Apply for Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge 2021. The 2021 Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge will take you from idea to entrepreneur – helping bring your idea to life AND sharpening your social business skills!

All applicants will receive FREE e-learning, specialist project development support and access to mentors as well as connection to a network of young changemakers like you. The first 500 applicants will also receive a VIP Ticket to the Social Enterprise World Forum 2021 and challenge finalists will compete for prizes of up to $10,000.

Awards

• A selection of $10,000 cash prizes are on offer for the best ideas PLUS a package of mentoring and other support.
• There are prizes for runners up too, and all shortlisted ideas get opportunities for global recognition and media publicity.
• Watch out for special category and country prizes that will be announced soon.

Benefits

The Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge is all about supporting young people (18-30) to take entrepreneurial action on social and environmental issues that matter to you.

• Everyone who enters receives a package of FREE startup support and mentoring to develop their idea.
• The first 500 applicants will receive a VIP ticket to the Social Enterprise World Forum 2021.
• The best idea solutions will compete for cash prizes and funding pots of up to $10,000.
• Finalists will receive global recognition and exposure at the Social Enterprise World Forum 27-29 Sept 2021.

Criteria

• The Challenge is open to anyone 18-30 years old.
• You can enter on your own or as a team (up to 5 members). Team participation is strongly encouraged.
• The competition is looking for a business solution to an environmental or social issue. This can be a non-profit or for-profit idea but must be at an early stage (less than one-year-old with no significant funding in place).

Judging Criteria

• Impactful: Will the business idea solve an important social or environmental problem?
• Innovative: Is the idea insightful, and potentially a breakthrough solution to the problem?
• Feasible: Could the idea be implemented with financial and mentoring support?
• Scalable: Does this idea have the potential to be expanded on a larger scale?

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