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The\u00a0UNeTech Institute\u00a0and Bio Nebraska are accepting applications for Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM, a 10-month education program focused on entrepreneurship and leadership development that matches women academic and industry professionals in Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering, and Math with women mentors in those subject areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program, a partnership between UNeTech and Bio Nebraska, is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNeTech also is accepting applications for Opportunity Corps: Bell-Jewell, a 10-month education program focused on entrepreneurship and leadership development that matches Black and African American entrepreneurs with Black and African American mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program, a partnership between UNeTech, Nebraska Enterprise Fund, and Collective Futures Design Lab, is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunity Corps: Bell-Jewell focuses on a different subject each month, with a one-day educational workshop session featuring Black and African American experts and leaders from the community \u2014 led by UNeTech staff Jamel Hamilton and Katherine MacHolmes \u2014 as well as one-on-one mentoring sessions with the mentors each month. All fellows who complete the 10-month program are paid a stipend of $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM focuses on a different subject each month, with a one-day educational workshop session featuring STEAM industry experts and leaders from the community, as well as one-on-one mentoring sessions with the mentors each month. All fellows who complete the 10-month program are paid a stipend of $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access the written application here<\/a> and the video application here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 program, in its second year, will begin in February and run through November. The deadline to apply is January 6, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email Stephanie Kidd<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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