The world has already invented products and services to end poverty. Yet we have found dozens of proven interventions with large delivery gaps. Millions of people still don’t have access.
Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention at scale? Submit your idea to build a new organization and solve one of our Distribution Challenges below. We will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000 USD to launch wherever extreme poverty exists
Who Should Apply?
You should have enormous ambition, and can imagine yourself as a successful
entrepreneur. You are ready to launch your new venture, and if a pilot proves successful
you are excited to grow it into a world changing organization.
If you are still a student or have existing commitments, you should have a clear idea how to
transition into a full-time founder.
D-Prize is exclusively interested in ventures that will scale distribution of an already proven
poverty intervention in the developing world. We do not fund prototypes of promising new
Eligibility
D-Prize challenges are open to anyone or any teams. The sole restriction is that individuals
and their immediate family on the judging panel may not participate as a contestant.
D-Prize is also open to any business model (for profit, non-profit, and everything in
between). All winners will be awarded up to $20,000. The award is offered in the form of a
convertible grant.
Up to 20 of the most promising proposals will be selected for funding awards, regardless of
which challenge track was selected.
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