The Innovate 4 Nature Awards 2024 application period is now open.Every year, Innovate 4 Nature bestows a “I4N Award” in four major categories to projects, businesses, and entrepreneurs that have created exceptionally promising, high-quality nature-positive solutions.
The Innovate 4 Nature Award seeks to find high-quality nature-positive solutions and accelerate their implementation in conjunction with partners in order to prevent and mitigate natural loss by 2030.
The purpose of I4N is to assist nature-positive solution providers at the pre-seed and seed stages, when a business plan or minimal viable product is available and requires validation.
Prize:
- 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:
- 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).
- We 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.
