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Ashoka Closing the loop: feedback for results competition 2013. ($10,000 in Prize)

by lanredahunsi
written by lanredahunsi

Deadline: December 18 2013

Feedback Labs and Ashoka Changemakers are seeking innovative solutions that are helping feedback loops to empower people, drive better decisions, and put resources where they’ll make a difference. Help citizens achieve better results in social services,philanthropy, and governance.

Eligibility

  • The competition is open to all organizations and partnerships from around the world. Nonprofit and for-profit ideas are permitted, with a focus on improving social services, philanthropy, and governance.
  • Solutions should reflect the theme of the challenge — Closing the Loop: Feedback for Results. We want to hear how your organization uses feedback loops to empower people, drive better decisions, and put resources where they’ll make a difference.
  • Preference will be given to solutions that have grown beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability.
  • We are accepting entries in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, or Arabic.

Prizes

  • The opportunity access a funding pool of $10,000 or more.
  • In-depth peer review by Feedback Labs founding partners, a consortium of internationally recognized organizations.
  • Opportunities to showcase work among leading foundations and other multilateral agencies, with the capacity to adopt, scale, or improve top innovations.
  • Additional opportunities will be announced as the competition progresses.

Early Entry Prize

  • One of two cash prizes of US $500. (To be eligible, you must submit your entry prior to the early entry prize deadline: November 27, 2013, 5 p.m. EST.)

Why You Should Enter

  • Join and explore a network of world class efforts using feedback loops to achieve better results in social services, philanthropy, and governance.
  • Connect with Feedback Labs, and join its global community of problem-solvers who support the impact you are making on the ground. Your participation in the competition gives you the opportunity to forge relationships with like-minded innovators, impact partners, sector experts, and investors.
  • Gain visibility with the funders and institutions that are partnering with Ashoka and Feedback Labs in this effort.

How to Enter

  • Please complete the entry form and submit by the deadline: December 18, 2013, 5 p.m. EST
  • For advice about how to create a better entry and boost your chances of winning, read these tips.
  • Please see Competition Deadlines, Procedures, and Rules for full information on the competition process. Semi-finalists will be notified with detailed instructions on January 15, 2014.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ashoka closing the loop competition

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Women Powering Work competition – $25,000 Prize for the Most Innovative Projects (for North Africans)

by lanredahunsi
written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: November 6 2013

GE and Ashoka Changemakers are seeking your innovative solutions that will advance economic opportunities for women in MENA, strengthen their families and communities, and enable them to benefit equitably from economic growth.

Three winners of Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in the MENA Region will each receive US $25,000 in unrestricted funding to support their innovations. Enter before the early entry deadline (October 2, 2013) to be eligible to win one of two additional cash prizes of US $1,000. The entry period closes on November 6, 2013.

Eligibility:

The competition is open to all individuals, organizations, and partnerships from around the world.

Entries may originate in any country, but must have their primary point of impact within one or more of the following countries:

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Idea phase entries are eligible, and we encourage their entry. However, the judges are better able to evaluate programs that are beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated a proof of impact. Entries must be submitted in English, Arabic, or French.

Prizes:

Three prizes, each totalling US $25,000 in unrestricted funding to support your innovation.

Early entry prizes, one of two US $1,000 prizes (if you enter before October 2, 2013).

How to enter:

Read these step-by-step instructions or watch this video. Read these tips about how to create a better entry and boost your chances of winning.

Please complete the entry form in its entirety and submit by the deadline, 6 p.m. EST on November 6, 2013.

Assessment Criteria

Winners of the Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in the MENA Region competition will be those that best meet the following criteria:

Innovation:

The best entries will be those that demonstrate a substantial difference from other initiatives in the field. Distinctiveness will be given a high ranking by the judges. Innovation does not necessarily involve inventing something entirely new. It may comprise new products or processes, as well as new applications or hybrid combinations of existing tools. Entries should describe how their solutions are driven by original, ground-breaking ideas.

Social Impact:

Entries should describe how the innovation advances economic equality for women in MENA. Entries should reflect an understanding of the systemic barriers within the innovation’s specific context, and should describe how the innovation impacts these barriers. The best solutions will have demonstrated impact, as well as the potential for scaling-up and replication. Entries should explain how the solution measures social impact through both quantitative and qualitative data.

Sustainability:

Entries should have a clear plan for reaching long-term goals and securing financial backing – they should describe not only how they currently finance their work, but also how they plan to finance it in the future. They should also have a realistic time frame for implementation. The most successful entrants demonstrate that they have strong partnerships and support networks to address ongoing needs, and to aid in scalability and the maintenance of a clear financial strategy.

Deadlines and Procedures

Online competition submissions are accepted until 5 p.m. EST on November 6, 2013. At any time before this deadline, competition participants are encouraged to revise their entries based on questions and insights that they receive through the Changemakers online discussion. Participation in the conversation enhances an entrant’s prospects in the competition, and provides the community and the judges with an opportunity to understand the entrant’s project more completely.

There are five main phases in the competition:

  • Entry Stage:
    Beginning August 21, 2013, entries can be submitted until 5 p.m. EST on November 6, 2013. Throughout this stage, anyone can participate in an online review discussion with the entrants.
  • Early Entry Deadline, October 2, 2013:
    Entries received by 5 p.m. EST on October 2, 2013 are eligible for the Early Entry prize. Being an Early Entry Prize winner does not preclude you in any way from winning the competition, nor does it guarantee finalist status. All entries will be evaluated equally at the completion of the entry period using the Changemakers criteria.
  • Entry Deadline, November 6, 2013, 5 p.m. EST.
  • Judging and Evaluation: November 6, 2013 – January 15, 2014
  • Winners Announced, January 15, 2014

Click Here to Enter your Idea

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For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Women Powering Work Competition

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Ashoka’s Nutrients for All Competition.

by lanredahunsi
written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: June 19 2013

Ashoka’s Nutrients for All and Ashoka Changemakers are seeking your innovative solutions that will ensure the availability of nutrients for healthy, natural ecosystems, farms, food, and people. Enter before the deadline on June 19, 2013 for a chance to win cash prizes totaling US $45,000.

Alternatively, enter by May 15 to be eligible for one of two US $500 Early Entry prizes, and an opportunity to share your work with Nutrients for All thought leaders at the Ashoka Globalizer Summit in Frankfurt, Germany.

Eligibility

  • The competition is open to all organizations and partnerships from around the world.
  • Solutions should reflect the theme of the challenge — Nutrients For All: Vitality for People and the Planet —and engage in activities that help ensure the availability of nutrients for healthy natural ecosystems, farms, food, and people.
  • Preference will be given to solutions that have grown beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability.
  • We are accepting your entry in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French.

Prizes

  • Up to $45,000 in unrestricted funding to boost your project.
  • Early Entry Prize: One of two cash prizes of US $500 and an opportunity to participate in the Ashoka Globalizer conference in Frankfurt, Germany on June 3-4. At the conference, early entry prize winners will have the opportunity to discuss their solutions with Ashoka and a high profile group of executives in attendance. (To be eligible, you must submit your entry prior to the May 15, 2013 early entry prize deadline.)
  • Special Focus Prizes
    • Aberdare Ventures is sponsoring up to $10,000 in funding for U.S.-based ventures.
    • NetSuite.org is pleased to offer their cloud business management software, a $44,000/year value, as a prize to innovators who are ready to scale their social enterprises and take their impact on the nutrient value chain to the next level.

How to Enter

  • For advice about how to create a better entry and boost your chances of winning, read these tips about how to make your entry stand out.
  • Please complete the entry form and submit by the deadline: 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
  • Select entrants will be notified on Monday, July 1 with further instructions.

Competition Deadlines, Procedures, and Rules

Online competition submissions are accepted until 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday June 19, 2013. At any time before this deadline, competition participants are encouraged to revise their entries based on questions and insights that they receive from reviewers on their feedback dashboards. Participation in the discussion enhances an entrant’s prospects in the competition and gives the community and judges an opportunity to understand the entrant’s project more completely.

There are six main phases in the competition:

Preliminary Entry

Entries can be submitted from April 17, 2013 through 5 p.m. EST on June 19, 2013. Throughout this stage, anyone can participate in an online review discussion with the entrants.

  • Early Entry Deadline, May 15, 2013: Entries received by 5 p.m. EST on May 15, 2012 are eligible for the Early Entry prize.
  • Entry Deadline: June 19, 2013, 5 p.m. EST

For questions about the competition, email [email protected].

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