Calling all talented youth between the ages of 15 to 17!
Rise is a program that finds promising young people and provides them with opportunities that allow them to work together to serve others over their lifetimes. An initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, Rise is the anchor program of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wendy Schmidt to find and support global talent.The program seeks young people ages 15 to 17 and encourages a lifetime of service and learning by providing support that may include need-based scholarships, mentorship, networking, access to career development opportunities, and the potential for additional funding as Rise Global Winners work toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems.
Public Education Foundation is a proud partner of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust to find young people across Australia to join Rise. Everyone who signs up becomes part of Rise’s global community. The program connects talent from over 170 countries, with the third cohort of Global Winners hailing from countries around the world.
Everyone who applies to Rise, from anywhere in the world, joins a community of peers and is invited to take part in specially curated opportunities from Rise’s partners around the world.
RISE GLOBAL WINNERS
Each year, Rise selects up to 100 Global Winners ages 15-17 and provides them with benefits that may include the following; specific benefits will vary from year to year as new opportunities become available:
- Residential Summit: A fully-funded in-person residential summit with other members of the Rise Global Winner cohort.
- Higher Education Scholarships: A four-year, post-secondary education scholarship, including tuition and a living stipend, based on need and where not already covered by financial aid funding for a graduate degree.
- Funding for Ideas on a Competitive Basis: Opportunity to apply for funding to experiment with innovative ideas to address major problems in local communities or around the world—ranging, for example, from seed money to start a social enterprise to a grant for a non-profit.
- Network Matching: Access to a network of other Global Winners, community members and partner organizations, as well as career development programming.
- Starter Technology Packages: A technology package, such as a laptop or tablet, to be determined and issued immediately before or during the first semester/term of post-secondary education.
APPLICATIONS
Applications for Rise’s Year 4 cohort are open through January 17, 2024. If you will be 15-17 years old on July 1, 2024, click here to register and start your application today! Rise’s application is accessible on smartphones, tablet, and desktop computers, and applicants should follow all of the steps to complete all the stages required for the application, including a self-implemented social impact project.
If you still have questions, email us at info@publiceducationfoundation.org.au. We are here to support you!
Throughout each year’s application and selection process, applicants have an opportunity to showcase their talents by recording short videos about their background and interests in Stage I; creating an individual project on a topic about which they are passionate in Stage II; and presenting their work and providing feedback on the work of their peers in Stage III.
Rise selects up to 500 finalists to participate in virtual interviews on “Finalist Days,” which previous Finalists and Global Winners describe as a highlight of the process. Announcements of each year’s Global Winners come later in the year.
ABOUT SCHMIDT FUTURES
Schmidt Futures bets early on exceptional people making the world better. Founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative that finds and connects talented people across fields, generations and geographies to harness their collective skills for public benefit.
ABOUT THE RHODES TRUST
The Rhodes Trust, based at the University of Oxford, builds a better world through global fellowship programs that develop and connect compassionate, innovative, and public-spirited people committed to solving humanity’s challenges. Their flagship program, established in 1903, is the Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s pre-eminent graduate scholarship. Nearly 8,000 Rhodes Scholars have gone on to serve at the forefront of government, education, the arts, NGOs, commerce, research and other sectors. They are well known advocates for expanded social justice and have advanced the frontiers of science and medicine.
Applications are now open and due January 17, 2024.