The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have established the Millennium Alliance, a network to bring together various actors within India’s social innovation ecosystem including, but not limited to, social innovators, philanthropy organizations, social venture capitalists, angel investors, donors, service providers, and corporate foundations, to stimulate and facilitate financial contributions from the private and public sectors and offer a range of support to innovators.
NGOs, for-profit organizations, educational institutions and private individuals can apply for the Millennium Alliance (MA) Awards. The awards will be provided in the following sectors:
The MA will give awards for the following sectors:
- Basic Education (specifically early grade reading)
- Family Planning and Reproductive Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Clean Energy/Climate Change
- Others – Any innovation pertaining to a sector, which would either directly benefit the population at the Base of Pyramid (BoP) or indirectly creates/improves the environment that improve lives for the BOP.
MA will fund game changing innovations capable of delivering maximum development impact for the people at the base of the pyramid. These innovations should be game-changing, cost-effective, scalable, sustainable and have global relevance.
The deadline to submit applications for the awards is 15 September 2012. For more information, visit this link.
