Applications Invited for Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards

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About the Organization

Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and The Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta ranks among the largest American information technology companies, alongside other Big Five corporations Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking in 2023.

About the Award

We are committed to identifying and supporting the use of these models for social impact, which is why we are excited to announce the Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards, which will grant a series of awards of up to $35K USD to organizations in Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Asia Pacific, and Latin America tackling some of the regions’ most pressing challenges using Llama.

Since their release, Llama 2 and Llama 3 have had over 180 million download requests and we know developers are already creating incredible tools with these models. We have seen some of those tools through the applications to the Llama Impact Grant program, which aimed to identify and support the most compelling applications of Llama 2 for societal benefit across three tracks: education, environment, and open innovation.

The Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards are intended to further identify and support organizations who are already using Llama 2 or 3 as a core element of their work to address the challenges in their region as outlined below.

Successful applicants will:

• Identify how their work directly impacts the selected regional issue area
• Highlight the importance of Llama 2 or Llama 3 as a core element of their work to address the relevant issue area
• Include a link to a public reference to the submitted project's use of Llama 2 or Llama 3 (e.g., blog post, news article, GitHub repository, etc.)

Eligibility

• This Award Program is open to Organizations located in AMET, APAC, and LATAM where local law does not prohibit their participation or the receipt of an award. Applicants and/or Organizations that are (i) the target of any trade sanctions or export control restrictions administered or enforced by the U.S., EU, United Nations, or UK; (ii) acting on behalf of anyone else who is the target of such trade sanctions or export control restrictions; or (iii) organized or located in Belarus, China, Russia, Ukraine, or any country or region that is the target of comprehensive economic or financial sanctions (e.g., Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria, as such list may be amended) are not eligible to participate.
• Each Organization must adhere to the following requirements: i) must not be an individual, a sole proprietor, or sole-owner entity in the jurisdiction where it is formed, ii) be an entity that is duly formed prior to June 1, 2023, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Organization was formed, and iii) have the legal right to participate in this Award Program and its participation will not violate any agreement or obligation between the Organization and any third-party, and (iv) must appoint and authorized one individual (the “Applicant”) to represent, act, and submit a Proposal on behalf of the Organization. The Applicant must be an employee of or affiliated with the Organization, and must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and the age of majority in the Applicant’s jurisdiction of residence.
• Individuals who are employees, contractors, or personnel of the Grantor, or are an immediate family member of the aforementioned, are not eligible to participate in this Award Program. For purposes of this Award Program, the term “family member” is defined as any spouse, partner, parent, legal guardian, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or in-law.

How to Apply

The application deadline is July 26, 2024.

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