Skoll Scholarship (Fully-Funded) for MBA program of Oxford, Saïd Business School, UK

Application Deadline: January 8, 2021

The Skoll Scholarship provides full funding plus a living stipend to complete an MBA at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School for social entrepreneurs worldwide.

Eligibility

1. Entrepreneurial action

• You have identified opportunities and taken action in order to make positive social impact
• You have spent preferably at least 3 years driving change through entrepreneurial approaches. For example, you could have:
  • Started or grown a social venture
  • OR created and led the expansion of a social impact initiative within an organisation
  • OR been tackling a specific social/environmental issue, through a core thread that unites your work

2. Creating Impact with a focus on systems change

• You can demonstrate the outcomes and impact of your entrepreneurial action
• Your impact addresses unjust systems and practises in your area of work

3. Personal qualities of a social entrepreneur

• You are a force for positive change
• You are single-minded and persistent, with a willingness to fail and start again
• You have bias toward action
• You have a tendency to explore your environment for opportunities and resources
• You have a willingness to take personal, and sometimes financial, risks
• You develop networks and leverage members to pursue mutual goals
• You have apprenticed with the problem* or experienced the problem you are trying to solve

4. The Oxford MBA is critical to your career trajectory

• You can demonstrate why business education is essential in helping to develop your work/impact at this stage

5. Financial need

• You are in a position where the cost of the programme is a significant financial burden
• You can demonstrate the need for the Scholarship (for example, due to previous work experiences or personal circumstances)

(Source: Skoll Foundation website)

Application Process

Please see Official Website HERE.