APPLICANT SUMMARY Your summary of qualifications is a summary of your professional experience. This is also an opportunity to explain why you are applying for the Scholarship and what you would bring if you were chosen. Applicant Summary Questions (50 words) 1. Why are you applying for the Catapult Community Leaders Scholarship? Why now? 2. How have you demonstrated commitment to bringing about positive social change? 3. Provide a brief summary of your professional background and qualifications. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Please include only your highest or most significant educational achievement. We will learn about your other academic experiences from your resume/CV, so use this section to highlight the qualification that is most relevant to the Scholarship. WORK EXPERIENCE To qualify, you need to have over four years of work experience. Your number of years of work experience refers to continuous full-time employment internships or fellowships do not count – as work experience. ESSAY QUESTIONS Next, you will be asked to complete six essay questions. You will need to limit each of your responses to 100 words. A Bit of Guidance Please use the portion of the application as an opportunity to tell us more about yourself from a personal perspective. We already know about your skills and experience from your CV and application - now we want to get to know you on a deeper level. The questions are meant to give you the space to open up about your passions, creativity, imagination, and sense of humour. Essay Questions (100 words) Purpose what is your personal purpose? What’s your answer to why you exist? What – do you care passionately about? How have you pursued this purpose in your life? Take time to look at the programme content of Catapult Leadership. How is the content relevant to what you want to learn and do? What do you want to do after the Scholarship and how does this fit into your long-term goals? Tell us about a time when you have pursued social change. What is the most significant challenge you have overcome? How did you overcome it?
APPLICANT SUMMARY Your summary of qualifications is a summary of your professional experience. This is also an opportunity to explain why you are applying for the Scholarship and what you would bring if you were chosen. Applicant Summary Questions (50 words) 1. Why are you applying for the Catapult Community Leaders Scholarship? Why now? 2. How have you demonstrated commitment to bringing about positive social change? 3. Provide a brief summary of your professional background and qualifications. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Please include only your highest or most significant educational achievement. We will learn about your other academic experiences from your resume/CV, so use this section to highlight the qualification that is most relevant to the Scholarship. WORK EXPERIENCE To qualify, you need to have over four years of work experience. Your number of years of work experience refers to continuous full-time employment – internships or fellowships do not count as work experience. ESSAY QUESTIONS Next, you will be asked to complete six essay questions. You will need to limit each of your responses to 100 words. A Bit of Guidance Please use the portion of the application as an opportunity to tell us more about yourself from a personal perspective. We already know about your skills and experience from your CV and application - now we want to get to know you on a deeper level. The questions are meant to give you the space to open up about your passions, creativity, imagination, and sense of humour. Essay Questions (100 words) Purpose – what is your personal purpose? What’s your answer to why you exist? What do you care passionately about? How have you pursued this purpose in your life? Take time to look at the programme content of Catapult Leadership. How is the content relevant to what you want to learn and do? What do you want to do after the Scholarship and how does this fit into your long-term goals? Tell us about a time when you have pursued social change. What is the most significant challenge you have overcome? How did you overcome it?
Catapult-Community-Leaders-Scholarship-Application-Instructions-2018.docx