Introducing the 2017 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Winners!
Meet the Winners
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Questions and answers about the IIC
What are the 2017 Award Categories?
This year's award categories are Skills Development & Opportunity Matching, Income Growth & Job Creation, Technology Access, and Financial Inclusion.
What is the prize?
Over $1 million in total prizes will be awarded. Winners also benefit from resources provided by IIC partners.
Are there any guidelines about how the prize purse can be spent?
We expect that the prize money will be invested in the organization, but we do not have any stringent guidelines.
Is my organization eligible to apply for the IIC?
For-profit and nonprofit organizations of any size, age, or type and from any nation are encouraged to apply. Eligible organizations:
- Are using technology to reinvent work and create economic opportunity for people below the top rung of the economic ladder.
- Are beyond the “idea phase.” They must be enhancing shared prosperity today.
What is the difference between the registration deadline and the submission deadline?
Before submitting an application, organizations must register (and confirm that registration by clicking on the auto generated email) by June 21. Once registration has closed, registrants will have until June 26 to complete their submissions.
I missed the registration deadline. Can I still apply?
The IIC cannot accept applications from organizations that have not registered online by 6:00PM ET on Wednesday, June 21. Online applications not completed and submitted by 6:00PM ET on Monday, June 26 will also not be accepted.
I have an idea about how to make the economy work for more people - can I apply as an individual?
No, the IIC is open to for-profit and nonprofit organizations only.
Will my application be made public?
Portions of your application may be shared publicly.
IIC in Action
Learn about the 2016 IIC Winners
Meet The Judges
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Meet the Winners
Introducing the 2017 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Winners
The MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge has concluded our judging of Inclusive Innovation organizations from across the globe. Nearly 160 expert Core Judges scored and commented on each completed application assigned to them. Our 16 top scoring Finalists will soon advance to our Champion Committee, who will select four Grand Prize Winners to each receive $150,000. The remaining 12 Finalists will each receive $35,000. On October 12, 2017, the IIC will announce and celebrate the Winners at a gala event at HUBweek.
2017 Awards Celebration
On October 12, 2017, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) awarded over $1 million in prizes to Inclusive Innovators, organizations from every region of the globe that are harnessing technology to create increased work opportunities and more widely shared prosperity for people at the bottom and middle of the economic pyramid. Four Grand Prize Winners were chosen from 16 Finalists celebrated at a gala festival in Boston after months of judging; nearly 1,000 global organizations responded to this year’s challenge. Each of the four Grand Prize Winners received $150,000. The remaining 12 Winners each received $35,000. Whether they are providing easier access to financial loans, offering coding classes or college-entry support, or skilling and matching workers to new work opportunities created by the Second Machine Age, the winning global entrepreneurs earned their awards by using technology to include thousands more people in the digital economy.
