Prizes & benefits

• Early Entry applicants (those who apply on or before March 29) will: 

  • Receive Ashoka’s feedback on how to improve their application before the Final entry deadline 

  • 3 participants from this group will be selected to receive a $1,500 prize each and will be featured on a social media post 

• All eligible applicants will: 

  • Receive feedback from Ashoka and/or HSBC representatives 

  • Have a chance to connect with a community of green changemakers through this Challenge 

• All semi-finalists (up to 60) will: 

  • Have a chance to refine their applications and incorporate feedback received in the screening phase 

  • Be celebrated as semi-finalists in the announcement communications 

• All finalists (up to 25) will: 

  • Have a chance to be evaluated by a panel of expert judges and receive feedback. 

• The challenge will have up to 12 winners, who will be selected to represent the diversity of applications received from the 3 focus areas, with at least two winners from each geographic region (based on primary country of impact). The Challenge Team will decide funding amounts awarded to each winner. Winning applications will: 

  • Receive a minimum $15,000 and up to $25,000 cash prize 

  • Have the opportunity to participate in a learning journey & mentoring programme alongside HSBC and Ashoka team members, to help scale your solution.