World Summit Award (WSA) For Young Digital Entrepreneurs

Opportunity: World Summit Award (WSA) For Young Digital Entrepreneurs

Type: Award

Value: Invitation to the WSA Global Congress and more

Location: Austria

Who Can Apply: UN member states

 

 

About The Award

 

Requirements

• WSA is open to any company, organisation or individual in any UN and UNESCO member state.
• The participation in the WSA Young Innovators is restricted to any entrepreneur, company, student group or project team, where at least one of the founding members and the majority of the team is  under the age of 26 (born on or after January 1, 1995) from any of the UN and UNESCO member states.
• WSA is strictly restricted to digital applications with a strong benefit for society and a high local value.
• Submissions for the WSA can contain mobile applications, sms based products, webpages, databases, kiosk installations, wearables, IoT etc. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
• The projects can be max. 2 years old at the date of nomination.
• No ideas, drafts, demonstrations or concepts are accepted, all submitted projects must be market ready or already on the market.
• WSA evaluates and highlights the content, user value and local impact of digital solutions.

 

 

How To Apply

• Write a mail to WSA office to be introduced to your WSA National Expert. Your National Expert will guide you through the local steps needed to apply for WSA. Some countries also offer application through a national contest or other forms of application.
• Your project will be reviewed and evaluated by the WSA National Expert if it meets the eligibility criteria and standards of WSA. After careful evaluation, the WSA National Expert will decide if he wishes to nominate your project for WSA, based on innovation, local impact and quality. If your project is nominated in one of the WSA categories, your WSA National Expert will enter your data in the WSA Contest Database. Please make sure to provide your WSA National Expert with valid contact data.
• Upon nomination, you will receive a confirmation email inviting you to complete your application. Please make sure to check your spam folder. After submitting your application, you are officially enrolled in the global WSA. An especially assembled international Jury will then evaluate all nominated and completed projects and choose the 40 WSA winners per year.

Please Click Here To Apply

 

 

Deadline

30th September 2021

 

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