Competitions & Projects
S.E.VEN funds and disseminates research and awards prizes for essay and other contests and competitions on a variety of subjects in the field of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty. Our goal is to identify and support pioneers in the field and to stimulate and diffuse interesting and innovative thinking on solutions to poverty.
Current Competitions & Projects
SEVEN Fund Announces Second Annual Open Request for Proposals -
LOIs due October 15, 2009
SEVEN Fund Announces "In The River They Swim" Essay Competition
2009 - 10 "New Models of Development" Essay Competition
2008-09 Pioneers of Prosperity Caribbean and Central America Competitions
In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
The SEVEN Fund announces The $50k VINE project
The SEVEN Fund announces The WHY Prize
Future Competitions & Projects
Request for Proposals: Creating an Index to Evaluate Social Entrepreneurship Organizations
For more information on S.E.VEN's future competitions, click here
Past Competitions & Projects
Entrepreneurs create products, services and jobs. They expand economies, improve people's lives, provide employment (high and rising wages) and bring about competition. A competitive environment, in turn, gives rise to efficiency, meritocracy and further innovations and entrepreneurial drive.
The potent combination of entrepreneurship and technological innovation can forge an environment that is conducive to further enterprise, involving even government policy in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation.
