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Prizes

Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards

Status

Usually opens in October and November and December and January

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
Not published

Recognition and editorial coverage only. Entry requires a paid application fee and there is no cash prize.

Funder

Fast Company

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Entries open in the autumn with tiered deadlines through the winter; winners announced in the spring

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.fastcompany.com/apply/world-changing-ideas · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.fastcompany.com

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