Deadline: 09-Apr-21
Swarovski Foundation Institute has launched Creatives for Our Future – a new global grant program designed with advisor the United Nations Office for Partnerships to identify and accelerate the next generation of creative leaders in sustainability.
The program aims to amplify this vision and highlight how creatives around the world can harness the power of critical thinking and problem-solving toward sustainable development, drawing from Swarovski’s heritage in engineering and reinvention.
Swarovski Foundation Institute: Creatives for Our Future extends the Swarovski Foundation’s mission to foster and support cultural, education and advocacy collaborations addressing human rights and environmental issues, inequality and wellbeing.
The funding is paired with an educational program in collaboration with top international institutions, tailored mentorship and industry networking connections with guidance from the Swarovski Foundation.
Funding Information
- 9 selected grantees will receive financial support (15,000 USD) to further their practice and design new pathways for a better world.
Benefits
- Selected grantees will receive a bursary, personal mentorship, educational training and industry networking access in support of their developing practices and will be invited to present in September 2021 – around the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly – with the program commencing in December 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program is open to all creatives worldwide aged 18 to 25 (at the time of application) from across disciplines including fashion, design, art, architecture and engineering – with no limit to creative medium.
- Successful applicants will have a keen interest in, demonstration of, or exemplary potential to use the creative process to accelerate awareness, technologies or solutions for sustainable development.
For more information, visit https://www.sfcreatives.org/