La Vodafone Italy Foundation lancia 'Think for Social', a tender that rewards the most innovative projects that use technology as a tool for social development in the area. ?The 'Think for Social' program was created in collaboration with PoliHub, the incubator of the Politecnico managed by the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano which is responsible for supporting innovative companies with a high technological content.
Le application they will be open until 30 April 2015. All those projects that will find application in three main macro areas can participate: health and well-being, culture and education, agriculture, food and the environment.
Who is the 'Think for Social' call for? The program is aimed at non-profit organizations, upper secondary school and university students and partnerships created by non-profit organizations and companies (temporary business associations, company spin-offs or co-financing).
The best 20 projects presented will access the Innovation Weekend: two days of discussion with experts from the start-up world and mentors. At the end of this phase, the candidates will present their work to access the second phase of the call, in which the 10 best projects will be selected and will have access to an acceleration program for 4 months within PoliHub and will receive a seed grant of up to 30 thousand euros. At the end of the acceleration phase, the participants will be asked to present the results achieved. The 3 best projects will access a further growth grant of up to 700 thousand euros to finance their development and growth.
