GenV Campaigns

• March 22: Deadline for submission of a short summary of your proposal. We welcome all ideas even if they are similar to ideas other youth have submitted.
• April 1: Ashoka GenV and WaterAid choose 10 finalists and four backups and invite them to fill out more detailed proposals.
• April 15: Finalists submit preliminary action plans.
• April 24: WaterAid and Ashoka GenV give feedback on action plans.
• May 1: Deadline for submission of revised/final action plans.
• May 1 to 22: Finalists attend a phone or in-person panel to present ideas and receive feedback.
• May 25: WaterAid and Ashoka GenV announce up to 10 seed grant winners.

• Seed Grants
  Ten seed grants up to US$1,000 each. (Varies depending on country’s income level.)

Project ideas are evaluated and grants are awarded on an ongoing basis. The final deadline is March 22, 2009.      

Eligibility Criteria  

1. The challenge is open to all youth between the ages of 12 and 20 in North America and Europe and 12 and 24 everywhere else. (Proof of age will be required before grants can be approved.)
2. Each participant is limited to one grant.
3. Each participant will be required to submit an action plan showing what activities will be carried out and how the grant will be spent.
4. Each participant will need to form a team with at least two other youth to qualify for funding.
5. Participants under age of 18 must have parental or guardian support and approval to receive grants and launch projects.
6. Ideas should be submitted by March 22, 2009 in English or Spanish.

Assessment Criteria

Grants will be awarded to projects that best meet the following criteria:

1. Innovative – Project uses a new or creative approach to improving access to clean water and sanitation.
2. Effective – Project has potential to produce significant or measurable impact on the issue it addresses.
3. Sustainable – Project has potential to produce on-going positive change. In other words, it’s not a one-time event.
4. Youth-led and youth-driven – Leaders of the project should be under the age of 21.

General Guidelines

1. Deadline – The last day to submit a project idea is March 22, 2009.
2. Grants – Up to 10 grants will be awarded for this challenge.
3. Entries – Submit an idea first. If your idea meets our criteria (see above), we will send you an application (an “action plan”) to apply for a grant. We welcome all ideas, even if they are similar to ideas other youth have submitted.

Disclaimer — Compliance with Legal Restrictions

Ashoka GenV complies fully with all U.S. laws and regulations, including Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations, export control, and anti-money laundering laws. All grants will be awarded subject to compliance with such laws. Ashoka will not make any grant if it finds that to do so would be unlawful. This may prohibit awards in certain countries and/or to certain individuals or entities. All recipients will comply with these laws to the extent they are applicable to such recipients. No recipient will take any action that would cause Ashoka to violate any laws. Additionally, Ashoka will not make any grant to a company involved in the promotion of tobacco use.

Ashoka GenV and WaterAid welcome all your ideas for how to improve access to clean water and sanitation. Just send us one paragraph about your idea and we can guide you on how to proceed.

Please submit a picture of yourself and a picture of your prototype, if you have one.