Seed Funding for SI2
The Opportunity
Mount Holyoke College seeks to “prepare the next generation of women leaders for life, profession, and service through purposeful engagement with the world.”1 The Social Innovation Initiative (SI2) is an opportunity for students to engage with the world in ways that are impactful, ethical, and sustainable, and to develop skills in leadership and innovation. Under SI2, students are invited to address global challenges (in the fields of education, environment/climate change, human rights/peacebuilding, poverty alleviation, and public health) – whether experienced by communities locally or internationally, or on the Mount Holyoke campus.
Seed Funding Challenge
The SI2 Seed Funding Challenge will provide students an opportunity to advance an innovation project with catalytic funding for project development or planning activities. Students may compete for awards in one of two categories.
Key Dates
Information Sessions: March 25 and March 27, 2019, Room 213 Blanchard, noon-1:15 pm
Draft Proposal Submission: Sunday, March 31, 2019 (by 11:59 pm) to klange@mtholyoke.edu
Final Proposal Deadline: Sunday, April 7, 2019, 5 pm to klange@mtholyoke.edu
Announcement of Winning Projects: Friday, April 12, 2019
How to Apply
Please refer to Key Dates above when completing these application steps: After attending an information session, you may submit a draft proposal (optional) on which the selection committee will provide feedback. All applicants must submit a final proposal with all required components (listed below) by the deadline to Kirk Lange, Associate Director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives (klange@mtholyoke.edu).
Required proposal components include:
- project proposal;
- one page budget; and
- statement of sustainability and partnerships.