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Aritro's research was on environmental conservation and sustainable development. As a result, he was invited to speak at the Youth Parliament of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and was inspired to start a podcast on climate change, which led to him being recognized as a Rise Global Winner.
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One of the most influential living philosophers, often credited with sparking the modern animal rights movement.
Associate Professor of Economics and faculty director of the Market Shaping Accelerator.
Turing Award winner and a leading expert in artificial intelligence, known for his pioneering work in deep learning.
Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world’s leading startup talent investor and the Chair of ARIA.
You and four others are in a race to develop valuable technology. Each of you submits a number. We add the numbers, subtract the total from 50 (representing potential harm from rushing), and multiply that result by your number to calculate your score.
Your goal is to maximize your score. What number do you submit?
We can write the problem like this:
Example: Alice submits 3. Bob submits 2. Claire submits 2. Darius submits 1. Elaine submits 0.
Result: Alice scores 126. Bob scores 84. Claire scores 84. Darius scores 42. Elaine scores 0.
Applicants are eligible if they:
• Are aged 14-20
• Have not started university
• Are on earth
We look for applicants who demonstrate:
• Curiosity: The desire to understand how the world works.
• Critical thinking: The ability to think deeply and analytically about complex problems.
• Drive to make a difference: The motivation to solve important problems.
The takes applicants about 45 minverage. We encourage rough answers and bullet points – we want to see how you think, not how well you write!
Early deadline: Sunday, January 12th, 11:59pm Pacific Time (PT).
Regular deadline: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025.
Since our founding in 2022, we’ve awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to talented young people and other programs and competitions that support them. The largest funder of our work has been Open Philanthropy. No funder makes decisions about our curriculum, selection of fellows, judging of projects, or anything else that we do.
No, it's 100% free to apply. Our program is 100% free, too.