Toptal Scholarships for Women: Empowering Future Female Leaders to Change the World

Deadlines:

Africa: 13 September 2018
Oceania: 31 October 2018
Asia: 30 November 2018
Europe: 31 January 2019
Americas: 31 March 2019

Applications are now open for the Toptal Scholarships for Women: Empowering Future Female Leaders to Change the World.

These scholarships provide assistance to women from around the world to help empower them to follow their passion and become leaders.

Globally, women are still underrepresented in many fields and positions of leadership. Toptal believes in providing opportunities for exceptional women to break through barriers and accomplish extraordinary outcomes.

Prize Information

$10,000 Scholarship: Meaningful support, so applicants can focus on developing themselves as a future leader.
One year of Mentorship: Mentoring from a Toptal expert with the skills and knowledge applicants need to set them on the right path.

Eligibility Criteria

Toptal® is empowering the next generation of female leaders. If applicants want to change the world, they’ll help them to rise to achieve it.

Women Change the World: This program is for ambitious women, 16 years or older, who are passionate about making some meaningful change for a community or cause they care about.
Pursuing an Education: Brilliance and wisdom come in many forms. This program is open to women from all walks of life who are currently pursuing or aiming to pursue any type of education program.
Creating Momentum Around the World: Toptal® is awarding one prize per region to current residents of Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
With an Idea — And a Plan: Entries will be judged on the originality of the idea, applicant’s plan for making it happen, and their passion for the cause it represents.
This is an international Scholarship Program. However, applicants must be a legal resident or citizen of their country of residence to enter the Scholarship Program.
Applicants must apply to the region for which country they are a legal resident, as determined below. The Scholarship Program is not available to any resident or citizen of any country that prohibits the Scholarship Program or that is prohibited by U.S. law (e.g., the Crimea region of the Ukraine, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, or Syria). Applicants may be asked to provide proof of residence, and any supporting documentation, in the interview stage of the application process.
The Scholarship program is not available to any person listed on any of the following (or similar) lists: Specially Designated Nationals and Consolidated Sanctions Lists (maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury); the Denied Persons, Entity, and Unverified Lists (maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce); and the Consolidated List of sanctions designations by the United Nations, European Union and United Kingdom.
Employees, clients, and contractors (including current talent engaged with or through Toptal) of Toptal, LLC as well as other companies involved in the conduct of this Scholarship Program, and any employees, members of the immediate families and households of any such employees and contractors of any of the foregoing are not eligible to enter.
Void where prohibited by law.

How to Apply

Complete the application via given website.

Eligible Countries

Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland (Kingdom of Eswatini), Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia (Russian Federation), San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.
Oceania: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Flores, Kiribati, Lombok, Marshall Islands, Melanesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.