Get Creative - Improve the Environment

Young People are Invited to Submit Ideas to Improve the Environment 

MTV and Ashoka GenV Invite Young People to Submit Their Ideas to Improve the Environment

Deadline: December 31, 2008

MTV Switch (http://mtvswitch.org/ ), MTV Networks International's global climate change campaign, and Ashoka GenV ( http://genv.net/ ) are inviting young people to submit their creative ideas to help improve the environment through the "Dream It. Do It. Challenge."

Applicants will be eligible for seed funding awards of up to $1,000 each to make their ideas a reality. Up to twenty-five grants will be awarded for this challenge. The best projects may also be featured in a half-hour MTV documentary scheduled for Earth Day 2009. In addition, the Lemelson Foundation will award five project leaders a trip to Boston, Massachusetts, to take part in a roundtable discussion on climate change at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The challenge is open to all youth between the ages of 12 and 20 in North America and Europe and 12 and 24 everywhere else. Each participant will be required to submit an action plan showing what activities will be carried out and how the grant will be spent. Each participant will need to form a team with at least two other youth to qualify for funding.

Ideas and action plans may be submitted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Project ideas are evaluated and grants are awarded on an ongoing basis. Applicants are advised not to wait until the December 31, 2008, deadline to submit their ideas.

Visit the program's Web site for complete entry guidelines:
http://www.mtv-venture.org/

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015947/mtvventure

For additional RFPs in Environment, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_environment.jhtml