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COMPETITION: Community Impact Challenge

COMPETITION: Community Impact Challenge

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

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Interested in taking your Venture to the next level?
Apply now for the @15 Community Impact Challenge with Ashoka’s Youth Venture. Fifteen (15) finalists will be selected based on the potential for community impact and long term sustainability. The finalists will be equipped with camcorders and provided coaching in grassroots marketing as they compete online for [...]

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GRANT: UN-Habitat Opportunities Fund

GRANT: UN-Habitat Opportunities Fund

Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

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Is your youth-led organization helping your community address issues related to education, poverty, health, nutrition and safety? If yes, you can apply for financial assistance up to US$25,000 from UN-Habitat.
The Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development, a grant worth $1 million in funding per year, will award up to US $25,000 to groups led by young people, [...]

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Earth Island Institute

Earth Island Institute

Posted on 07. Nov, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

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The New Leaders Initiative (NLI) grows environmental leadership by raising the profile of young emerging environmental leaders in North America, celebrating their achievements, and providing them with the skills, resources, and relationships to lead effective campaigns and projects.   NLI honors the legacy of David Brower — firebrand environmentalist, community activist, and founder of Earth Island [...]

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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

Posted on 06. Nov, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is a national grants initiative of the Lemelson-MIT Program to foster inventiveness among high school students.
InvenTeams composed of high school students, teachers and mentors are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that they want to solve, research the problem, and then develop a prototype invention as an in-class or extracurricular project. Grants of up [...]

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