy, problem solving, entrepreneurship, etc.); Project-Based Education (PBL, gamified, transdisciplinary, etc.) and Environmental Education.
Projects can be submitted until April 21 through the website https://su.org/gic/2017/brazil/, where interested parties can obtain more details about the rules and selection criteria. The list of finalist projects will be announced in the last week of April and the winner will be selected at a public event that will take place in Curitiba, on May 3rd.
The author of the winning project will gain the opportunity to participate free of charge in the Singularity University Global Solutions Program (GSP) in the United States. Two other projects among the finalists will be awarded with invitations to participate in the Singularity University Summit, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro in October this year.
Upon returning from the GSP, the winner will also be supported by SU's network of alumni and mentors to develop their initiative. The remaining finalists will also benefit from having access to a group of mentors and mentors during the initial phase of their projects. Proposals will be evaluated by a jury composed of representatives from Singularity University and Mkt4Edu (organizer of the challenge in Brazil), as well as representatives of entrepreneurship, innovation and the national business community. Universidade Positivo will appoint a representative to be part of the jury.
Singularity University has developed several successful editions of the "Global Impact Challenge" since 2010, in several countries around the world. To date, the institution founded in Silicon Valley, in the United States, has promoted 94 Challenges in 38 countries, awarding 121 projects.
The objective of the challenge, which can be faced by anyone over 21 years of age, is to encourage innovations that contribute to solving major global problems. In this edition, the theme will be “Education for the 21st Century” and projects must meet one or more of the four axes: Access to Education (distance education with or without the use of technology); Education for Social Emotional Skills (creativity, empathy, problem solving, entrepreneurship, etc.); Project-Based Education (PBL, gamified, transdisciplinary, etc.) and Environmental Education.
Projects can be submitted until April 21 through the website https://su.org/gic/2017/brazil/, where interested parties can obtain more details about the rules and selection criteria. The list of finalist projects will be announced in the last week of April and the winner will be selected at a public event that will take place in Curitiba, on May 3rd.
The author of the winning project will gain the opportunity to participate free of charge in the Singularity University Global Solutions Program (GSP) in the United States. Two other projects among the finalists will be awarded with invitations to participate in the Singularity University Summit, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro in October this year.
Upon returning from the GSP, the winner will also be supported by SU's network of alumni and mentors to develop their initiative. The remaining finalists will also benefit from having access to a group of mentors and mentors during the initial phase of their projects. Proposals will be evaluated by a jury composed of representatives from Singularity University and Mkt4Edu (organizer of the challenge in Brazil), as well as representatives of entrepreneurship, innovation and the national business community. Universidade Positivo will appoint a representative to be part of the jury.
Singularity University has developed several successful editions of the "Global Impact Challenge" since 2010, in several countries around the world. To date, the institution founded in Silicon Valley, in the United States, has promoted 94 Challenges in 38 countries, awarding 121 projects.
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