Rise
Rise finds brilliant people who need opportunity and supports them for life as they work to serve others.
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Overview
Rise starts at ages 15–17 and offers access to a lifetime of benefits including scholarships, mentorship, access to career development opportunities, funding, and more as Global Winners work toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems. An initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, Rise is the anchor program of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wendy Schmidt to find and support global talent.
Our impact
The Rise program’s impact in the world includes:
50,000 applicants from 178 countries
100 Rise Global Winners from 42 countries across 6 continents
22 languages spoken by first cohort of Rise Global Winners
