PRIME MOVERS – Youth, accelerated.

Develop your skills. Meet new people. Make the world a better place. All in one team.

PRIME MOVERS provides full scholarships to a hands-on leadership program for young people passionate about social and environmental change.

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Quick info

Find out if this program is right for you

Who can apply?You must have at least 3 semesters left in your studies.
When can I apply?Next scholarships will open in September 2019.
What is the time commitment?5-10 hours a week, less during exam weeks.
When do the workshops take place?Every Saturday at 12:00 (excluding academic holidays)

PRIME MOVERS in three steps

It consists of 3 E's: Education, Engagement and Employment

We educate you in changemaker skills

We teach you systems thinking in order to navigate complex problems, social innovation to create solutions, and social entrepreneurship skills to take action. Within the two-year* program, you attend workshops ranging from SEO (search engine optimisation) and Growth Hacking, to emotional intelligence and time management and and everything in between.

*completion of the entire program is not compulsory

You engage in impactful initiatives

We have various initiatives in different areas where you will apply your learnings right away. Want to help start social startups? Find solutions to societal challenges? Teach children about sustainability, gender equality or challenges that come with digitalisation? You can choose to work on social entrepreneurship, social innovation or social education throughout the program.

As an alumni, you are employed in doing what you love

Going after your passion does not have to stop at volunteering. After you complete the PRIME MOVERS program, you can either apply to be employed in one of our ventures, or transition into purposeful careers in different organizations we work with.

Our focus areas

Waste and food waste

Gender equality

Digitalisation

How your growth is accelerated

Skills that last a lifetime

Emotional intelligence, team work, time management and more. Skills you pick up during the PRIME MOVERS program are with you for a life time whichever sector you choose to work in afterwards.

Projects that make a difference

We talk to academics, NGOs and companies to find gaps in the market for innovation and impact. Our award winning ventures keep in mind scalability, innovation, systemic changes and more.

Community

Join our growing community of doers who believe in their potential to fundamentally solve challenges in sustainability, gender equality, issues that come with digitalisation, education and more.

Self development

Regardless of how long you stay with PRIME MOVERS, you will be exposed to external growth opportunities as well through our network like workshops, conferences, academies and more. You will get different opportunities to share our network as well. The trainings mentioned above do not include the monthly workshops we organise with experts in the context of ONE DAY: The Stammtisch. We are all about your growth here!

Interested? Applications for the next round of scholarships will open in September 2019.

Awards and nominations

Winner at Climate Launchpad Austria 2018

Finalist at European Youth Award 2018

Incubatee at RCE Playpark 2018

Finalist at Social Impact Award 2018

Finalist at Reduce Food Waste EU Education Award 2019

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Cooperation

Here are our partners that we are cooperating with or have cooperated with