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INNOVATE 4 NATURE AWARDS

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Application Deadline: 5 April 2024

LOCATION: Switzerland.

Get visibility, Win a grant, Access networks. Participate in the I4N AWARD and accelerate your nature-positive solution.  The goal of I4N is to support nature-positive solution providers around the pre-seed and seed stage, where a business plan or a minimum viable product is available and needs validation. APPLY NOW

ELIGIBILITY:

Participation is free of charge.

There is no geographical restriction, organisations from any country are welcome to apply.

There are no specific requirements regarding legal form, ownership structure or age of entity.

The minimum requirement is the presence of a business model, a business plan, a marketable pilot product, or a minimum viable product (MVP).

We only accept applications directly from founders and not from fundraisers.

Should you be selected, at least one founder or executive director must be available either in person or via video call on the day of the Jury meeting: Thursday, June 13th, 2024, in Morges/Lausanne, Switzerland.

BENEFIT:

The I4N Award offers a total of CHF 100,000 in prize money across four focus areas. In addition to the financial support, award winners can benefit from access to an ecosystem of partners and experts. Moreover, I4N Grants or access to training or mentoring may be provided to particularly promising nature-positive solution providers.

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JAMES DYSON AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

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Application Deadline: 17 July, 2024

LOCATION: USA

James Dyson is on the hunt for bright minds with fresh ideas across the globe. If you have an invention that solves a problem, they want to hear about it. The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. It’s open to current and recent design engineering students, and is run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to get young people excited about design engineering.

ELIGIBILITY:

The James Dyson Award is open to current university students of engineering, product design and industrial design – and those who have graduated in these subjects in the last four years. We’ll ask to see official documentation that proves it.

All entrants must have undertaken their studies in one of the following countries or regions:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

BENEFIT:

National winner: $8,500

International runners up: $8,500

Sustainability winner: $51,000

International winner: $51,000

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