Nominate an Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow
Ashoka needs your help to identify the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. These innovators are developing strategies and models that promise to connect and engage people as participative, change-making citizens. They’re also producing new intelligence that will inform the future of the field.
If you are interested in nominating a candidate as an Ashoka Fellow, please thoroughly review our selection criteria and then send your nomination to nominate@ashoka.org. Criteria specific to Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows can be found on the "About" page, though you are free and encouraged to nominate a Fellow in any field. Please tell us about your nominee’s new idea and why you think it’s important for society. Also tell us a bit about him or her as a person.
What sorts of people are we looking for? Ashoka’s five core criteria for the selection of all Fellows are paramount, as always:
- Newness of the Idea
- Creativity
- Entrepreneurial Quality
- Social Impact
- Ethical Fiber
Beyond those, however, we can identify numerous opportunities for pattern-changing initiatives. Note that this list is not meant to be exhaustive. While we hope that it will help focus our search, we also expect that it will inspire exploration of innovations that are emerging outside these boxes.
Ashoka recognizes that it cannot possibly source the world’s leading social entrepreneurs on its own. Good nominators ensure that Ashoka receives a constant flow of promising candidates as well as an invaluable perspective on the current innovation in the sector. We thank you in advance.
