Founding Partners
Founding Partners
The student initiatives with the most powerful and provocative solutions will be given financial awards to help fund the implementation of their project. A total of $15,000 will be awarded to the concept or concepts that have the demonstrated ability to ignite change within their local community based on the following broad parameters:
» Addresses a pressing social need within a community
» Can be implemented within that community
» Delivers positive results that can be measured
Awards will be given to fund the material costs of executing the project. Design Ignites Change believes that designers should be compensated for their time when executing socially minded projects. As such, up to 10% of your total requested award amount may be earmarked as an honorarium to cover your time. Monies will be disbursed in one of two ways:
» Paid directly to the vendors contracted to execute the project
» Paid to the school or organization who will oversee the execution of the project
The application deadline of December 31, 2009 has been extended to January 15, 2010. A complete case study must also be posted on the Design Ignites Change website by January 15, 2010.
» Fax your application to: 212.807.0024, or
» E-mail your application to: mrandall@worldstudioinc.com, or
» Mail your application to: Mark Randall, Worldstudio, 200 Varick Street, Suite 507, New York, NY 10014, tel: 212.366.1317
The following groups enrolled in Design Ignites Change are eligible to submit projects developed in 2009 for an award:
» Colleges/universities engaged in projects that use design thinking to address social issues
» Colleges/universities engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
» Creative professionals engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
Participants in the basic Create! Don’t Hate. billboard mentoring program are not eligible, but any unique extensions – in addition to the billboards – of the Create! Don’t Hate. program, developed by the mentoring organization and the mentees, can be submitted.
All applications will be reviewed by an independent committee of creative professionals, business, civic and non-profit leaders. Projects will be evaluated on concept, viability, potential for impact, as well as a detailed plan for timely execution.
The winner(s) will be announced at the end of January 2010. Monies will be available for disbursement in February 2010.
The following parameters and restrictions apply:
» All awarded projects must be executed by June 30, 2010. Extensions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
» Award recipients will work under the close supervision of Worldstudio until the completion of the project, based on their submitted timeline.
» Awards are given to cover the material costs of executing a project. Up to 10% of your total requested award amount may be earmarked as an honorarium to cover your time.
» Projects can be independently executed or in partnership with a corporation or non-profit organization.
» Design Ignites Change Advisory Board members are not eligible to directly apply, although any organizations and students they are affiliated with are eligible.
» Worldstudio employees and family members are ineligible.
» All concepts remain the intellectual property of the applicants.
» Adobe Youth Voices, Worldstudio and Design Ignites Change have the right to reproduce and showcase the submitted entries as case studies.
To learn more about the awards program contact Mark Randall.
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