The Wellspring

The Sauve Scholars Foundation (which I misread momentarily as ‘Suave Scholars’ - oops!) is inviting applications for their residential leadership and professional development programme at McGill University. Successful applicants will have receive a scholarship of $30 000 for travel, tuition, housing, meals and supplies for eight months in Montreal ‘to research, reflect, question and enlarge upon their understanding of the state of the world and their roles in effecting positive change.’ They will also attend weekly seminars featuring senior professionals from the media, politics, business, academia and the arts, and travel on group excursions to ‘ academically and culturally stimulating sites in the northeastern United States, as well as adventure trips in Canada’s dramatic north.’

Participants will have the opportunity for research produced as a result of their residence to be published on the Foundation’s website, or in hard copy.

Eligibility for the programme is limited to young people worldwide under 30 who have completed at least one undergraduate degree. Successful applicants will be highly motivated, have a strong academic record and have demonstrated leadership potential through involvement in university affairs or the broader community.

For further information, visit the Foundation’s website at http://www.sauvescholars.org/.

Applications close 31 December, 2006.