Deadline: July 13th |
Does your work have the potential to elevate humanity and inspire others to act as engines for social good? The Elevate Prize Foundation is looking for leaders, innovators, activists, and risk-takers who are impacting their community every day!
What is The Elevate Prize?
The Elevate Prize Foundation, aims to elevate humanity on a global scale. The annual search for innovators and activists working to solve the world’s problems culminates each fall with the selection of 10 heroes who receive funding and guidance to amplify their work.
From there, they embark on a two-year program fueled by access to top scholars and industry leaders who guide and support them in scaling their impact. Together, our Prize winners, advisors, partners and collaborators across industries combine their impressive reach to create a single, powerful philanthropic amplification platform.
The Elevate Prize’s ten inaugural winners will receive:
- A minimum prize of US$300,000 spread over two years, with potential for additional funding.
- Professional management and development services, mentorship and coaching, educational training, capacity building, and connection with influencers, industry leaders, and experts through Elevate Prize Foundation’s two-year program.
- A tailored media and marketing campaign aimed at amplifying their work, building recognition and a fanbase around the hero, and ultimately inspiring others to contribute to the public good.
- Access to a dynamic network of Elevate Prize heroes and partners.
Who can apply to The Elevate Prize?
The Elevate Prize is open to applicants with a demonstrated history of catalyzing social and/or environmental impact through their work and leadership. The search is on for people with enormous energy, talent, open hearts, and open minds – who have the potential to greatly expand their reach, inspire the hearts and minds of others, and contribute to elevating humanity on a global scale.
Specifically, The Elevate Prize is seeking heroes who are:
- Transformational and Innovative Leaders: Those who are addressing big, critical issues in their communities with powerful, tangible solutions. People with the talent, skills, background, and experience to create lasting, positive impact, and inspire the hearts and minds of others, thereby helping to elevate others on a global scale.
- Purpose-Driven: Share why you are doing this work, why the issues you are tackling are important to you and your community, results to date, and how you and your work can inspire others.
- Problem Solvers: Are your ideas and implementation innovative, your messaging more effective? Do you have the ability to persevere and transform obstacles into opportunities? Have you been successful to date?
- Radically Diverse: Whether you are an entrepreneur in Haiti, an artist in Bangladesh, a technologist in Germany, an activist in Brazil, or a doctor in Egypt, we want to hear from you! The Elevate Prize will select heroes from across all regions and industries.
- Resilient: Share your challenges and failures and how you have overcome them.
- At a Tipping Point: You’ve already driven impact through your work and are well-positioned to do much more and inspire others to make change using the significantly larger audience and range of resources offered by The Elevate Prize.
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact our lives, The Elevate Prize Foundation recognizes that there are heroes all over the world who are putting their health and safety at risk to treat those infected and save lives. Now more than ever, it is critical to recognize and uplift those who are elevating humanity by preparing for, detecting, and responding to emerging pandemics and health security threats. Therefore,
The Elevate Prize has committed to select at least one Solver from the MIT Solve Global Challenge on Health Security and Pandemics as part of its inaugural cohort of heroes. This exemplar leader will take part in both the MIT Solver program and the Elevate Prize program, receiving a minimum of US$300,000 spread over two years as well as ongoing support from The Elevate Prize Foundation and MIT Solve.
The applicant should be the primary delegate for their organization. If selected as a finalist, this person will be invited to present their work during The Elevate Prize Awards in New York City, and if selected as a hero, they will be the lead participant throughout the program.
The Elevate Prize Timeline:
- March 30, 2020 – The Elevate Prize Opens for Submissions
- July 13, 2020 – Deadline for Applicants to Submit to The Elevate Prize
- August 5, 2020 – The Elevate Prize Finalists announced
- September 18-19, 2020 – Heroes Selected During The Elevate Prize Awards in New York City
Find full details at the official link below:
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Apply before 13th July, 2020
