A BIG list of Opps

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How to travel for free? Where can I volunteer? How to finance my studies? Where can I find funds for my project? How can I work in a cool company without experience? Relax, all the answers can be easily found among the sources presented in this simple compilation.

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28 resources of Opportunities

for you.

Hey!

Somebody told you that you can easily find thousands of opportunities for your studies, travelling, project, and just to make your life more fun and unique?

They are right!

But first you have to:1. Check your Internet connection.2. Open a browser.3. Google.4. Google.5. Google6. Google…

Hehe, just kidding, of course.In this simple presentation you will

find most of the answers to the questions like

How to travel for free?

Where can Ivolunteer?

How to financemy studies?

Where can I findfunds for my

project?

How can I work in a cool company

without experience?

Chillax and see really good resources that may change your life and raise a champion in you.

Fasten your seat belts!

But why?.. You just seat in your chair, all the work is

done for you. Really.

Here we go

Opportunity Desk

www.opportunitydesk.org

Not often but regularly you will find various scholarships, grants, hot jobs, competitions, and awards there.

The blog is organized as a website.

Hey Success!

www.heysuccess.com

Using several filters you can find scholarships and grants that match with your year or field of studies, location, and language.

Tip

Opportunity = Opp

On the Move

www.on-the-move.org

Cultural mobility informational network. You can get a chance to travel for free within Europe and attend cool events.

Scholly

www.myscholly.com

An app that helps to find scholarships for you.

Available for iPhone and Android.

Limited to the United States.

IEFA

www.iefa.org

International Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search.

Aimed to help US and international students who wish to study abroad. Provides users with a range of grants, scholarships, loans and useful info.

Open Society Foundations

www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants

Open Society Foundations provides serious support for individuals and organizations that work in the area of Education & Youth, Governance & Accountability, Health, Media & Information, Rights & Justice.

Lab for Culture

www.labforculture.org

European network for artists and cultural workers with fresh news, projects and funding.

100+ Places to Find Funding For Your Research

www.oedb.org/ilibrarian/100_places_to_find_funding_your_research/

Really. If you are a scientist, save that list and pray on it.

Tip

There are hundreds of sources and thousands of opportunities

available. Making your search more specific will help you to rediscover the power of Google. And I am not

joking.

Chegg

www.chegg.com

Rent, buy, or sell textbooks; find a tutor; select one out of 1000+ internships to start your successful career.

Do you want to study in Turkey?

www.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr

A website where grants and scholarships for studying in Turkey for local and international students are available.

European Cultural Foundation (ECF)

www.culturalfoundation.eu

Get funds for cultural projects, travel around Europe.

Yahoo!Voiceshttp://contributor.yahoo.com/signup/

Going on internship may grant you a stipend or even your first salary. Plus you can travel to a different country if you decide so.

In fact, if you are only a teenager and not allowed to work, start writing for Yahoo! You can stay at home, create content on topics you like and get your first dollars to your pocket remotely.

Student Competitions

www.studentcompetitions.com

A novel tool to explore world opportunities with a CV building feature. Compete now.

ProQuest

www.proquest.com

An enormous data base of various grants and career opportunities. You might need to sign up with your institution or organization name. The search on it may be time consuming and confusing.

Tip

Highly competitive programs like applicants’ persistence: if you failed

once, learn from your mistake and try again. That’s how I became FLEX

finalist (more people get accepted to Harvard than there).

Idealist

www.idealist.org

You are an idealist. You believe in a better world. You do good without thinking about rewards.

This is a great match for you! More than 100,000 organizations with volunteer opportunities and internships across the world.

Scholarships-Positions

www.scholarship-positions.com

Many scholarships and other opportunities for you. Browse by countries.

OK, breathe in and breathe out…

Volunteer Match

www.volunteermatch.org

Find volunteering you like nearby or help via Internet. Thousands of vacancies! More than 8,000,000 volunteers connected.

Zinch

www.zinch.com

Get in conversation with colleges, be rewarded with scholarships. Primarily represents USA institutions.

Work Awaywww.workaway.info

Going to a different country for holidays or even for a day is fun, no doubts. Your friends who stayed at home in front of Facebook page are jealous too. In fact, you’ll scratch only the top of iceberg.

If you want to learn more about people and culture, spend there at least several months. Work abroad.

WWOOF

www.wwoof.net

Travel to Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe or Pacific area to volunteer on farms in exchange for food and an accommodation.

Good deal for your great adventures on another side of Earth! World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

Tip

If you think that a scholarship is too small for you, don’t be lazy. Nobody could apply for it but for you it will

be a piece of cake. Collect the whole cake piece by piece.

Escape Normal Jobs

www.escapenormaljobs.com

Do escape normal! This is your chance to spend holidays in awesome and unique way. Travel + get paid + free food + crazy people…

Not for everybody but here are all the right people!

Couchsurfing

www.couchsurfing.com

It’s not only about free housing… You can meet the coolest people on the planet, get the best guide tour, experience true culture of a country you visit and get connected with the whole world.

Or bring the world to your home. Get started now and find activities nearby.

Craigslist

www.craigslist.org

Way long back, before Couchsurfing became even an idea, a powerful network of communities was operating (and still works!). Check out activities and free housing in places where you intend to go. Search for “Craigslist Joe Official Trailer #1 (2012)” on YouTube to get inspired.

Gap Year

www.gapyear.com

A LOT of tips from experienced travellers. Volunteering, jobs and internships abroad; stories and their real authors. If you are a backpacker, simply add it to your bookmarks.

Also, www.hitchwiki.org might be handy when you travel by hitchhiking.

Ukrainian resources

www.biggggidea.com/opportunities/www.gurt.org.ua

There might be more but these are my top choice.

Russian resources

www.theoryandpractice.ru/grantswww.oncampus.ru/granti-i-stipendii

You may want to have a look at various blogs or groups in social networks like VK, however these sources and foreign ones are the best. Remember, your time is the biggest value. Realize that before you turn 62.

There must be the thing that will save my time and find cool opportunities for me!

That’s why we’ve come up with

World At Competition or WAC

The first social network of opportunities. www.WorldAtCompetition.com

Set your priorities and decide now!

www.WorldAtCompetition.com