Nominations are now open for the Innovate 4 Nature Award to support nature-positive solution providers around the pre-seed and seed stage, where a business plan or a minimum viable product is available and needs validation.
Each year, Innovate 4 Nature awards an “I4N Award” in four key areas to projects, companies and entrepreneurs that have developed particularly promising, high-quality nature-positive solutions.
The Innovate 4 Nature Award aims at identifying high quality nature-positive solutions and accelerating them in collaboration with partners to halt and improve nature loss by 2030.
Focus Areas
The four key areas of the I4N Award are:
sustainable management of ecosystems;
nature as infrastructure;
regenerative agriculture; and
circular nature-positive solutions.
Your organisation can be active in one or several of these areas. You don’t need to categorize yourself.
It is also possible to apply if you think your organisation is contributing to nature-positive but does not match any of the above areas explicitly, such as nature-tech or nature-finance.
Benefits
The I4N Award offers monetary prizes totalling up to CHF 100,000 across four key areas.
In addition to the financial support, award winners can benefit from access to an ecosystem of partners and experts.
Moreover, I4N Grants or access to training or mentoring may be provided to particularly promising nature-positive solution providers.
Eligibility Criteria
Participation is free of charge.
There is no geographical restriction, organisations from any country are welcome to apply.
There are no specific requirements regarding legal form, ownership structure or age of entity.
The minimum requirement is the presence of a business model, a business plan, a marketable pilot product, or a minimum viable product (MVP).
They only accept applications directly from founders and not from fundraisers.
Should you be selected, at least one founder or executive director must be available either in person or via video call on the day of the Jury meeting: Thursday, June 13th, 2024, in Morges/Lausanne, Switzerland.
If you meet the above mentioned criteria, you can apply for several organisations. Keep the following in mind:
You need to be founder or director at all organisations.
You need to submit an individual application for each organisation.
