iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE EMPOWERING THOSE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE supports projects that contribute to improving our society. If you work towards achieving one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, your project is eligible.
Applying is free of charge. Every year iF Design donates EUR 100,000 to support the best projects submitted to the iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE. Enter your project for increased visibility on the iF Design website and a chance at winning!
GOOD TO KNOW
Dates & Deadlines
Twice a year, all submitted projects are evaluated and the best ones are selected to receive a share of EUR 100,000. In 2022, the evaluation periods are:
By mid-August 2022
After 9 November 2022
Benefits
If you apply for the iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE, you can benefit from many advantages which help to boost your project:
Apply for free
Publish your project on our iF Design Website.
Update your projects with new photos, videos and information any time.
Introduce your project to a global design community, media and the design interested public.
Compete for a share of EUR 100,000.
Criteria
Companies, design studios, NGOs, foundations, social enterprises, public and other organizations are welcome to submit.
Your project should already be established and you can apply with the same project a maximum of two times.
Student concepts will not be accepted.
Publish your project on our iF Design Website and you will automatically compete for the prize.
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CATEGORIES
THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
End Poverty
Since 1990, extreme poverty rates have been cut by 50%. But one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day.
End Hunger
It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food if we are nourish today’s 795 million hungry people.
Healthy Lives
Sustainable development depends on ensuring healthy lives. More efforts are needed to raise life expectancy.
Quality Education
Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed for achieving universal education goals.
Gender Equality
Equality for women and girls is not only a fundermental human right, it will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies at large.
Water & Sanitation
Due to poor infrastructure, millions of people die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Clean Energy
The goal is universal access to modern energy services, improved efficiency and more renewable energy sources.
Economic Growth
The creation of quality jobs will remain a major challenge for almost all economies well into the future.
Resilient Infrastructure
Without technology and innovation, industrialization will not happen, and without industrialization, development will not happen.
Reduce Inequality Everywhere
To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Cities enable people to advance socially and economically, but some cities face congestion, a shortage of adequate housing and declining infrastructure.
Sustainable Consumption
Responsible consumption and production aims at “doing more and better with less”, resource and energy efficiency and access to a better quality of life for all.
Climate Action
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent, disrupting national economies and affecting lives.
Life below Water
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Life on Land
Forests cover 30% of the Earth’s surface and are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and the homes of the indigenous population.
CONTACT
iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE
Gabriele Bertemann
Bahnhofstrasse 8
30159 Hannover
Germany
Phone +49.511.54224-202
Email
: gabriele.bertemann@ifdesign.com