Online Application Form

Please read the Open Call for Social Venture Champions programme details carefully before submitting your application.

Commitments

Selected teams are expected to:

Participate in the Social Venture Lab Mentorship Programmes.
Submit progress reports covering:
1. The use of funding;
2. Key developments and milestones;
3. Next steps for the project.
Enable SV Lab to showcase the project on the Social Venture Lab official webpage.
Acknowledge the support of SV Lab in relevant project materials or websites.

You are required to upload a project proposal slide deck as part of this application. Please download our template here. All information provided in this application and supplementary materials will be treated as non-confidential. No Non-Disclosure Agreement of any kind will be signed by the Social Venture Lab or the relevant parties.

For enquiries, please contact us at socventures@hku.hk.

Team Lead Information

Surname*

Given name*

Preferred English name*

Faculty*

Major*

University Student Number*

HKU Email Address*

Mobile Phone Number*

Year of Study*

Local/Non-local Status*

How many core members in your team?*

Eligibility Confirmation*

I confirm that our team includes at least one core member who is a current HKU Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS) student taking the leadership role in the proposed Social Innovation Project.

Social Innovation Project Information

Project Name*

One-line Project Summary (In one sentence, explain what your project does and for whom)*

Project Proposal Deck*

Project Status*

Pre-idea Stage – Concept Only (e.g. an initial concept, but no prototype, pilot, or operations yet.)

Early Development Stage – Testing & Validation (e.g. a defined solution in prototype development or testing, with small pilots involving a few users.)

Operational Stage – Full Product/Service Running (e.g. a product, programme, or service already running with regular users or beneficiaries)

Project Website / Social Media Links

Which of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) best aligns with your project? *

Email address*

Previous Experience

Have you participated in any social innovation–related programme (e.g. courses, trainings, workshops, bootcamps) or competition?*

Yes

No

Please specify: name of programme/competition, year, and a brief description

Confidentiality and Intellectual Property

Each contestant will retain ownership of all intellectual property rights in their social venture plan and any related materials. Contestants are responsible for taking appropriate steps to protect their own intellectual property. The Organizers, judges, reviewers, staff and audience will not be required to sign non-disclosure agreements. Competition activities, including presentations and question-and-answer sessions, may be open to the public and photographed, recorded or broadcast through media channels. By entering the competition, contestants grant the Organizer a non-exclusive right to reproduce, record, display and share submitted materials and presentation content solely for the purposes of administering, judging, documenting and promoting the competition and its related activities. *

We understand

Acknowledgement and Consent

By submitting the application, I and my team members acknowledge that:*

We have read and understood that the commitment required if our team is selected for the award.

We understand that our personal data will be handled in accordance with HKU policies.

Please visit www.socsc.hku.hk/ic.html for Personal Information Collection Statement.