DSM Brighter Living Scholarship – Resources & Circularity 2021

As a longstanding partner of One Young World, DSM is proud to support DSM Brighter Living Scholarship – Resources & Circularity.

DSM Brighter Living Scholarship – Resources & Circularity

Our purpose is to create brighter lives for people today and generations to come. We connect our unique competencies in Life Sciences and Material Sciences to create solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance.

The scholarship will offer two scholarships to young leaders around the world, who are working to further the transition from a linear to a circular and/or bio-based economy.

The scholarship focuses on DSM’s purpose-driven domain, Resources & Circularity. DSM’s ambition is to safeguard the future availability of natural resources, and to unlock more value from the limited resources that are available. In order to reach this two-fold goal, DSM focuses on five circularity drivers to design and manufacture its solutions:

• Reduce the use of critical resources
• Replace scarce, hazardous and potentially harmful resources with renewable and safer alternatives
• Extend the lifetime of products
• Design for recyclability
• Recover waste streams

DSM Brighter Living Scholarship Eligibility

To be eligible to receive this scholarship you must be:

• Aged 18 – 30.
• Nationals any country may apply for this scholarship.
• 3-5 years experience in a business, and preferably running their own business.

Selection Criteria: One Young World will assess candidates based on their:

• Evidenced commitment to delivering positive change
• Demonstrated capacity for leadership
• Understanding of key local and/or global issues.
• Track record of generating impactful and innovative solutions
• One Young World will actively seek and prioritize applicants making a positive impact on accelerating the transition towards a circular and/or bio-based economy in one (or more) of the following ways:
  • Materials innovation & design: redesigning, or designing new materials by addressing any one (or more) of DSM’s five circularity drivers as outlined above – Reduce, Replace, Extend, Design, Recove
  • Entrepreneurship: contributing to circularity by implementing new business models in the following markets: Buildings (including interior) & construction, Textiles, Heavy Marine & Fishing industry, Electronics, Automotive, Food packaging, 3D printing.
  • Advocacy and shaping opinions: raising awareness and having a leading voice in the transition towards a circular & bio-based economy
  • Clean up initiatives: driving clean up initiatives on waste, by not only cleaning up but also by viewing waste as a resource
  • Digitalization: using new technologies to support radical transparency, and to keep materials at their highest utility and value

Value of Award: Scholars will receive

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2021 in Munich
• Hotel accommodation on a shared basis between 22 and 26 (inclusive) April, 2021
• The cost of travel to and from Munich (flights in economy)
• Catering which includes breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Transport between the Summit accommodation and the Summit venue
• Participation in DSM’s internal on-boarding workshops pre-One Young World workshops (with DSM delegation)

Duration of Award: between 22 and 26 (inclusive) April, 2021

How to Apply for DSM Brighter Living Scholarship – Resources & Circularity

APPLY HERE

For more information, visit the DSM Brighter Living Scholarship.

Application Deadline: 10th August 2020 18:00 (BST),