Awards

Overview

Our regional and thematic awards recognize and fund talented impact entrepreneurs from around the world who are leveraging business as a force for good.

A Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award was created in 2023 to encourage entrepreneurial solutions designed to close gaps of access, outcome or opportunity for communities that have been underrepresented or underserved. While the other regional and thematic awards of the Cartier Women’s Initiative focus on supporting women, this pilot award is open to all genders.

The call for applications for the 2024 edition is now closed. The Awards Ceremony will take place in May, 2024 in Shenzhen, China.

Regional Awards

For each edition, three fellows will be selected from each of the nine regions below:

Thematic Awards

Thematic awards are open to impact entrepreneurs from any country and sector. For each edition, three fellows will be selected for each of the two thematic awards below:

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PIONEER AWARD

Launched in 2021 and open to women impact entrepreneurs from any country and sector, this award highlights disruptive solutions built around unique, protected, or hard-to-reproduce technological or scientific advances.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARD

Open to all genders, this new thematic award has been created for the 2023 edition to encourage entrepreneurial solutions designed to close gaps of access, outcome or opportunity for communities that have been underrepresented or underserved.

THE FELLOW SELECTION PROCESS IN A NUTSHELL

The Cartier Women’s Initiative team, our due diligence partner SAGANA, and the jury work together throughout the selection process

      Call for applications

      SHORTLISTING

      DUE DILIGENCE

      JURY RANKING

      AWARDS CEREMONY

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      Awards

      FAQ

      The go-to page for answers to all questions relating to the application procedure, application form, eligibility criteria, and more.

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      Awards

      Resources

      Courses, videos, and articles to build a better application.

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      Fellowship

      Overview

      The fellowship program aims to equip our fellows with the necessary skills to grow their business and build their leadership capacity.