December 31 Deadline Rapidly Approaching for Competition with $650,000 in Cash and Prizes for Wireless and mHealth Solutions



The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the last call for submissions for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and the mHealth Alliance Award, a competition designed to spark innovation and help solve pressing global issues. Proposals will be accepted through December 31.




Are you working on a project that aims to use technology, Internet applications and social media to fight corruption, protect human rights, or fight intolerance? Enter the One World Social Media Competition, share what you achieved and inspire others! The submission deadline is December 15, 2011.

The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance released a call for submissions for the annual “Wireless Innovation Project and the mHealth Alliance Award”. This competition identifies and supports wireless-related technologies that have a high potential for solving critical global issues.

The Vodafone Americas Foundation, one charitable arm of the mobile telecommunications company, launched the Wireless Innovation Project in 2009 to recognize innovative wireless solutions that could make a global impact. Applicants compete for first, second and third-place prizes worth $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000.

OpenIDEO is an online community platform where creative thinkers from all walks of life collaborate to solve social problems. This project from the newly created nonprofit arm of “design and innovation firm” IDEO leverages crowdsourced innovation, the design thinking of IDEO staff and the experience of mission-driven organizations to address critical social issues.

The Ashoka Changemakers are running  "Citizen Media: A Global Innovation Competition", in partnership with Global Voices and with the support of Google. The goal of the competition is to identify and amplify new ideas for media that catalyze participatory citizenship.

Are you a data analyst or a developer interested in improving public education in the United States? Submit your ideas and you can get to work with the DonorsChoose.org Hacking Education Competition!

To get a chance to work with DonorsChoose.org you would have to be chosen from the top finishers in each of the seven categories: Data Analysis, Javascript, .Net, PHP, Python, Ruby, Wildcard.

To participate:

The deadline for the One World New Media for Social Change Competition submission has been extended to the 31st of December 2010. To read more about the competition go to the Fundacja TechSoup website or check out the previous blog post concerning the topic.

We have already received some excellent submissions, but hope for even more organizations and individuals to participate, showing what they are doing and explain how their work is helping to make the world a better place.

Applications Must be Filed by December 15th for Chance to Win Up to $650,000 in Cash and Prizes for  Wireless and mHealth Solutions

The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announce the approach of the final days for entries for their annual competition.  Applications for the 2011 Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and mHealth Alliance Award will be accepted through December 15, 2010, with the winners announced at the annual Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, CA in April 2011.

The deadline for the New Media for Social Change competition almost here: December 20, 2010. Interested groups and individuals should read the Rules and Regulations and fill out the online submission form as soon as possible. If you have any questions or concerns that might keep you from submitting something, please feel free to contact One World immediately by writing Scott Hudson scott.hudson@oneworld.cz.