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Education and Career Advancement Opportunities
Tailored resources for your career and educational journey!
Training and Conference Scholarships
Render ATL has conference scholarships available, Apply
Girl Security's fall National Security Fellows program provides learning, skill-building for a changing workforce, mentoring, professional and advancement training, and a stipend. Apply! Open to high school and early undergraduate.
If you want to practice your Cloud Skills, this really great platform has great courses, including the Certified Cloud Practitioner course, which has been revamped & is FREE all July🎉😍The platform helped me & a few others get certified last year during their free COVID offerings!
Cloud Career Jump Start is @GoogleCloud's free 12-week course designed as a way for people in underrepresented communities to earn their Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. Apply today!
If you want to pivot into a data career, the application for Data Science for All: Women is open. I loved this program, it’s a 7-week immersive experience in data science and its ONLY women. You meet senior women leaders and executives and receive mentors for a capstone!
AWS and Udacity opened their Machine Learning scholarship again! If you want to gain and expand your machine learning skills and expertise and become the next generation of ML leaders apply by July 30. You can prep with the free AWS ML foundations course too!
MicroStrategy just launched their Analytics for the Classroom program so students can now learn MicroStrategy for free!
AWS launched a global AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate challenge! You’ll follow a recommended preparation path to earn the certification, receive free training available on-demand, live on Twitch starting July 12, and free webinars. Participants receive a 50% discount voucher for the exam. The challenge ends December 4. Register today!
AWS is offering free live training and certification prep courses! If you are taking Cloud Practitioner, Solution Architect, Developer and Big Data – I highly recommend attending.
The new AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam https://go.aws/3dzUn8w ☁️ launched with these free digital courses:
💻 Introduction to AWS Certification https://go.aws/368xeFZ and
💻 Exam Readiness: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate https://go.aws/365iVlA
You can also take a 55-question practice exam with question-level feedback aws.training/certification 🎓
Did you all catch my scholarships thread on Twitter? I shared a bunch of opportunities!
Career Development and Advancement
Viget has a 4 apprenticeship positions (US remote or local to a Viget office) - UX Research; Digital Project Management; Business Development; and Branding. If you have an interest in / passion for one of these disciplines, has baseline knowledge & skill, but does not have “real world” work experience in the discipline. You’ll receive 1:1 mentoring, feedback, a general curriculum, and hands-on experience. The goal is to kickstart strong careers in the tech industry. Apply by July 28
AT&T Summer Learning Academy, a free online externship learning program open to all high school and college students. The program has both short self-paced classes with certificates and exciting live events featuring well-known dynamic speakers focusing on four key areas: Personal Development, Business, Technology and insights on life at AT&T direct from our leadership and experts in their field. Apply by July 12.
TEKsystems Global Services' virtual boot camp is a unique opportunity to learn full-stack development skills with 100% tuition coverage for those who successfully complete the program. Apply by July 19.
Ghaida Zahran, a Product Design Lead at Netflix has opened applications to mentor 4 designers from underrepresented backgrounds in product, A/B testing, design principles and more!
Google opened applications for the CS Research Mentorship Program, a mentorship program that matches students in the US and Canada from historically marginalized groups with peers and a Google mentor to support their pursuit of computing research pathways. Applications close July 28. Contact CSRMP@google.com with questions. Make sure you research Google AI and Timnit before applying, for awareness.
Lincoln Policy created the Policy Hackers Fellowship to develop a new cohort of innovation policy advocates! You’ll work virtually and travel between San Francisco and DC to meet and learn from policy scholars, top lobbyists, public relations experts, and government policymakers. Apply by July 18.
Virginia opened two opportunities to earn industry cyber certification. There is an eight-week Upskilling Academy for individuals with IT/Cyber experience. You’ll go through advanced SANS and GIAC trainings and earn the GIAC certification. If you don’t have any experience, the eight-week Reskilling Academy will help you earn three certifications and provide skills in technology and security fundamentals.
Data School is offering a free Machine Learning certification. You’ll have lifetime access to the Python course that offers training in the sci-kit module. No ads, detailed notes, quizzes and a certificate. Register today!
Github, Microsoft and LinkedIn will be offering free trainings in practical skill areas such as Software Development, Project Management. Digital Marketing, Data and Financial Analysis, Graphic Design and more! Register here today!
Facebook launched a cool program for job seekers to become interns for local businesses through a competitively-paid remote internship! You must be 18+, you'll receive training, resources, support, a mentor and a FB Digital Marketing Certification. Apply today!
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Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Tailored resources for diverse-owned businesses and underrepresented founders.
Grants, Pitch Competitions and Funding
Rebuild The Block Small Business Relief Fund is helping Black-owned businesses get back on their feet. If your business was impacted by Covid-19 or faced destruction from looting, then you can apply for financial assistance through this fund. They select up to 15 winners each month and there is no set monetary value. However, if you do win, you will be required to provide proof of your losses. Rebuild the Block has set a fundraising goal of $1M to help Black-owned businesses. We love a grant that makes lasting change in communities.
The National Black MBA Association, Inc. Scale Up Pitch Challenge has a prize of $50,000.00, must be a member of the National Black MBA Association in order to participate in the semi-finals. Apply by July 24.
The SoGal Foundation's Black Founder Startup Grant is a $5K to $10K cash grant for a Black woman or Black nonbinary entrepreneur, a legally registered business, plan to seek investory financing to scale, and have a scalable, high-impact solution or idea.
Citrine Angels supports the growth and success of female-founded businesses and increases access to investment opportunities for women. Apply to pitch.
The Power Forward Small Business Grant program awards transformative grants of $25,000 on a rolling basis to businesses in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, or select areas of Connecticut. Apply today!
Women's Business Grants and Womens-Finance is announced the availability of $500 micro-business grant, to be awarded to a female-owned craft business. Ongoing
To support restaurant owners in their efforts to Winterize their outdoor dining spaces and increase their capacity for guests, The Restaurant Strong Fund by Grubhub will be providing $10,000 grants to restaurants. Ongoing
UndercoverVC is looking for talented students from underrepresented campuses and backgrounds to join their network of fellows. Fellows source deals from campuses large and small across the United States and Canada. Apply today!
GoFundMe.org started their own fund to help raise money to help businesses. Apply via this form.
Accelerators and/or Founder Programs
fundBLACKfounders is a platform specifically for Black founders to crowdsource for money. They are a flexible funding platform, so unlike some platforms that only allow you to keep the money if you raise the total amount, you get to keep whatever you raise on fundBLACKfounders. .
The Dream Big Awards wants to recognize and uplift the best American small business with $25K. This annual award program highlights small businesses who are contributing to America’s overall economic growth. In order to apply, you must have a for-profit business that’s been in operation for at least one year with less than 250 employees or a gross revenue of less than $20M for 2019 and 2020. Apply by July 16 here.
If you are a business owner, Google Digital Garage can be used to help develop your digital skills. There are a range of options and topics to improve your skills, enhance your career and build your confidence.
Project W partnered with Springboard Enterprises and Black & Brown Founders for a series of four Dolphin Tanks that showcase Black and Latinx female founders building companies that are changing our future. Register for the series and hear from founders that are building solutions for the future of work and education.
Are you a founder looking for support? This cool founder’s toolkit of 100+ resources was launched to help you gain access to fundraising development opportunities and programs!
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help small businesses grow and create jobs by providing them with greater access to education, capital, and business support services. You will gain practical skills across topics such as financial statements negotiation, marketing, and employee management, and gain the tools to develop a customized business plan for growth—for free.
BOSS Lab, Pillsbury is dedicating Emerging Growth and Venture Capital lawyers and colleagues in complementary practices will provide considerable volunteer legal and advisory services to up to 50 innovative startups with high-growth potential, valued up to $20,000. Apply today.
Mielle Organics launched its $1,000,000 #MoreThanAStrand fund to provide educational, entrepreneurial, economic empowerment and business investment for Black women and women of color around the globe! More Details / Ongoing
The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year fellowship that provides a $100,000 grant to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom. Apply today to build a network of investors, scientist and founders.
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