May
3
Blog #14
- Refine the income statement for your venture.
- Refine the capital expenditure budget.
- Identify two SPECIFIC funding sources for the design phase of your project and two SPECIFIC funding sources for the dissemination (implementation / distribution / commercialization) phase of your project. For each funding source, explain why this is a good fit for your project, and what SPECIFIC aspect of your project might the funding source support.
- NSF grant: It is a good fit because it focuses on the environment and sustainability. Our project is trying to find the most sustainable and cost effective way for citizens to protect themselves from the harmful effects of air pollution.
- SEAL grant: It is a good fit because we are trying to change the public’s understanding of the effects of air pollution. It could fund campaigns to spread awareness.
- REEESNe grant: It is a good fit because our target population is in former Soviet Union country and this grant is focused on projects implemented in those countries.
- Identify five specific partnerships that you need to forge to advance your project forward with the ultimate goal of positively impacting at least one million people. Describe exactly how that partnership might help you achieve scale and why that entity might be willing to work with you.
- AlmaU: They are helping us conduct a study to show the effects of air pollution on cognitive ability.
- Haileybury: Participating in the study
- High schools in Almaty: First customers of the product
- Hospitals: can easily share information about preventative measures
- Almaty local government: Can easily share information on the effects of air pollution and how to combat it