A few months ago I applied for a Sauvé Scholarship. http://www.sauvescholars.org/en/
"The mission of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation, sponsor of the SAUVÉ SCHOLARS PROGRAM, is to help prepare young adults of merit so that they can develop their potential and skills to be used towards making a difference and building a better future for the societies of tomorrow... The Foundation has chosen to implement this mission by gathering in Montreal a highly-talented and motivated group of post-graduate, or equivalent, young emerging leaders, to share an experience of inquiry, debate and reflection, to help advance their careers, intellectual capacity and, most importantly, leadership potential."
Basically I would have access to unlimited access to McGill University for 8 months. During this period scholars take an idea (which was part of our proposals) and work on it. I came up with an idea at Stela (my job in Brazil) for sustainable development software.
So far out of over 1000 applicants I am in the final 50. Only about 11-14 get the scholarship. Now I need:
1. Three letters of Recommendation – each must be sent directly from the referee to the Selection Committee either by (a) e-mail as a scanned document including signature, (b) fax or (c) in a sealed envelope (with the referee’s signature across the seal)
2. Official [with the official seal of the granting institution(s)] Academic Transcripts for all college or university level studies that you have completed or will have completed before June 30, 2009. Transcripts must be sent to the Selection Committee by the institution.
NB If your transcript is not in English or French, please ensure that a translation - in either language - accompanies each transcript.
3. Examples of your Leadership (attestations by third parties, media reports, etc.)
4. Copies of your Published Works (i.e. work in the public domain)
5. Medical Certificate
If you can think of a way to help, please contact me at mike.mcnulty@gmail.com. I have already identified a shortlist of recommendations that I would like to get and am contacting the people. #3 is the one that is easiest for people to help with.
Details about 3#:
"Candidates must submit evidence of actual leadership in one or more areas such as: advocacy, arts, civic engagement, community involvement, education, entrepreneurship, government, media and communications, research. Confirmation of a Candidate's leadership should be provided through third parties, for example: media reports, commentaries, testimonials, public and/or professional recognition, etc."
Characteristics that the selection committee will be looking for include:
- Initiative
- Motivation
- Vision
- Imagination
- Demonstrated communication skills
- Awareness of international and domestic issues
- A strong desire to effect change
Thanks for the support!
1 comment:
Mike,
Here at Stela you've demonstrated leadership in working out with me the idea of our "Show & Tell" short presentations, a real lift for our knowledge management. Then Lucas teamed up and contributed ideas and presentations. Both of you have a great contribution to the success of our S&T.
It ended up in SlideShare, so you have proof of what you helped to accomplish. It is, in my opinion, strong evidence of leadership in education, community involvement, entrepreneurship, and research, in which you demonstrated initiative, motivation, vision, imagination, and all that list of leadership skills.
Thanks for your energy and high spirits. We'll miss you very much when the internship is over.
(And when you're at McGill, don't miss any opportunity to attend to the classes of Mario Bunge, the greatest philosopher since the XXth century and _the_ candle that can show you the way in sustainable development or any other complex subject).
Regards,
Vinícius Kern
Instituto Stela - Director of Communication
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