What does the Selection Committee look for?
Applicants should have the ability to think globally, an interest to solve large-scale problems, and the passion to do the work – at all levels – that needs to be done to create and implement solutions to seemingly intractable social problems. Broadly speaking, the program attracts three types of changemakers; 1) those that have or are planning to develop an innovative idea to address a specific social problem in a pattern breaking, sustainable and scalable way, 2) those that will work in and/or build the infrastructure needed for social entrepreneurial work to take root, including individuals who will practice their profession in a social entrepreneurial organization (accountants, lawyers, etc.) and individuals who want to improve the operations and management systems of public, private and not for profit organizations, and 3) those who will bring action oriented awareness on a national and/or global scale to particular social problems through journalism, the arts, photography, film m
