Nominet Trust seeks nominations for world’s best ‘Tech for Good’
Howard Lake | 30 July 2015 | News
Social technology funder Nominet Trust is inviting nominations for its annual NT100, in which it will celebrate the 100 most inspiring uses of technology for social good.
This is the third year that the Trust has run the awards that highlight technology’s power to drive social change around the world. Nominations are welcome from the public, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.
Previous successful nominees include Google’s self-driving car and Kickstarter, to tiny startups making 3D-printed prosthetics, apps to detect cancer and peer-to-peer renewable energy Nominees have used technology to tackling issues such as education, health, the environment and civic empowerment.
Construction of Wikihouse, one of 2014’s NT100 list.
The selection process will use both public nominations and in-house research, with the final NT100 being selected by a group of industry partners with expertise in the social and technology sectors. The NT100 2015 partners will be revealed in early September and this year’s NT100 will be published in December.
2014 charity nominees
Last year’s successful nominees included charities:
Cancer Research
Emma Smith, Cancer Research UK’s senior science information officer, said:
“Being included among such incredible projects was great recognition for our scientists, our Citizen Science team at Cancer Research UK and most importantly our supporters, who were inspired to take part and analyse reams of scientific data – which will ultimately help our researchers find new ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
“Being shortlisted last year meant we shared knowledge with other outstanding teams behind similar projects, an experience that has undoubtedly improved our Citizen Science work.”Advertisement
RNIB
Tara Alexander, RNIB Lead on the Smart Specs project, said:
“Being on the NT100 list has been a great way to spread the news about the Smart Specs project, and to learn about the many ways in which innovation and technology are being used to support social change.”
How to nominate
You can make your nomination for the NT100 from today until 30 September.
Vicki Hearn, Director of Nominet Trust, said:
“We would love to see more nominations for tech for good projects in emerging markets and from developing nations.
“The Social Tech Guide which underpins the NT100 is a unique resource supporting and connecting remarkable innovators in this thriving sector, and we look forward to the contribution that this year’s new projects can make.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.