Applications Invited for Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021

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Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021

The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.

Their vision is a world in which every woman impact entrepreneur driving change can achieve her full potential. Their mission is to shine a light on these women and provide them with the necessary financial, social and human capital support to grow their business and build their leadership skills.

Benefits

The three fellows will receive:

Financial Support

• US$ 100,000 grant for the laureate (top business)
• US$ 30,000 grant for each of the two finalists (2nd and 3rd runner-up businesses).

Human Capital Support

• The fellowship program focuses on several key areas of human capital support for women impact entrepreneurs, including developing a strategic financial mind-set, speaking to inspire, and scaling social impact.
• Community peer learning sessions
• Strategic financial mindset module that aims to support fellows in building their roadmap for growth
• Speaking to inspire’ communication module that focuses on leadership presence and media training
• Strategy mentoring module developed by our academic partner INSEAD business school that supports fellows in refining their business strategies
• A scholarship to attend a one-week INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme pending admission based on INSEAD’s eligibility criteria and selection process.

Social Capital Support

Throughout the programme, we strive to highlight the social and environmental impact created by our fellows and bridge connections between women impact entrepreneurs and their supporters.

• International exposure & media visibility
• Access to an online & offline community of the Cartier Women’s Initiative and Hello Tomorrow
• Ongoing support for the development of the fellows’ businesses
• Passes to the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit and the Deep Tech Week
• Recognition by Hello Tomorrow as Deep Tech Pioneers, a label which grants fellows exclusive access to industry experts, investors and corporate partners at the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is open to women entrepreneurs from any country and sector, this award will highlight disruptive solutions built around unique, protected, or hard-to-reproduce technological or scientific advances that require heavy R&D, a long commercialization cycle, high capital intensity, technology risk, and complexity.

Judging Criteria

The Jury evaluates the applications based on the following criteria:

• Technological innovation
• Market analysis & fit
• Business model sustainability & validated development plan
• Embedded positive social impact
• Leadership team & character of the founder
• Commitment to Cartier Women’s Initiative
• Quality of submission

Deadline: July 31, 2020.

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