Founding Partners
Founding Partners
The winning projects will also be highlighted on the Design Ignites Change website and in PR efforts.
Twice a year grants – not to exceed $13,000 – 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
Projects must be feasible, with a clear path to implementation and follow through to ensure success. 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, with no more than 10% paid directly to the winning student or team for the honorarium
» Paid to the school or organization who will oversee the execution of the project
The written application and online case studies must be submitted and posted by:
Cycle 1: June 30, 2011
Cycle 2: December 31, 2011
College and university students are eligible to submit projects developed in 2010 or 2011.
You can find the application under downloads on the left side of this page. Also available to download are the winning applications of the previous award cycles as an example of outstanding work. To be eligible for the award, you must submit your application as well as post your project case study on this website. To post your project you must get a login from your school’s Design Ignites Change faculty contact. If you do not know who your faculty contact is, please contact Ansley Whipple for a login or with any additional questions (awhipple@worldstudioinc.com or 212.366.1317).
» Fax your application to: 212.807.0024, or
» Email your application to: awhipple@worldstudioinc.com, or
» Mail your application to: Ansley Whipple, Worldstudio, 200 Varick Street, Suite 507, New York, NY 10014, tel: 212.366.1317
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 approximately one month after the deadline at which time monies will be made available.
