The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a new funding opportunity under the new Annual Program Statement (APS) called "Development Innovation Ventures" (DIV) FY2012 and FY2013. Through the DIV, USAID is seeking innovative solutions which are linked to solving a … [Read more...] about USAID Development Innovation Ventures 2012-2013: Call for Applications
Ashoka Changemakers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio invite Entries for Innovations for Health Competition
Ashoka Changemakers, in association with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio, invites entries around the world in the form of innovative health care solutions having potential to improve health care situation in other countries and regions. The contest is entitled as Innovations … [Read more...] about Ashoka Changemakers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio invite Entries for Innovations for Health Competition
The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award
Nominations are invited for the Gates Vaccine Innovation Award, which recognizes and honors efforts made to find innovative and effective ways to immunize children in the poorest regions of the world. The winner will receive $250,000 and a personal acknowledgement by Gates Foundation … [Read more...] about The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award
eBay Foundation awards $250,000 to Winners of Social Entrepreneurship Competition
The results of the Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works competition, co-hosted by eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers, were announced on Sep.14. There were five winners, out of the nearly 900 entries received from 83 countries. This was the highest number of entries ever … [Read more...] about eBay Foundation awards $250,000 to Winners of Social Entrepreneurship Competition
LAUNCH invites submissions from innovators for Energy Challenge to identify innovations for transforming current energy systems for a more sustainable future
LAUNCH is a global initiative of NASA, USAID, Department of State and NIKE to support the innovative ideas, work, technologies or programs capable of finding solutions for the challenges faced by the common people and the society. LAUNCH is inviting submissions for its Energy Challenge with the aim … [Read more...] about LAUNCH invites submissions from innovators for Energy Challenge to identify innovations for transforming current energy systems for a more sustainable future
Development Innovation Ventures: Development Innovation Fund from the USAID-1
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) to bring “together diverse innovators from academia, the private sector and NGOs to identify, develop, and transition to scale promising approaches to pressing development problems … [Read more...] about Development Innovation Ventures: Development Innovation Fund from the USAID-1
Development Innovation Fund –USAID-2
Under the Development Innovation Ventures (DIF), USAID will provide the Development Innovation Fund not only for evolving innovative ideas into practical projects by supporting their testing and experimentation, but also in scaling them up inside the country as well as to other countries as well. In … [Read more...] about Development Innovation Fund –USAID-2
Eligibility Criteria for applying to the Development Innovation Ventures-USAID-3
Applications from all types of organizations are accepted. These include U.S. and non-U.S. NGOs, faith-based organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. private businesses, business and trade associations, international organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. colleges and universities, civic groups, regional … [Read more...] about Eligibility Criteria for applying to the Development Innovation Ventures-USAID-3
Focus Areas for Fund Support Development Innovation Ventures-USAID -4
USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures’ (DIV) Development Innovation Fund can provide support to address critical challenges in development that will contribute towards the improvement of the lives of people in developing countries. “All projects must contribute to one or more development goals, … [Read more...] about Focus Areas for Fund Support Development Innovation Ventures-USAID -4
Submission of Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -5
Initially, concept paper defining the basic information about the project idea and the organization has to be submitted for applying to any of the three stages of the USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures’ Development Innovation Fund. The concept paper should not exceed more than five pages. The … [Read more...] about Submission of Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -5
