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Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty

Funding Source: 
SEVEN Fund
Type of Funding: 
private
Deadline: 
10/15/2010
Amount: 
$100,000
Number of Awards Available: 
2
Eligibility: 

Open; SEVEN Fund expects applicants to be Think-Tanks, Economists, Professors from Business Schools as well as other departments, Researchers, Entrepreneurs, Business Experts, Strategy Experts, Graduate and Post-Graduate Student Researchers, Economic Development Experts, Business Strategists, Non-Governmental Organizations, etc.

Description: 

This program seeks innovative research as solutions to poverty, The four goals are to expand scientific inquiry to include disciplines fundamental to a deep understanding of entrepreneurship and economic development currently unsupported by conventional grant sources; forge and maintain useful collaborations between researchers and on-the-ground actors of enterprise-based solutions to poverty; provide the public with a deeper understanding of this area and its potential implications; and find and analyze role-model entrepreneurs and companies whose lesson may inspire others.

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