DataDyne's Honors and Awards
DataDyne's Honors and Awards
2009 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards
EpiSurveyor was chosen from nearly 500 entries by the editors of the Wall Street Journal in the category of Healthcare IT.
2009 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
The $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability honors inventors whose products or processes impact issues of global relevance, as well as issues that impact local communities in terms of meeting basic health needs, and building sustainable livelihoods for the world's poorest populations.
2009 FACT Social Justice Award
The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and injustices in our society by helping develop and sustain networks of community-based groups in the U.S. and France that educate, organize, and empower people to actively participate in developing public policies that directly affect their lives.
Yahoo! is committed to empowering our communities to make a positive impact on the environment. This year, Yahoo! is looking for innovative uses of mobile technology that will inspire people to use social technology to help the environment.
The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009
DataDyne.org and the EpiSurveyor project were honored as one of the 10 Social Enterprises of the Year by Fast Company Magazine. The year's best social enterprises represent the kind of innovative thinking that can transform lives and change our world, according to the editors.
The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity's most pressing problems by recognizing the best of those who are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues facing our planet. People all over the world are profoundly improving the human condition in the areas of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development through the use of technology. It is the goal of The Tech Awards to showcase their compelling stories and reward their brilliant accomplishments.
2008 Stockholm Challenge Award
The over all goal of the Stockholm Challenge is to help counteract social and economic disadvantage, wherever it occurs, by promoting the use of ICT for development. It is mostly targeted towards developing regions and community or social sectors such as gender equality and minorities with the greatest needs.
Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact. DM competitions – held at the global, regional and country level – attract ideas from a range of innovators, including civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, academia and businesses.
