Deadline: 24 March 2020
Taronga is calling on innovators, thought leaders, disruptors, developers, passionate individuals and everyone in between to help develop and implement brilliant ideas for the planet.
Taronga is committed to conservation, and they believe innovation is a key part of securing a shared future for people and wildlife.
HATCH: Taronga Accelerator Program aims to inspire, support and launch innovative ideas and actions to help address some of the most pressing environmental and conservation challenges currently facing their planet.
HATCH is a 14-week accelerator program designed to help you develop your brilliant idea into a not-for-profit or social enterprise venture that has a positive impact on the environment. The program will involve two immersive events in Sydney, weekly online workshops, and a final pitch event.
Your brilliant idea is
- Targeted to address a key conservation or environmental challenge
- An innovative approach to address the issue you’re targeting
- Designed to make a positive impact on the natural environment
- Aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Taronga’s 360 degree approach to conservation
- Early stage – you bring the concept, they will help you to assess, test and validate it
- Is established as, or plans to develop into, a not-for-profit or social enterprise organisation
- Ideally it has potential to scale up for ever greater impact over time
Hatch program inclusions
- The opportunity to receive up to $50,000 to bring your brilliant idea to life
- $2,000 seed funding for each team participating in the program
- A blended approach of face to face workshops, online sessions and digital modules to provide you with the knowledge to develop your initiative
- Expert learning, guidance and support from mentors and subject matter experts including Taronga experts, industry professionals, and not-for-profit and social enterprise leaders
- Co-working space during the program, subject to availability
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to Australian citizens and residents only
- All applicants must be 18 years and over
- Teams can be a maximum of 5 people per team; individual applicants are welcome
- Initiatives must align to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to Taronga’s 360 degree approach to conservation
- Initiatives must be delivered in Australia to benefit/support the Australian environment
- Not for profit and social enterprise initiatives are welcomed; for profit initiatives are not eligible for this program
- If applying as an organisation, the organisation will likely have an annual revenue of less than $150,000
- All participants must comply with the Terms and Conditions associated with the HATCH Program
- All participants must comply with Taronga’s Code of Conduct
For more information, visit https://taronga.org.au/conservation-and-science/act-for-the-wild/hatch#programoverviewandstructure