Deadline: 31 May 2024
Applications are now open for Social Impact Award Incubation program – Ukraine that provides you with all the resources and support you need to turn your idea into a successful venture.
The Social Impact Award supports young social entrepreneurs in the early stages of developing innovative business solutions aimed at solving social challenges facing society.
Their program helps young people discover the field of social entrepreneurship and take the first steps on the way to creating a social enterprise.
Benefits
- Successful applicants have access to a wide range of opportunities, including:
- Mentoring and support in validating your business model and impact model, creating a prototype of your idea, attracting the first supporters and customers.
- A chance to win an award that includes funding, recognition and a ticket to the annual SIA Summit.
- Connect with the international alumni community of over 1,000 social entrepreneurs from over 25 countries.
Eligibility criteria
- Adhering to uniform selection criteria, they can fulfill their mission of helping young people take their first steps in the world of social entrepreneurship. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- To ensure that the offers are youth oriented, all core team members must be between the ages of 14 and 30.
- They welcome ideas that have not yet been implemented, as well as ideas at an early stage of implementation. However, ideas at an early stage of implementation can only be submitted if the project was founded after January 1 of the previous year.
- Applicant projects must not receive significant official funding at the time of application. This means official grants from external sources that exceed €6,000 (e.g. angel investments, grants, prize money, etc.).
- The applicant cannot participate in the SIA incubation with the same idea with which he has already participated or won the Social Impact Award in previous years.
For more information, visit Social Impact Award.
