WEGE Prize for Undergraduate and Graduate Students Worldwide
- Host Institution: WEGE
- Type: Competition/ Scholarships
- Award: Total cash prize of $ 65,000 USD
- Application Deadline: November 1, 2021
Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries to redesign the way economies work.Participants contend for $65,000 (USD) in total cash prizes, all while learning—and helping to show the world—what the
future of problem-solving looks like
ELIGIBLITY
College/university students from all over the world will compete in transdisciplinary teams of five, representing different academic disciplines and different academic institutions.
Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level student are eligible to compete.
THE CHALLENGE
How can we create a circular economy?
Each team must leverage its transdisciplinary makeup to collaboratively design and propose a product, service, business model, or other solution to a wicked problem of their choosing that can help us transition from a linear economic model to a circular economic model.
THE PRIZES
Winning teams will split the following awards evenly between their five members:
First Place: $30,000 (USD)
Second Place: $20,000 (USD)
Third Place: $10,000 (USD)
For More Information Visit the Official Scholarship Website:
http://www.wegeprize.org/#competition