Huawei Ireland launches 2025 Seeds for the Future student programme
May 22, 2025: Huawei Ireland has launched the 2025 edition of its flagship talent programme ‘Seeds for the Future’ which is open to students in third level education or above.
Seeds for the Future is Huawei's globally-recognised Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) flagship programme. This programme seeks to develop local talent, share knowledge, increase ICT sector awareness and enthusiasm, and foster digital community building.
This year, the programme will take place in Shenzhen, China for five days (September 1-5) where students will visit Huawei headquarter and take a variety of courses covering the latest innovations in smart cities, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 5G, and the Internet of Things. As well as technical knowledge, students will develop soft skills like cultural awareness, time management and collaboration. The students from Irish university selected for this year’s programme will each be awarded a €1,000 bursary.
To apply for the programme, students should upload their CV, a transcript of their academic records, and a cover letter of 400-600 words and/or a three-minute personal video reflecting their objectives to the application link. Students can also find more information about the programme through the Seeds for the Future official website (https://www.huawei.com/minisite/seeds-for-the-future/program.html). The deadline for submissions is July 18. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact seedsireland@huawei.com.
Announcing the 2025 Seeds for the Future Programme, Luke McDonnell, Head of PR, Huawei Ireland, said: “Huawei is committed to creating value for the communities in which we operate. The programmes that we are involved in – Seeds for the Future – demonstrate our commitment to nurturing and developing today’s students to think about the future of our society. We continue to invest in Ireland’s future ICT workforce, and we see this student opportunity as another way to help these students to enhance their capabilities as they continue their studies in STEM subjects”.
In the 2024 edition of Seeds for the Future project, Team Anaphero from Ireland won European Region Champion and secured Global TOP 3 among more than 150 teams across the globe. Team Anaphero also won the People’s Selection Award, reflecting the widespread appeal and importance of their project.
For more details go to: Huawei - Seeds for The Future - PROGRAMME
Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home, and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world. Huawei employs over 207,000 people in 170 countries across the globe.
Since its arrival in 2004, Huawei’s activities in Ireland have developed from supplying mobile phones, building Ireland’s first national fixed wireless network, providing fibre optic broadband technologies, to being at the forefront of the current 5G digital transformation. Huawei’s activities globally, and in Ireland, are underpinned by a core focus on R&D. Indeed, the EU ranks Huawei among the top five investors in R&D in the world3. Annually Huawei spends 10%-15% of its global sales revenue on R&D, in 2023 its total R&D spending reached €21.2 billion, representing 23.4% of total revenue.
In Ireland, Huawei has invested over €250 million in its Irish R&D efforts between 2019-2023. Along with the positive impact of Huawei’s R&D activities, Ireland’s economy derives significant economic benefits from Huawei’s operational expenditure and exchequer contributions, with a total annualised economic contribution of over €800 million and will contribute €4.5 billion in economic value to Ireland between now and 2030 according to a recent Amárach report. Huawei’s Irish operations employ 543 individuals and support the employment of a further 6,100 individuals through indirect and induced effects from its activities.
Huawei works with several Irish third-level institutions, including Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, TU Dublin, University of Limerick, University College Dublin, and University College Cork, funding vital Irish research into video, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. The company also partners key Research Ireland centres such as Connect, Insight, Adapt and Lero.