Participants can be any teams with an applicant leader from Nazarbayev University community
Apply and get the grant if:
You have an entrepreneurial or social idea that can make the world a better place
You have an entrepreneurial or social idea that can make the world a better place
You already have your own business and want it to benefit people around you
You already have your own business and want it to benefit people around you
You want to earn on your project
You want to earn on your project
*Only 1 person per 1 application
Make a real impact!
Activities aimed at solving urgent social problems of a particular region or group of people.
Social projects can cover such areas as education, culture, support for socially vulnerable categories of the population, healthcare and others
Social entrepreneurship is a business aimed at an innovative solution to the social problems of a particular region or group of people.
The solution must have a clear and measurable social goal, have a planned source of income to support your business, and be potentially scalable.
A social problem is a harm, a negative effect, a certain situation or state of affairs that has an impact on a large number of people. For example, unemployment, social inequality, environmental problems, economic inequality, gender inequality, poor quality of education and others.
Данные исследований, национальные доклады или просто сравнительная статистика акцентируют наличие проблемы с подтверждающими информацию источниками.
Social Project
Who can participate
1. Teams where the leaders-applicants are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan from among:
2. Non-profit organizations created by a NU student or NU alumni
Selection criteria
Selection stages
Who can participate
1. Teams where the leaders-applicants are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan from among:
2. Operating individual entrepreneurs or legal entities created by NU students or NU alumni
Selection criteria
Selection stages
Impact Camp
Mandatory stage for social entrepreneurship project
Impact Camp consists of the following components:
Impact Camp is a mandatory stage of the competition for obtaining skills and knowledge for the successful implementation of the project for social entrepreneurship projects.
Application deadline and format
In order to participate in the review, you must submit an application before 14.00 on September 29, 2023
*The Foundation has the right to conduct interviews with applicants to clarify the details of applications, as well as to reject applications that do not meet the conditions of the competition at any stage.
* Applications from political parties and religious associations are not accepted.
STEP 1: Registration on the portal of projects and programs of the Fund
STEP 2: Filling out an online application in English/Kazakh/Russian
*You can save the application as a draft and return to editing it later.
STEP 3: Signing the application with an EDS (electronic digital signature) by the Team Leader
Questions and advice
The Fund will host a Q&A webinar on how to complete the application (date and time to be posted at fund.nu.edu.kz)
Advice on participation in the competition and filling out applications can be obtained from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays by e-mail sdfgrants@nu.edu.kz or by phone: +7 771 055 79 41
Results of previous competitions since 2020
309
Applications
23
Grants for NU students projects
15
Grants for NU graduate projects
4
Grants for NU employees projects
20 000+
Beneficiaries of projects
86+
Million tenge for grants
Useful links
What is social entrepreneurship?
№1 What is impact entrepreneurship?
I-SEED: Әлеуметтік кәсіпкерлер
№2 What is social entrepreneurship?
№3 What is social entrepreneurship?
Examples of social entrepreneurship projects
Social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan 2016
Production of kits "Kishkentai" for the development of children
Kunde Social Cafe
Household eco-friendly non-chemistry "OIKO"
Studio of patchwork
Production of Ivan tea
Upcycled BAGS for a social & environmental cause
Telling Hands
Link to zoom webinars for NU Community from leading social entrepreneurship experts
The basics of social entrepreneurship - R. Temirbekov
Social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan: legislative initiatives, statistics, examples - E. Askerov
How to transform the world through business: visual examples - I. Shah
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