Deadline: 31 May 2024
Applications are now open for the Social Impact Award Contact support Incubation Program Georgia to take your idea to the next level.
The incubation provides you with all the resources and support you need to turn your idea into a successful venture. As they only have a limited number of places available, they ask all interested parties to apply. This allows their expert jury to select the most promising ideas based on potential for impact, quality of innovation, feasibility and team capabilities.
The program helps young people discover the field of social entrepreneurship and take the first steps to building a social enterprise. Since 2009, it has been supporting young social entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries.
Benefits
- Successful applicants have access to a wide range of opportunities including:
- Mentorship and support in validating your business and influence models, prototyping your idea, creating the first followers and customers.
- A chance to win a social impact award that includes funding, recognition and a ticket to the annual SIA Summit.
- Connect with the international alumni network of over 1,000 social entrepreneurs from over 25 countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- By following consistent eligibility criteria, they can fulfill their mission to help young people take their first steps into the world of social entrepreneurship. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- In order to maintain the youth focus of their offers, all members of the main applicant team must be legally between the ages of 14 and 30.
- Thay welcome ideas that have not yet been implemented, as well as ideas in the early stages of implementation. However, early implementation ideas can only be submitted if the project was established after January 1 of the previous year.
- Applicant projects must not have received significant formal seed funding prior to the submission of their application. This is defined as formal grants from external sources exceeding €6,000 (eg angel investment, grants, prizes, etc.).
- The applicant must not have participated in SIA incubation with the same idea they applied for and must not have received a social impact award in previous years.
For more information visit Social Impact Award.
