The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select few social entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing problems.
The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select few social entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing problems. The Skoll Award includes a core support grant to the organization, to be paid over three years, and a noncash award to the social entrepreneur presented at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship every spring.
The application process for the 2013 Skoll Awards is open from January 4 – March 1, 2012.
- Eligibility quiz: This tool is helps applicants assess their eligibility for a Skoll Award. If an organization passes the eligibility quiz, they will be given a URL to the application. Applicants cannot move forward to the online application unless they pass the eligibility quiz.
- Online application: Organizations that pass the eligibility quiz may then complete an online application. A preview of the online application is available.
- Full proposal invitation: Selected applicants will be contacted by a program officer and invited to submit a full proposal. We choose 10 or fewer applicants to submit full proposals each year.
- Due diligence: This process usually includes interviews, a site visit, reference checks, follow-up questions, in-depth financial review and a discussion of grant objectives.
- Selection of the Awardees: We anticipate making fewer than 10 Awards each year.
- Accepting applications: January 4 – March 1, 2012
- Organizations notified of application status: July 2012•Finalist due diligence on select organizations: July – October 2012
- Skoll Award recipients announced: November 2012
- Skoll Award recipients celebrated at the Skoll World Forum: March 2013
► Please note that the Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation is not involved in organizing this program and cannot provide assistance to potential applicants. If you have questions or would like to apply, please use the contact information provided on the organizer's website.
Source: http://www.skollfoundation.org/about/skoll-awards/
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