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Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. On our platform, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards for their actions — as part of a global community committed to lasting change.

Alex Waislitz is the founder of the Waislitz Foundation. The Waislitz foundation exists to create a positive social impact locally and globally through innovative projects that empower individuals to meet their full potential and make a measurable difference to the world.

Entry to this Competition is open to entrants aged eighteen years of age or older from anywhere in the world.

The Waislitz Global Citizen Awards are for individuals or individual representatives of organizations.

Please reference the Global Citizen Manifesto

The application opens for submissions on April 12, 2019 and closes on May 19, 2019 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Entrants will be evaluated based on individual merit, including the following four (4) key areas

• GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: How does the applicant embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen? (See Global Citizen manifesto)
• PROOF OF CONCEPT: Does the applicant have a strong proof of concept with at least 1-2 years of impact towards ending extreme poverty?
• DISRUPTION: Has the applicant created measurable impact in an innovative manner that disrupts the systems that allow for extreme poverty to exist?
• SCALABILITY: How would this award enable/support the applicant to scale or improve their work?

The Waislitz Global Citizen Award grand prize is a cash prize of $100,000 USD.

Entrants will be evaluated based on individual merit, including the following four (4) key areas

• GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: How does the applicant embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen? (See Global Citizen manifesto)
• PROOF OF CONCEPT: Does the applicant have a strong proof of concept with at least 1-2 years of impact towards ending extreme poverty?
• DISRUPTION: Has the applicant created measurable impact in an innovative manner that disrupts the systems that allow for extreme poverty to exist?
• SCALABILITY: How would this award enable/support the applicant to scale or improve their work?

The grand prize winner will be selected by the Waislitz Foundation based on the 4 criteria listed above.

The semi-finalists prizes are the Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award and the Waislitz Global Citizens’ Choice Award. Each semi-finalist prize is a cash prize of 50,000 USD.

Entrants will be evaluated based on individual merit, including the following four (4) key areas

• GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: How does the applicant embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen? (See Global Citizen manifesto)
• PROOF OF CONCEPT: Does the applicant have a strong proof of concept with at least 1-2 years of impact towards ending extreme poverty?
• DISRUPTION: Has the applicant created measurable impact in an innovative manner that disrupts the systems that allow for extreme poverty to exist?
• SCALABILITY: How would this award enable/support the applicant to scale or improve their work?

The semi-finalist Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award will be awarded to a runner up who excels in disruption and innovation and the semi-finalist Waislitz Global Citizens’ Choice Award will be selected with input from public online voting by the Global Citizen community.

You will be notified of your application status by July 15, 2019.

No. Any award money is unconditional. However, we do require winners to agree to provide regular written updates to Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation on their use of the Prize.

In addition to the Prize, Global Citizen will pay for the following for each Prize Winner:

• return economy airfares to New York City for each Prize Winner and a companion, with the flight originating from the Prize Winner’s nearest capital city;
• hotel accommodation in New York City for each Prize Winner and a companion for the period of one day immediately prior to date of the Waislitz Global Citizen award ceremony through 29 September 2019 (if Prize Winner opts to attend the Global Citizen Festival);
• a per diem of USD$100 per day for each full day that Prize Winner is in New York City to attend the Waislitz Global Citizen award ceremony and Global Citizen Festival; and
• ground transportation to and from events hosted by Global Citizen, where the attendance of each Prize Winner is requested.

Each winner receives return economy airfares to New York City, hotel accommodation a ticket to the Global Citizen festival for themselves and a companion.

September 28, 2019 in Central Park in New York City

Attending the Global Citizen Festival in New York City on September 28, 2019 is optional. However, to be eligible to win you must be able to attend the 2019 Waislitz Global Citizen award ceremony during the week of September 23, 2019 (exact date TBA).

If you have any questions that are not answered on the awards’ information page or in these FAQs, please email waislitzaward@globalcitizen.org. Regretfully, we will only be able to respond to questions not answered here.