D-Prize Awards For Social Entrepreneur 2024
The D-Prize award startup grants of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs launching new organizations.
We believe the world needs more social impact organizations, and we seed for-profit ventures, NGOs, and charities. We support organizations in any low-or-middle income country where extreme poverty still exists.
Program Summary
- Value: $ 20,000
- Type: Contest, Entrepreneur
- Sponsor: D-Prize
- Deadline: November 3, 2024
Eligibility Requirements
- D-Prize is for new organizations. Most of our awardees are first-time entrepreneurs.
- Most have not yet launched their organization, nor have they raised other funding.
- We especially encourage those from low-and-middle income countries to apply.
- We will consider applications from existing organizations only if your core focus is distributing an existing and evidence-based poverty intervention.
- We typically will not support organizations with more than 18 months of full time operations or that have raised more than $30,000 USD in outside funding.
Benefits
- We award startup grants of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs launching new organizations.
- We believe the world needs more social impact organizations, and we seed for-profit ventures, NGOs, and charities.
- We support organizations in any low-or-middle income country where extreme poverty still exists.
Selection Process
Evaluation process:
- Round 1: Submit your two-page concept note and resume(s). We receive 2500+ submissions per competition.
- Round 2: Top 5% of entrepreneurs are invited to answer short written questions. You will have two weeks to draft and submit.
- Final round:Top entrepreneurs have phone and email interviews. The top 1% receive up to $20,000 to launch.
Select a challenge above and be prepared for the following deadlines:
- The Global Competition launches on 2 September 2024
- Early Submission Deadline: 13 October 2024 at midnight PT (Pacific Time)
- Regular Submission Deadline: 3 November 2024 at midnight PT (Pacific Time)
- Extension Deadline: 24 November 2024 at midnight PT (Pacific Time)
How to Apply
Submission Policies
- Proposals must be written in English. However, your English does not need to be perfect
- to apply, and grammar and vocabulary errors will not be penalized. We only want to
- Understand your idea.
- Proposals must be submitted following the instructions in this packet.
- Extra material outside of the proposal will not be considered.
- Revisions to proposals after submission will also not be considered.
- Only one proposal per person or partnership will be considered.
Proposal Instructions
- Prepare your concept note and resume(s), and clearly name your files. Concept notes and resumes can be separate documents. Files must be PDF and are limited to a size of 4MB each.
- Proposals must be written in English. However, your English does not need to be perfect to apply, and grammar and vocabulary errors will not be penalized. We only want to understand your idea.
- Input your contact details and upload your documents to www.d-prize.org/submit
- Our seed support is meant to be the launching point for your organization that grows to large-scale.
- Follow our Application Process to design an initial test pilot of your larger vision.
- Submit your concept to our twice-annual competition.
- If selected, you will receive seed support to launch.
Deadline: November 3, 2024