Two international research grants for 2025 are now open:
1. 100x Impact Accelerator (Deadline: 10 Nov 2025)
2. Aurora Tech Award (Deadline: 12 Nov 2025)

1.100x Impact Accelerator

The 100x Impact Accelerator is inviting applications for its 2026/27 cohort, seeking visionary ventures committed to creating transformative social and environmental change on a global scale.

Impact Areas:
• Climate and Environment
• Democracy
• Happiness and Wellbeing
• Education
• Equitable Economies
• Health and Social Care
• New Frontiers
• Refugees and Cohesion

Eligibility
To be considered, applications must meet all of the following criteria:
• Impact-first venture – Venture is explicitly focused on social and/or environmental impact, and agnostic to legal form (ie structured as non-profit or for-profit)
• Delivering impact within at least one of the above eight Impact Areas
• Ambition to scale

In addition, ventures should demonstrate some or all of the following:
• Can be registered or operating from anywhere in the world
• Impact achieved to date has reached at least 50,000 end-users (B2C) or indirectly impacted at least 500,000 people (via B2B or B2G channels), with clear evidence of delivery and uptake
• Operating with a team of 4 or more full-time paid employees
• Raised at least USD 250,000 in capital from any source
• Established partnerships supporting scale – Active partnerships with government, large NGOs, multilateral organisations, or commercial distributors that support scale or systems integration

Benefits
• £150,000 in catalytic capital
• 12-week Impact Accelerator Programme
• World-class support and bespoke mentors

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://www.100ximpact.org/how-to-apply

Application Deadline: 10 November 2025

Further information: https://www.100ximpact.org/how-to-apply

2. Aurora Tech Award

The Aurora Tech Award is an annual global prize created and supported by inDrive to empower female tech founders in emerging markets by providing financial support, mentorship, and opportunities to expand their ventures.

Funding Organization: inDrive

Scope: IT startups

Eligibility: Eligible startup is required to:
• Be founded or co-founded and led by a woman
• Have a functional prototype of a product
• Fit in the investment limit of $6 million in funding, including the seed round
• Be less than 5 years old
• Provide a presentation in the English language

Benefits
• Cash prize: $50,000 for first prize, $20,000 for second prize, and $15,000 for third prize
• Guidance from industry experts for the shortlist participants
• Investor access & a global network
• Visibility to scale your impact

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://apply.auroratechaward.com/

Application Deadline: 12 November 2025

Further information: https://www.auroratechaward.com/

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel: 02 470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th