The Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021 is dedicated to recognizing women impact entrepreneurs at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation. This award highlights disruptive solutions built around unique, protected or hard-to-reproduce technological or scientific advances that require heavy R&D, a long commercialization cycle, high capital intensity, technology risk and complexity.
About the Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021
Benefits of the Award
Financial Capital Support
- US$100,000 grant for the laureate (top business)
- US$30,000 grant for each of the two finalists (2nd and 3rd runner-up)
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Human Capital Support
- Community peer learning sessions
- Strategic financial mindset module that focuses on supporting fellows in building their roadmap for growth.
- Strategy mentoring module developed by their academic partner INSEAD business school that supports fellows in refining their business strategies.
- A scholarship to attend a one-week INSEAD social entrepreneurship programme pending admission based on INSEAD’s eligibility criteria and selection process.
Eligibility Criteria
The Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021 is open to women entrepreneur from any country and sector but applicants must meet the following requirements:
- The business should be designed to generate enough revenue to aid its operations and return some level of profit to its owners and non-profit enterprises are not accepted.
- Technological and scientific innovation.
- The business should have a proven business model which is in the early stage of its development and growth between 1 and 5years.
- The business should meet at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDG)
- A woman must be in the main leadership position and must be the founder.
- The applicant must be 18 years of age as at the time of application.
- The applicant must a good knowledge of the English language.
- The applicant must commit to dedicating up to four hours per week and attending one week of in-person preparatory training.
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Judging Criteria for the Award
The applicants will be judged based on the following criteria:
- Market analysis and fit
- Technological innovation
- Quality of submission
- Embedded positive social impact
- Commitment to Cartier women’s initiative
- The leadership team and the character of the founder.
- Business model sustainability and validated development plan.
How to Apply
All applicants must submit the following documents to be considered for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021.
- Business registration document
- Submission of resume
- Pitch deck( 15 pages maximum)
- A one-minute video answering the required questions.
- Three additional attachments of the applicant’s choice: the image of the product, brochure etc.( Optional)
The documents must be submitted on the online portal in the ‘attachments ‘ section and cannot be sent separately by email.
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Application Deadline
The application deadline for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Science & Technology Pioneer Award 2021 is on July 31, 2020.
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