Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship - Apply Now
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship are accepting applications until March 3rd, 2009! This prestigious award is provided to social entrepreneurs from around the world whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time. The 3-year award supports the continuation, replication or extension of programs that have proved successful in addressing a broad array of critical social issues.
Check out the web-site to meet previous award recipients and learn about the difference each are making in the world. This year the focus is on five areas of influence: climate change, nuclear proliferation, pandemics, conflict in the Middle East and water security.
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The Skoll Foundation has a mission to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Each year the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship brings together 800 delegates from more than 60 countries for three days of sessions focused on accelerating, innovating and scaling solutions to some of the world's more pressing social issues. This year the conference will be held on March 25th-27th at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, England.
