Apply for Halcyon MENA Fellowship Program

This program features two dynamic residencies, AWS cloud credits, mentorship, and a $5,000 USD stipend. Harness the power of cross-regional collaboration as you build the future of Health, Climate, and EquityTech.

Sectors

• Climate
  • Solutions addressing climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience including but not limited to:
    • Renewable Energy Generation and Storage
    • Green Building Technologies
    • Climate Data and Analytics
    • Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems
    • WaterTech
• Health
  • Solutions leveraging technology to reduce barriers to quality, affordable healthcare and to improve physical and mental healthcare outcomes. Subsectors include but are not limited to:
    • Telemedicine, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Digital Therapeutics
    • Healthcare Operations
    • Health Data Analytics and AI
    • MedTech
    • FemTech
    • Preventative Medicine
    • Health Finance
    • AgeTech/Longevity Tech
• Equitytech
  • Solutions leveraging technology to increase social and financial inclusion and closing equity gaps in wealth, education, and accessibility. Subsectors include but are not limited to:
    • FinTech
    • Future of Work
    • Assistive Tech
    • EdTech

Benefits

• Each program includes specific benefits to fellows. Fellows accepted into this program will receive the following:
  • $10,000 USD in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing credits
  • Additional technical support from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Access to a world-class network of mentors and advisors
  • Bespoke training on:
    • Business fundamentals
    • Investment readiness
    • Impact definition and measurement
    • Leadership
  • World-wide community of impact-driven entrepreneurs
  • Workshops with legal experts
  • $5,000 USD equity-free travel stipend per venture.

Program Structure

• Cohort of up to 10 ventures from across the MENA Region receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on business fundamentals, leadership, investment readiness, and impact
• Program is delivered in hybrid modality with participants engaging in both virtual and in-person sessions:
  • 1 Virtual Program Kickoff Meeting
  • 4 Virtual Program Meeting Days
  • 1 week in-person residency in Washington, DC
  • 1 week in-person residency in the MENA Region (specific country to be announced).

Eligibility Criteria

Halcyon is looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to Health, Climate, or EquityTech in the Middle East & North Africa.

• Location: Must have operations in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), or Yemen
• Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product that has the potential to scale
• Team:
  • May apply with up to one co-founder
  • Applicant must be the CEO and/or hold primary decision-making power
  • Must be fluent in English
  • Must be at least 21 years of age by the start of the program
• Program Engagement: Must be able to participate in all activities and programming sessions
• Impact: Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards 1 or more of the UN’s 17 SDGs

In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores each application based on 4 criteria: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.

Selection Criteria

• Impact
  • To what extent will the solution, if scaled, have a meaningful impact on society and/or the environment?
• Scalability
  • Could this venture scale to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of users in a 5-10 year time horizon?
• Innovation
  • Is the solution a novel approach to tackling the issue in their context?
• Talent
  • Is the team uniquely qualified to tackle the challenges they’ve identified?

For more information, visit Halcyon.