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SHRMLABS BWCC STARTUP TRACK TECH COMPETITION

Application Deadline: January 15 2024 11:59 PM (EST)

LOCATION: USA

SHRMLabs’ Better Workplaces Challenge Cup (BWCC), powered by SHRM, is a global competition in search of the most innovative and game-changing ideas and solutions that are solving for the workplaces’ most critical challenges. Does your solution have what it takes?  

ELIGIBILITY:

Company must be an early-stage startup in the workplace tech, HR tech, Future of Work, or Human Capital Services market.

Company must be a for-profit company established with a management team and public-facing website.

Company must be able to convey a business model and demonstrate traction, engagement, and adoption metrics.

Company cannot have raised more than $5 million in total outside funding at the time of the application.

Company cannot have earned more than $5 million in revenue at the time of the application.

Workplace solution must directly contribute to better workplaces.

BENEFIT:

Exposure throughout the competition in front of the largest HR network in the world, SHRM’s 325,000+ members across 165 countries who impact the lives of 235 Million global workers and their families.

An expenses paid trip for two (2) representatives to SHRM’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, IL on June 23-26, 2024.

A fully sponsored branded booth space in the SHRMLabs Workplace Innovation Zone at SHRM’s Annual Conference Expo hall floor.

A $50,000 cash prize.

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THE KIDS RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE

Application Deadline: March 1st, 2024.

LOCATION: The Netherlands

The nominations for the International Children’s Peace Prize are open until March 1st, 2024. KidsRights annually awards the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights.

ELIGIBILITY:

The nomination requirements are the following: 

Any person above the age of 18 or an organization can nominate a child 

The child must be between the age of 12 and 17 by the time of the nomination deadline 

The child can be from any country in the world 

The child must have a demonstrable history of standing up and fighting for the rights of children, including himself or herself 

The child needs to be able to travel abroad and feel comfortable communicating with other people. In fact, if they are chosen as the winner, they will need to travel to the ceremony and be able to communicate their message to different stakeholders 

The child agrees to being nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize 

BENEFIT:

The winner receives: 

The “Nkosi” statuette which depicts a child that sets the world in motion 

The “Desmond Tutu study and care fund” to enable the child to obtain an education 

A project fund of € 100.000, which is invested by KidsRights in relevant children’s rights projects that are closely connected to the winner’s area of work 

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