Round 1
Timeline
Submission Period: June 14th (00:00 UTC) to July 13th (00:00 UTC) Voting Period: July 18th (00:00 UTC) to August 17th (00:00 UTC) Winners' Announcement: August 25th
Rules and Regulations
The matching pool for Round 1 is funded by the Cardano treasury. Therefore, all projects must contribute to the Cardano ecosystem.
Results are determined by a combination of votes, donations, and impact points, rather than the number of votes alone.
All projects must make their proposal under one of the three listed tracks: Emerging Markets, Women Leaders, and Open Innovation.
All projects must clearly outline milestones in their proposal and complete them to receive funding.
All projects must allocate at least $1500 within their requested amount to impact accounting.
Tracks
The matching pool for Round 1 consists of $500,000, distributed between three distinct tracks: - Emerging Markets Track ($200k) - Women Leaders Track ($200k) - Open Innovation Track ($100k)
Emerging Markets Track
Organizations based in any of the following countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus , Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Women Leaders Track
Organizations with women holding at least 50% of key leadership positions such as C-level executives, co-founders, and other senior leadership roles with strategic decision-making authority.
Open Innovation Track
Open to all organizations, regardless of location or team composition.
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