September 05, 2006
Civic Ventures Presents Five $100,000 Purpose Prizes to Americans Over Age 60 for Inventing New Ways to Meet Society's Greatest Challenges
The think tank Civic Ventures presented five $100,000 prizes to encourage social innovators in their latest projects.
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May 25, 2006
Emergence fellowship '06 by Youth Social Enterprise Initiative
The Youth Social Enterprise Initiative recently announced its Emergence Fellows for 2006. Coordinator S. Dev Appanah notes that Emergence Fellows are “recognized as emerging young social entrepreneurs equipped with fresh and innovative ideas to solve global challenges.” These individuals will receive mentorship, networking, and monetary support through YSEI.
The 2006 Emergence Fellows are:
Salah Uddin Ahmad
Brinda Ayer
Audrey Codera
Md. Faisal Islam
Chandima Jayasri
GV Krishnagopal
Saurav Kumar
Marielle Punzalan Nadal
Raj Ridvan Singh
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May 12, 2006
Winners of St. Louis' first-ever social entrepreneurship business competition announced
As Washington University reports, the winners of the first Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition at St. Louis were announced on May 10. Over $100,000 were awarded to four groups: Boomerang Press ($35,000), REAP Training Institute ($35,000), Meds & Food for Kids ($30,000), and Panda Athletic Gym ($5,000). The last three groups were founded or supported bys students of Washington University.
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April 28, 2006
Echoing Green Announces the 2006 Fellowship Finalists
Echoing Green announced its 20 finalists for its 2006 Fellowship Program. Two of the finalists will be chosen for its fellowship, which help social innovators create and expand their ideas through Echoing Green’s financial and technical support. Echoing Green provides its Fellowship winners $60,000 to $90,000 over two years.
The 2006 finalists include Matthew Flannery, co-founder of Kiva, and Mathias Craig, founder of blueEnergy.
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April 15, 2006
Two business-minded teams win big bucks
Tufts University held its second Business Plan Competition and third Frigon Competition in Social Entrepreneurship on April 6, 2006. Noah Spitzer-Williams and Brian Yun won the Business Plan Competition, receiving $32,000 to implement their innovation. Thomas Singer and Sebastian Chaskel wom $50,000 in the Frigon Competition.
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Finalists announced for Skandalaris entrepreneurship competition
The Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies announced the finalists for its Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition on March 30, 2006. This competition is co-sponsored by the Skandalaris Center and Youthbridge Association, and contestants are competing for $65,000 to help fund their projects. The final round of presentations will occur on April 27 at Washington University of St. Louis. \
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March 17, 2006
Undergraduate Opportunity For Short Travel Journalism in the Developing World
Are you a student over the age of 18 at an American college? Are you open to a potentially life-transforming experience?
Here's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip with Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist Nick Kristof. You won't just be Nick's traveling companion--you'll also bring a fresh perspective to his reporting on the developing world.
For more information and the online application, visit http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/winatrip/
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February 02, 2006
2006 Social E-Challenge
In furthering its vision of creating the next generation of entrepreneurs, the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) presents Stanford's fifth annual business plan competition for Social Entrepreneurs - the 2006 Social Entrepreneur's Challenge.
This competition judges ideas and business plans for social ventures that are either for-profit or non-profit.
First submission date: February 12, 2006 (by midnight). To find out more about the competition, post an idea, or find a team, visit: http://bases.stanford.edu/site/socialechall/index.jsp
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December 20, 2005
The Purpose Prize offers five $100,000 prizes to social innovators over the age of 60
Civic Ventures, a think tank based in San Francisco, is offering The Purpose Prize to recognize the efforts of social entrepreneurs over the age of 60. Sixty semifinalists will receive national recognition for their work, while the five winners will receive a cash award for $100,000 and media recognition. They will receive strategy assistance and be eligible for additional support through a Fund for Innovation. Nominations for the prize end on February 28, 2006 and the winners will be announced in June.
For more on The Purpose Prize, visit http://www.civicventures.org/prize.cfm
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November 01, 2005
Duke Biomedical Professor Challenges Students
According to The News & Observer, Robert Malkin, biomedical engineering professor at Duke University, is challenging Duke students to devise a business plan centered around an innovative and inexpensive piece of medical equipment or medical technology. Business plans would be submitted for a competition that will grant $50,000 in seed money to turn the business plan into a reality for the winner.
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October 11, 2005
The 2006 Development Marketplace Global Competition
The World Bank's Development Marketplace Program, in collaboration with the Water and Sanitation Program and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme, is calling for proposals for the 2006 Global Development Marketplace. With a theme of "Innovations in Water, Sanitation and Energy Services for Poor People," the 2006 Marketplace expects to award $4 million for ideas that provide a clean water supply, sanitation or energy services to poor communities in developing countries.
Proposals are welcome from a range of development innovators: civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, private foundations, government agencies, academia and the private sector. The maximum award size is $200,000.
Call for proposals: October 3, 2005 to November 30, 2005 Announcement of finalists: February 15, 2006 Marketplace Competition & Knowledge Forum: May 8 and 9, 2006
For more information, see: http://www.developmentmarketplace.org
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August 09, 2005
Changemakers Innovation Awards
The Changemakers Innovation Awards for Market-Based Strategies that Benefit Low-Income Communities aim to leverage the power of the community to solve a wide variety of social issues. The competition awards a $5000 prize to the program selected by the community.
Entries must reflect market-based strategies that benefit low-income communities. There is no restriction on the industry or the products/services provided, but the project, enterprise or initiative must demonstrate positive social impact. The primary clients/beneficiaries of the initiative must be low-income citizens. Applications should be for work that is beyond the concept stage and, at a minimum, is being piloted. The deadline for applications is September 27.
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February 24, 2005
SET Inventors Challenge
The Social and Environmental Technology (SET) Inventors Challenge is a new, unique opportunity to connect with high caliber strategic partners and other resources to commercialize technologies, especially targeting developing world markets.
SET identifies and helps find resources for underused technologies with major commercial and social or environmental benefits. SET primarily targets experienced inventors and entrepreneurs, many of whom are working professionals in corporations or laboratories. Graduate students are welcome and should focus on building an experienced team.
If you know of a technology or solution that you want to develop and bring to market, submit your business plan to the SET competition. Teams that meet SET's criteria who have entered other competitions are encouraged to apply.
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September 22, 2004
National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations
The Yale School of Management, The Goldman Sachs Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts joined together to form The Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures. As its signature event, The Partnership runs the National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations, open to nonprofits seeking to start or expand successful profit-making ventures with substantial cash prizes and technical assistance offered to the winners.
The Competition takes place over the course of one year, and includes several Rounds of evaluation. All entrants receive comprehensive feedback from The Partnership’s team of evaluators.
The final twenty entrants will attend the annual conference and awards ceremony where a panel of judges select four grand-prize winners, each of whom will receive $100,000 and four semi-finalists, each of whom will receive $25,000. In addition to cash awards, the winners will receive hundreds of hours of business planning consultations to assist their organizations to move their ventures forward.
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September 15, 2004
Global Social Venture Competition
The Global Social Venture Competition began in 1999 as a student-led initiative at the Haas School of Business. In May 2001, Columbia Business School and The Goldman Sachs Foundation partnered with Haas to extend the reach of the competition and help grow a national platform for social ventures. In June 2003, the London Business School joined the competition partnership. This unprecedented partnership brings together the academic and financial worlds to support the creation of social ventures. Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in cash and travel prizes.
The Global Social Venture Competition is unique among business plan competitions in that it gives equal weight to financial profitability and social impact assessment (SIA). To compete successfully, social ventures must show a demonstrably greater impact in its SIA than the norm for existing firms in the industry. Each plan must have at least one current graduate business school student from an accredited business school on the management team.
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September 08, 2004
MIT IDEAS Competition
The MIT IDEAS Competition provides an opportunity for members of the MIT community to develop their creative ideas for projects that make a positive impact in the world. Participants work in teams to develop designs, plans, strategies, materials and mechanisms that benefit communities, locally, nationally or internationally. Using $20,000 in cash awards, as well as additional development grants, the teams can take an effective step toward resolving pressing individual and community challenges. The IDEAS Competition highlights MIT’s commitment to public service and demonstrates its support for student enterprise. It provides a chance for students to be creative, recognizes their ability to do important work for the public good, and provides an opportunity to have others recognize it as well.
IDEAS teams should be comprised of members whose collective skills make the project feasible. At least one third of the team must be full-time, registered MIT students. Each team should collaborate with a community partner, even if the partnerships are supported only by mail and phone conversations. Teams are also encouraged to work with advisors and mentors, such as faculty members, alumni, or others with expertise in the relevant field. Teams seeking mentors or advisors can fill out mentor requests and submit them at any time.
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September 01, 2004
Stanford Social E-Challenge
The Stanford Social E-Challenge is organized by BASES, Stanford’s premier student entrepreneurship organization. During the second year of the competition, the Social-E Challenge received over 30 business plan applications and had over 30 judges from the philanthropic, non-profit, policy, venture capital, and business arenas.
The Stanford E-Challenge has three rounds of judging. The first round consists of selecting fifteen executive summaries from the initial pool to advance to the second round. Judges are sent about five executive summaries to read over two weeks before the actual judging session, which takes place at Stanford. During a two hour judging session, groups of approximately four judges will pick one or two teams to advance to the second round. The second round consists of a business plan submission as well as a short investor pitch. Judges are placed on two panels of 4-6 judges to watch investor pitches and select six teams to advance to the final round. The third round consists of one judging panel that decides the ranking and prize distribution of the final six teams. For more information on the judging criteria, a copy of the judging form is available on their website.
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