WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship

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Notes: The 2000$ grant to support your education and 6 month virtual mentorship with Qualcomm make this a must apply scholarship.

WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship
Applications	Close (Apply here)
Deadline	Jan 2, 2018

Introduction

About WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship

The WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholars Program awards scholarships (2000$ grant) to female university students in China, India, Taiwan and South Korea and matches each scholar with a mentor from a Qualcomm global or U.S. office in order to support and encourage the young women to succeed in their chosen fields.

About WeTech

Institute of International Education(IIE) is a non-profit organization that in collaboration with governments, foundations and other sponsors, creates programs of study and training for students, educators and professionals from various sectors.

IIE’s Women Enhancing Technology Consortium(WeTech) works with a range of partners to build a healthy pipeline of girls and women in tech fields by linking them to opportunities that will inspire, engage and support them for entrance and success in high-paying tech careers.

Deadline

The applications are open till January 2, 2018. Apply here

Deadline to submit recommendations has been extended to January 12, 10:30 PM IST.

Important Dates

Date	Event
November 15, 2017	Application Opens
January 2, 2018	Applications Close
January 12, 2018, 10:30 PM IST	Deadline for submission of Recommendations
Early February 2018	Award winners announced
March – August 2018	6-month virtual mentorship

Reward

• Monetary Support: 2000$
• 6 Month virtual Internship with a mentor from Qualcomm.

Eligibility

1. Applicant must be female
2. Applicant must be a citizen of India or South Korea
3. Applicant must be able to communicate in English
4. Applicant must be a current undergraduate student in her second or third year of studies at an accredited university in the participating country
5. Applicant must be seeking a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or other STEM-related fields
6. Applicant must be able to demonstrate leadership potential in their chosen field (recommendation letters will be required)
7. Applicant must be willing and available to participate in a 6-month virtual mentoring program from March to August 2018

Application

Process

To complete the application, you will require the following

1. General Information about you
2. Answers to essay questions
3. Resume/CV
4. University Transcripts - You may merge the mark-lists from the first year of college to current academic year to a single document and upload it.
5. Two Recommendations of which one must be from a college professor. You are only required to enter the details of your recommenders in the application form, post which they will receive a separate email to share the recommendation letters. This is the only formality from your end. However, do remember to follow up with your recommenders and ensure that they submit their recommendations before Jan 10.

Electronic Signature - You should be writing your full name as in the application in places where a signature is asked for.

NB: Don't forget to save your application from time to time. The 'save and continue' button is on the dark blue bar in the top of the application form.

Resources

1. Application Walkthrough -- Video explainer of the application
2. Application Checklist
3. Copy of the WeTech Scholarship application --You may use it as a workbook before filling in the actual application form. This is advised since it is easy to edit and share your application draft.
4. Copy of the form your Recommenders are required to fill -- You may request them to have the fill-in responses in the document and then transfer it to the original form, the link to which will be emailed to them by the WeTech team.

Previous Winners

No	Name	College	City	Email	Winning Application	Live	Year
1	Pooja M	College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Trivandrum	poojachaithram@gmail.com	Pooja's application	Pooja's live	2015
2	Megha Ben	College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Trivandrum	meggy2benny@gmail.com	Megha's Application, Resume	Megha's live	2015
3	Aparna Av	College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Trivandrum	avaparna39@gmail.com	Aparna's application	Aparna's live	2015
4	Arya Murali	GEC, Thrissur	Thrissur	hello@aryamurali.com	Arya's application, Resume	Part 1, Part 2	2015
5	Jeshvi T Vinoji	Model Engineering College	Kochi	jeshvitvinoji.mec@gmail.com		Jeshvi's live	2015
6	Fausya Amalh	Model Engineering College	Kochi	fausyaamalh@gmail.com		Fausya's Live	2015
7	Remya Prakasan	Model Engineering College	Kochi	remyaprakasan.mec@gmail.com		Remya's live	2015
8	Anjali Thomas	Model Engineering College	Kochi	anjalithomasmm@gmail.com	Anjali's Application and Resume	Part 1, Part 2	2015
9	Meghna Mariam alias	Model Engineering College	Kochi	meghnamariamalias.mec@gmail.com	--	Meghna's live	2015
10	Gopika S Jayan	Model Engineering College	Kochi	gopikasjayan.mec@gmail.com	--		2015
11	Aliya Anil	Model Engineering College	Kochi	aliyaanil.mec@gmail.com			2015
12	Kavita R	Model Engineering College	Kochi	kavitarp.mec@gmail.com			2015
13	Nimisha Chinnu Jose	NIT Calicut	Pathanamthitta	nimishachinnu@gmail.com	Nimisha's application,Resume		2015
14	Parvathy R Pillai	NIT, Calicut	Chengannur	parvathypillair1995@gmail.com			2015
15	Deepthi NP	SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Trivandrum	deepthipillai96@gmail.com	Resume	Deepthi's Live	2015
16	Nimisha P S	SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Trivandrum	nims1512@gmail.com	--	Nimisha's live	2015
17	Harsha Kulkarni	RV College of Engineering, Bangalore	Bangalore	hnkulkarni1109@gmail.com		Harsha's live	2015
18	Soumya Mahalakshmi A	RV College of Engineering, Bangalore	Bangalore	a.soumyamahalakshmi@gmail.com			2015
19	Aastha Aneja	Northern India Engineering College	New Delhi				2018
20	Amrita H Nair	Amrita School of Engineering	Kollam				2018
21	Ankitha Pilli	Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology	Hyderabad				2018
22	Archana C M	Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	Trivandrum				2018
23	Arundhati Kurup	Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering	Trivandrum				2018
24	Deepti Tanpure	MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women	Pune				2018
25	Greena George	Govt. Model Engineering College	Kochi				2018
26	Gundepogu Yamini Raj	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh				2018
27	Haritha Paul	Govt. Model Engineering College	Kochi				2018
28	Hima Bindu Bhardwaj	Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering	Thiruvananthapuram	himabindubhardwaj@gmail.com			2018
29	Jehlum Vitasta Pandit	Vishwakarma Government Engineering College	Ahmedabad				2018
30	Lavanya S	Reva University	Bangalore	3lavanya.s@gmail.com			2018
31	Praniti Sapkal	Cummins College of Engineering	Pune				2018
32	Ruba M	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	Chennai				2018
33	Sravani Kookatikonda	JNTUACEA	Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh				2018
34	Swechha Jha	Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology	Bangalore				2018
35	Tejaswini Mukthapuram	Sri Chaithanya junior college	Anantapur, AP				2018
36	Tiya Jose	Model Engineering College,Thrikkakkara	Alwaye				2018
37	vankadara Naga sravani	Jawaharlal nehru techonological university	Anatapur,AP				2018

Support

You may reach us at volunteers@rethinkfoundation.in for assistance.

Disclaimer: WeTech is the official authority hosting this opportunity and NOT Rethink. Should you wish to reach the WeTech team directly, please write to them in their support email listed in References section below

References

1. Official website
2. WeTech's twitter id: @WeTech_Global
3. Official Support email: wetechqualcomm@iie.org

To Do

Completion of the following items will see this wiki through to completion. If you wish to volunteer for to any of these tasks, would be happy to have you working with us. Do assign one item to yourself, mark your name against it and start working away Do also inform us by writing in to v@r (volunteers@rethinkfoundation.in) Should you wish to have guidance on any matter as well, do write in to v@r

Task Number	To Do	Contributer
	Critical Tasks
1	WeTech Application Walkthrough	Pheba Anna Philip
2	Identify the program coordinator for WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship
3	Fb live with program coordinator of WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship
4	FB live with Aliya Anil	Joys Maria
5	FB live with Anjali Thomas	Anjali P A
6	FB live with Arya Murali	Arya Murali
7	FB live with Deepthi NP	Alma Anvar
8	FB live with Fausya Amalh	Irene George
9	FB live with Gopika S Jayan	Aiswarya Karunan
10	FB live with Jeshvi T Vinoji	Adithya Murali
11	FB live with Kavita R	Rajeswari P S
12	FB live with Megha Ben	Ajuma K
13	FB live with Meghna Mariam alias	Adithya Murali
14	FB live with Nimisha Chinnu Jose	Amalu Susan
15	FB live with Nimisha P S	Brahmadatta M R
16	FB live with Parvathy R Pillai	Deepthi A V
17	FB live with Pooja M	Sailakshmi P V, Amalu Susan
18	FB live with Remya Prakasan	Sharon Rachel Manu
19	FB live with Harsha Kulkarni	Aswathy P
20	FB live with Soumya Mahalakshmi A	Aswathy P
21	Open up winning application of Aliya Anil	Joys Maria
22	Open up winning application of Anjali Thomas	Anjali P A
23	Open up winning application of Aparna Av	Maria Johny
24	Open up winning application of Deepthi NP	Alma Anvar
25	Open up winning application of Fausya Amalh	Irene George
26	Open up winning application of Gopika S Jayan	Aiswarya Karunan
27	Open up winning application of Jeshvi T Vinoji	Adithya Murali
28	Open up winning application of Kavita R	Rajeswari P S
29	Open up winning application of Megha Ben	Ajuma K
30	Open up winning application of Meghna Mariam alias	Adithya Murali
31	Open up winning application of Nimisha Chinnu Jose	Amalu Susan
32	Open up winning application of Nimisha P S	Brahmadatta M R
33	Open up winning application of Parvathy R Pillai	Deepthi A V
34	Open up winning application of Pooja M	Sailakshmi P V
35	Open up winning application of Remya Prakasan	Sharon Rachel Manu
36	Open up winning application of Harsha Kulkarni	Aswahti P
37	Open up winning application of Soumya Mahalakshmi A	Aswathy P
	Desirable
38	WeTech Application tips - by previous winners
39	FB live with mentors of previous winners