D-Prize Competition 2025

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The D-Prize Competition 2025 is now accepting nominations, offering startup grants of up to $20,000 to empower first-time entrepreneurs, especially from low-and-middle income countries, to launch new organizations focused on addressing global challenges in health, water, agriculture, livelihoods, energy, public services, and education.

Benefits

• Startup grants of up to $20,000
• Opportunity to launch new organizations
• Support for poverty intervention initiatives

Eligibility Criteria

• New organizations only
• First-time entrepreneurs preferred
• Applicants from low-and-middle income countries encouraged
• Existing organizations considered if focused on distributing evidence-based poverty interventions
• Organizations with less than 18 months of full-time operations or raised less than $30,000 USD in outside funding eligible