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Competitions
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Cash Prizes
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Key Dates
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| Ashoka Citizen Base Awards - Changemakers Awards |
$5,000
|
8/11/10
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| Baruch College and Merrill Lynch Invitational Entrepreneurship Competition |
$10,000
|
10/14/10 - 4/28/11
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| BiD Network Challenge |
$10,000-$18,000
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Depends on the region
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| Barrett Foundation Prize |
$100,000 |
03/14/12 |
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Brigham Young University Business Plan Competition
|
$10,000
|
1/24/11 - 2/07/11
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| California Clean Innovation Conference |
$10,000
|
4/16/11
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| The Cardinal Challenge - University of Louisville |
$15,000 |
1/6/11 |
| Carnegie Mellon McGinnis Venture Competition |
$20,000
|
2/11/11 - 3/01/11
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| Cleantech Open Business Competition |
$250,000
|
05/26/11
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| Cleantech Open Idea Competition |
$100,000
|
11/12/09
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| Cornell Venture Challenge |
$10,000 |
12/15/10 - 4/5/11 |
| Dell Social Innovation Challenge |
$50,000
|
2/14/11 - 5/01/11
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| Duke Start-Up Challenge |
$5,000
|
2/11/11
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| Echoing Green Fellowship |
$60,000
|
10/12/10
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| Global Social Venture Competition |
$25,000
|
1/20/11 - 3/10/11
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| HBS Business Plan Competition |
$25,000
|
12/17/10 - 3/28/11
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| Gonzaga University - Inland Empire Business Plan Competition |
$7,500
|
TBA
|
| Investor's Circle |
Unknown
|
TBA
|
| JMU Sustainable Business Plan Competition |
$50,000
|
TBA
|
| JPMorgan Good Venture Case Competition |
$15,000
|
TBA
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| KPCB Prize for Greentech Innovation |
$100,000
|
TBA
|
| KPCB Prize for Greentech Policy |
$50,000
|
TBA
|
| LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Competition |
$10,000
|
2/18/11 - 6/4/11
|
| MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize |
$200,000
|
2/25/11 - 4/22/11
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| MIT IDEAS Competition |
$7,500
|
4/5/11
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| MIT Ignite Energy |
$35,000
|
3/16/10
|
| NYU Stern Business Plan Competition |
$100,000
|
10/26/10 - 4/29/11
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| Sabin Environmental Venture Prize at Yale |
$25,000
|
1/14/11 - 4/31/11
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| San Diego State University Venture Challenge |
$15,000 |
12/3/10 - 2/18/11 |
| Seattle Pacific University Social Venture Plan Competition |
$2,500
|
2/8/11 - 4/13/11
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| Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship |
Unknown
|
2/17/10
|
| Social Entrepreneurship Competition at Tufts University |
$50,000
|
1/21/11 - 4/6/11
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| Social Impact Exchange Competition |
$100,000 |
1/3/11 - 6/16/11 |
| Social Innovation Forum |
$0
|
Open to inquiries
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| St. Gallen Symposium Wings of Excellence Award |
$0
|
2/01/10
|
| Stanford Social-e Challenge |
$25,000
|
2/17/10 - 4/13/10
|
| The Mai Bangkok Business Challenge |
$8,000
|
12/27/10 - 2/26/11
|
| The Rice University Business Plan Competition |
$125,000 investment
|
2/18/11 - 3/18/11
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| The World Challenge |
$20,000
|
TBA
|
| Tulane Business Plan Competition |
$50,000
|
1/23/11 - 4/8/11
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| University of Washington Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition |
$17,000
|
11/11/10 - 2/16/11
|
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency P3 Awards |
$20,000
|
9/17/10 - 12/22/10
|
| University of Michigan and DTE Clean Energy Prize |
$50,000
|
11/26/10-2/18/11
|
| University of Nebraska Venture Competition |
$7,000 |
1/29/11 - 3/12/11 |
| Wake Forest Elevator Pitch Competition |
TBA
|
2/4/11
|
| Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge |
$20,000
|
11/15/10 - 2/15/11
|
| William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition |
$100,000 total
|
12/03/10
|
| WRI New Ventures |
Unknown
|
Rolling
|
| Yale Entrepreneurship Society Y50K Competition |
$50,000
|
TBA
|
| Youth Social Enterprise Initiative Fellowship |
$50,000
|
12/13/10 - 5/1/11
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