Ashoka/Schneider Electric Foundation Youth Innovation for A Sustainable Future Program 2024

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Schneider Electric Foundation, Ashoka and Schneider Electric Foundation, under the aegis of Fondation de France, are thrilled to announce a new call for projects in 2024 which aims to contribute to empower young people to become leaders of the Just Transition and sustainable future across all five continents. The call for project for this program named “Youth Innovation for Sustainable Tomorrow” has a purpose of identifying and then financially supporting social innovations that contribute to the Just Transition.

Requirements

• This call for projects is open to Europe/Middle East/Africa geographical zone.
• The applicant needs to reflect at least 3 out of 5 following priorities of the CFP:
• Just transition
• Awareness and inclusion
• Professional training in energy management
• Entrepreneurship
• Gender

Prizes

• In each continent, the best project will receive the 1st prize of 30k euros, the second one 20k euros, the third and the fourth 10k euros each and the last spot will see an amount of 5k euros.
• On top of the jury selection, each project will have an opportunity to compete for an “Audience Prize” – a favorite idea of Schneider employees of that particular office, which would also be rewarded with 2k euros prize. Finally, out of all selected 25 projects, one will receive a special prize of “Youth Innovation Champion” of 50k euros in total at the occasion of the COP29 in November 2024.
• The selected projects will also benefit from an increased visibility across social media channels of both SEF and Ashoka countries.

Timeline:

• Call for projects: Monday, April 22, 2024
• Closing and selection: Sunday, May 19, 2024
• Announcement of selected projects: Sunday, June 23, 2024

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Youth Innovation for a Sustainable Future Program