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FELLOWS IN THE NEWS

Magsaysay Awards Announced

Each year six people or organizations are named joint winners of theprestigious Magsaysay award and this year two of them are Ashoka Fellows,Tri Mumpuni and Harish Hande. Indonesian social worker Tri Mumpuni wasrecognized because her IBEKA foundation built 60 small power plantsharnessing the energy of water stored in dams to bring electricity to half amillion people. Indian engineer Harish Hands Solar Electric Light Co. hastapped the suns energy to light up 120,000 households and is now one ofthe countrys largest solar technology producers.

AWARDS

Manthan Award 2011Deadline: sometime in SeptemberThe Manthan Award is a unique award which recognizes the best practicesusing ICT tools in all sectors like business, health, agriculture, entertainment,culture, governance, and rural development. It encourages all enthusiasts tocome together through various channels at the Digital EmpowermentFoundation (http://defindia.net/) to replicate success stories from all overSouth Asia.

EdelGive Social Innovation Honours

Deadline: September 23, 2011This is a national awards program to reward innovative work in the socialsector in India. The objective is to identify and reward organisations that areinnovating to empower women in India. Prize money of INR 50 Lakhs will beawarded to the winners across the five categories of health & well being,education, economic security & livelihoods, social and cultural rights andgovernance.http://www.samhita.org/competitions_and_awards.html

Ashoka Fellows, Staff and ASN Members can find the latest opportunitiesonAshokaHub.
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Please visit http://edelgive.org/how2apply.aspx to download the application

Hivos Fund RollingDeadline: RollingHivos provides financial and political support to local private organizations inmore than thirty countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-EasternEurope. The activities of these organizations center around the five Hivospolicy themes: economy and credit facilities, culture and the arts, womenand development, sustainable development, human rights and AIDS.Go to http://www.hivos.nl/and then virtual office

Global Fund for Women GrantsRolling Deadline

The Global Fund for Women (GFW) aims to support women's groups thatadvance the human rights of women and girls. GFW works to strengthenwomens groups based outside the United States by providing small, flexible,and timely grants ranging from $500 to $20,000 for operating and projectexpenses. The Global Fund supports organizations that demonstrate acommitment to women's equality and female human rights. There also aresmall grants that allow members of an organization to attend conferencesand events.http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/apply-for-a-grant

U.S. Institute of Peace

Deadline: October 3, 2011The Annual Grant Competition funds projects focused on preventing,managing, and resolving violent conflict and promoting post-conflict peacebuilding outside the borders of the U.S. Awards are offered across a broadrange of relevant disciplines, skills, and approaches. USIP welcomesproposals of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature.http://www.usip.org/grants

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Amnesty International Ginetta Sagan AwardDeadline: October 1, 2011The purpose of the Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA is to

recognize and assist women who are working to protect the liberty and livesof women and children in areas where human rights violations arewidespread. $10,000http://www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund/NominationForm2010.pdfMacArthur Foundation Grants for Human Rights and International Justice Deadline: RollingThe intention is to expand and strengthen the network of human rightsorganizations in Nigeria, Mexico, and Russia. Grants are awarded only toorganizations that define clear objectives for their work and measures ofprogress toward those objectives.http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.938985/k.7091/International_

Grantmaking__Human_Rights_and_International_Justice__Recent_Grants.htm

Woodrow Wilson Center FellowshipsDeadline: October 1, 2011The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually toindividuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the socialsciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics andscholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide thehistorical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues ofcontemporary importance.http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome

The United States Institute of Peace Annual Grant CompetitionDeadline: October 1, 2011The Competition funds activities that enhance mechanisms for advancing theknowledge and understanding of conflict prevention, conflict management,and post conflict peace building, supports innovative peace building projectsinvolving research, the identification of promising models and effectivepractices, the development of practitioner resources and tools, the

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development and delivery of education and training programs, and theproduction of films, radio programs and other media. Grants up to $120,000http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/annual-grant-competition

MIT-Lemelson Award for SustainabilityDeadline: October 4, 2011An award of $100,000 will be given to U.S. citizens or foreign nationals whohave created or redesigned a product, process, or material that improvesquality of life pertaining to the ecosystem or human environment as a whole.http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-award.htmlAshden Awards for SustainableDeadline: October 18, 2011At the heart of the Ashden Awards is an annual competition to identify andreward organizations which use local renewable energy to reduce poverty,

improve peoples health, wellbeing and economic prospects, and at the sametime tackle climate change and other environmental threats, notablydeforestation.There are five international awards in total, each with a first prize of 30,000and a second prize of 10,000.http://www.ashdenawards.org/int_awardshttp://www.ashdenawards.org/forms/register/international

2012 Champions of the EarthDeadline: opens September 1, 2011UNEP invites nominations from individuals who have made a significant

contribution globally, regionally and beyond, to the protection andsustainable management of the environment and natural resources.http://www.unep.org/awards

CHANGEMAKERS

September 14 Deadline - Enter Your Solution in Citizen Media: A

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Global Innovation CompetitionSubmit your solution that boosts media access and participation around theworld in this Ashoka Changemakers competition supported by Google. If you

know of someone with a great idea, nominate their project using thisquick and easy form. The innovator will receive an invitation to enter.Winners' Prizes: Four entries will receive a cash prize of US $5,000. The mostcompetitive entrants will also be considered for an Ashoka Fellowship complete with a three-year living stipend, international recognition, andaccess to a network of systems-changing social entrepreneurs.For more information and specific criteria, please visit the Guidelines andCriteria page. If you would like to download the entry form before yousubmit it online, click here.

September 20 Deadline - Enter your solution in Making More Health:Achieving Individual, Family and Community Well-Being competitionAshoka Changemakers and Boehringer Ingelheim are seeking innovativesolutions worldwide that sustainably increase individual, family, andcommunity well-being. Submit your solution, or nominate a project, that istransforming the field of health before the entry deadline: 5PM EST,September 20, 2011.

Winners' Prizes: Three winners selected by the Changemakers communitywill each receive a cash prize of US $10,000.

Early Entry Winners Announced: Citizen Media, A Global InnovationCompetitionPlease join us in congratulating the early entry winners for the competition!

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The Viewspaper: Opinion based Youth Citizen JournalismBe sure to follow us onTwitter and Facebook to receive regular updates and

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to give us your feedback.Prepare to Vote in the STEM Education Changemakers Competition

Voting begins September 28, 2011 for the most innovative solutions thatmaximize untapped talent in community partners and others in order toengage students, particularly our highest-need students, in rich science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning.People's Choice Award: The entry to receive the most votes will receive one$20,000 prize, sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York, TheOpportunity Equation, and Noyce Foundation.

Judges' Awards: Two entries will receive $30,000 prizes, sponsored byCarnegie Corporation of New York, The Opportunity Equation, AlcoaFoundation, Google, and the AFT Innovation fund, as selected by our panel of

expert judges.

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