Sustainable Vision grants
Breakthrough technologies for people living in poverty

Through our Sustainable Vision grants program, the NCIIA funds transformational education programs where breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.

Sustainable Vision program has a domestic or global outlook. In the past two years the NCIIA has funded U.S. programs with partners in Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, Ecuador, Honduras, Mali, Pakistan and Vietnam, as well as local partners.

Successful Sustainable Vision grant proposals address basic human needs such as health, food security, clean water, and affordable energy.

To receive a grant, inventions and technologies must be commercially viable and able to be increased in scale; the program may begin by addressing needs at the household or village level, but should have the potential for national or even global impact.

Grantees collaborate with non-profit, for-profit, educational or government partners to bring socially beneficial products to the poor in an economically sustainable way.

These experiences should further inform and expand curricula and the in-the-field opportunities offered to students. Projects must be sustainable beyond the length of the grant and ideally should provide a structure for ongoing collaboration and education.

Read our guidelines and review profiles of Sustainable Vision programs that we have funded. If you have any questions, contact info@nciia.org or call 413 587-2172.

The 2008 deadline is 5 pm EST Friday, October 17, 2008.

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