Attention everyone! Internship in Silicon Valley!

The scientific and educational fund of the Academician Shakhmardan Esenov announced the lanch of the competition on passing of free internship in perspective startups of the Silicon Valley (California, the USA). Competition is open for all citizens of Kazakhstan. The main selection criterion – professional skills of job seekers and desire to self-improve. In addition, the high level of proficiency in English is obligatory (from upper intermediate).

For participants of tender there are no age restrictions: competition is open, both for students of a bachelor and master degree, and for the acting professionals in the field of information technologies. This requirement is consistent with the international "Convention against Discrimination in Education", a law on the ratification of which is the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed at the end of January.

The competition consists of three stages. March 31 this year, the Fund will complete the receipt of applications and documents, and the names of the five winners will be announced in late April. Further the Expert Fund Board will carry out the selection of start-ups which corresponds to the qualification of winners. Six-month internships will take place from July to December 2016. It is supposed that winners will train in startups in the territory of the USA, earning reward from a startup in the form of a share of its shares. The fund will pay to five winners of competition the visa, air flight (both ways), food and accommodation. The detailed information about participation in competition is placed on the website of non-profit organization — yessenovfoundation.org.

Expert Fund Board, which will decide the fate of the winners, led by Eldar Akhmetgaliev, co-founder of a startup Mocap Analytics, which specializes in sports analytics. He is also associate professor in Simon Fraser University (Canada). Eldar graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2009, in 2015 received PhD degree in California Institute of Technology, is engaged in scientific researches in the field of applied mathematics.

The scientific and educational fund of the Academician Shakhmardan Esenov is created in 2013 in the best traditions of patronage for the purpose of a development of education, science and innovations in Kazakhstan. Mission of fund – development of intellectual potential of Kazakhstan.

For more information on the program please contact: Maksat Kurmanbaev, Program Coordinator, + 7 (727) 349 40 04/05