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Dear Members of the Harvard Community:
I am delighted to announce today the launch of the second President’s Challenge, which
broadens the opportunity for all students and postdoctoral candidates to apply their
passion and creative ideas toward meaningful contributions to the world around them.
The President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship was created last
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in conjunction with the Harvard Innovation Lab to encourage students from across the
University to find important, high-impact solutions to the world’s most pressing social
problems. Last year’s grand prize winner was Vaxess
Technologies<http://links.mkt3495.com/ctt?kn=2&ms=NDM5MjQxNQS2&r…c2MjM2S0&mt=1&rt=0>,
a company working to commercialize new technology that uses silk to stabilize vaccines and
eliminate the need for refrigeration in transport and delivery.
The President’s Challenge
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will focus on social and cultural entrepreneurship. The arts are increasingly prevalent
in the cognitive life at Harvard, and the introduction of this category—in addition to
learning, energy and environment, health, and disaster preparation and relief—expands the
ways for student teams to harness their interests and put them into action.
The highlights of the program, co-chaired by Provost Alan Garber and Professor Bill
Sahlman, include workshops, networking events, the selection of ten finalist teams (with
awards of $5,000 each to help them develop their ideas), a “Demo Day,” and the selection
of a grand prize winner and up to three runners-up. These teams will share a $100,000
prize to help them make their plans a reality. The grand prize team also will be awarded
work space in the i-lab.
You can learn more about the timeline and requirements on the i-lab’s
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We invite you to convene at the i-lab on October 18 at 6:00 p.m., where you will meet
like-minded students interested in leveraging each other’s strengths and building a
project together. You may register for the event
here<http://links.mkt3495.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=NDM5MjQxNQS2&r=MjE4MzY…c2MjM2S0&mt=1&rt=0>.
The President’s Challenge is yet another opportunity for students to translate ideas into
action. I am looking forward to following the progress of the initiative alongside
Harvard’s friends and alumni, and I encourage you to get involved.
Sincerely,
Drew Faust
©2012 President and Fellows of Harvard College |
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