2016 Archimedes Project + University Student Coordinator
2016 Archimedes Project + University Student Coordinator
The Archimedes Project’s mission is to increase access to clean water and sanitation around the world by working with locally competent and committed entrepreneurs to design and launch lean, scalable and financially sustainable clean water and sanitation enterprises that leverage existing technology, knowledge and partners.
ArchGrpU is an Archimedes Project program that recruits university students to organize an Ideation Lab. These studentled hackathon inspired events introduce human centered and market driven approaches to international development to college students, giving them an unparalleled opportunity to apply their classroom learning the problem of water or sanitation in a selected country. In 2015, we are recruiting students to plan Spring 2016 Ideation Labs at select colleges and universities.
Ideation Lab
An Ideation Lab is a three day hackathonstyle event that brings people together from across sectors and disciplines to design a clean water or sanitation enterprise for a selected country. Participants work in teams to design a scalable lean startup that uses existing technology to increase sustainable access to an affordable clean drinking water or sanitation product or service. The design process is supported by the advice and expertise of experienced professionals from across sectors including nonprofit, business, academia and local practitioners.
Student Coordinator
The Student Coordinator recruits and leads the team of students that organizes and executes an Ideation Lab at their university. The Planning Team is responsible for researching the selected country, fundraising, recruiting mentors and judges, managing event logistics and executing the Ideation Lab.
Applicants should be excited about bringing together fellow students, faculty and professionals from across sectors to think deeply about creating a solution to one of the greatest challenges the world faces. An ArchGrpU Student Coordinator can be an undergraduate or graduate student who can commit approximately 40 hours a month from September 2015 to May 2016. We are looking for leaders to tackle this challenging event and bring excitement about the Ideation Lab process to their team and campus.
Apply
Applications may be submitted through our Application Portal at archgrp.org/archgrpu. The deadline for submitting an application is August 31, 2015. Select applicants will be invited to interview with the Archimedes Project team.
