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Apply to SIA

Apply to our incubation and take your idea to the next level. We’ve summarized all the most important information you need to prepare a successful application.

Our incubation provides you with all the resources and support needed to transform your idea into a successful venture. As we only have limited spots available, we ask all of those interested to submit an application. This allows our expert jury to select the most promising ideas based on impact potential, degree of innovation, feasibility, and team capacity.

Successful applicants have access to a wide range of opportunities including the following:

  • Mentorship and support in validating your business and impact models, prototyping your idea, creating first followers and customers.
  • A chance to win the Social Impact Award which includes funding, recognition and a ticket to our annual SIA Summit.
  • Connection with our international alumni community made up of over 1000 social entrepreneurs from more than 25 countries.

Selection Process

  1. Eligibility Check

    Our local SIA team reviews all applications to make sure they fit the formal eligibility criteria.

  2. Jury Selection

    Our jury made up of experts from the private, public and plural sector assesses the applications based on our evaluation criteria.

  3. Finalists Announcement

    Our local team announces the finalists that will get to attend the incubation at a dedicated event.

  4. Application Feedback

    Our local team provides all applicants (not just finalists) with the opportunity to receive feedback on their application.

Eligibility Criteria

By keeping a consistent eligibility criteria, we are able to fulfill our mission of helping youth take their first steps in the world of social entrepreneurship. Applicants must fit the following criteria:

  1. To ensure we maintain the focus of our offerings on youth, all members of the core applicant team must be legally between 14 and 30 years of age.
  2. We welcome both ideas that have not yet been implemented and ideas in the early phase of implementation. However, ideas in early implementation can only be submitted if the project was founded after January 1st last year.
  3. Applicant projects must not have received significant formal start-up funding by the time their application is submitted. This is defined as formal grants from external sources that exceed a value of € 6,000 (e.g. angel investment, grants, prize money, etc.).
  4. The applicant must not have participated in the SIA incubation with the same idea they applied with nor have won the Social Impact Award in previous years.

Timeline

  1. Applications Open

    The journey starts here. You can officially submit your application to our local incubation.

  2. Applications Close

    The deadline to apply has arrived and applications have closed. Our expert jury will start reviewing applications right away.

  3. Finalists Announcement

    The most promising ventures selected to participate in the incubation will be announced during our dedicated event. The event is open to all.

  4. Feedback

    For those not accepted to our incubation, the journey does not stop here. All applicants are eligible to receive feedback on their application from our expert jury, giving them the necessary information to continue working on their venture.