GO Innovation Award
Inspiring Youth to Solve Real World Problems throughInvention & Innovation
Something groundbreaking is on its way and we want you to be part of it! The GO Innovation Award is the first of its kind awarded to those who are bringing youth into the solution equation in tackling community problems through innovation. Kicking off this September, we invite you to join us in the "global search" for role models and innovators. It's about inspiration... change... unleashing the potential of our next generation of great "problem solvers".
The GO Innovation Award (GIA) is awarded to inventors, tinkerers and entrepreneurs to share their innovation with youth and inspire them to create solutions for the real world community problems they face. Up to $50,000 will be granted annually to GO Innovation Award recipients.
The Global Search
Since its inception, GO has championed local leaders and their life-changing programs for orphans and vulnerable children around the world, encouraging youth to be agents of change and to actively shape the world in which they live. The GIA furthers that goal by launching a global search for innovators throughout the developing world whose ideas and inventions help implement a sustainable solution to a community-based problem by including youth in the equation of problem solving.
In addition to the global search, GO is calling for private sector support by corporations, nonprofits, educational institutions, and the general public to secure an initial $500,000 for the five-year, global grant program. GO's network of partners and advisors, including Lemelson-MIT, MIT IDEAS challenge, MIT d-Lab, and MIT Public Service Center will collaborate and advise during the implementation of the grant program.
Award nominees must live in the country where the grant will be administered, collaborate with established entities serving youth aged 7-25, and administer a year-long program.
Timeline
Finalists will be reviewed by a panel of experts and voted on by the general public.
Stay tuned, the nomination period will be announced shortly!
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