New innovation fund to provide startup cash for socially minded youth
Social innovation student startups around the world are competing for $5,000 in funding from a new fund at St. Paul’s GreenHouse
Social innovation student startups around the world are competing for $5,000 in funding from a new fund at St. Paul’s GreenHouse
By Media RelationsSocial innovation student startups from an app that aggregates news stories and uses analytics to distill fact from opinion, to a program that will strengthen early childhood education in urban slums around the world are competing for $5,000 in funding from a new fund at St. Paul’s GreenHouse.
The live-in social innovation community at St. Paul's University College at the University of Waterloo will award $5,000 in funding to student innovators at the GreenHouse Social Innovation Showcase, taking place on Wednesday, December 3.
“There are huge problems that I didn’t believe could be solved by 22-year-olds,” says Hannah Furlong, a GreenHouse innovator. “Now, through GreenHouse. I can make a career out of a project with meaning like this.”
The projects vying for one of the grants are:
Date: Wednesday, December 3
Time: 4-5:30 pm
Location: Alumni Hall, St. Paul's University College, 190 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo.
Registration for this free event is at greenhousefund.eventbrite.ca
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