The Tech Awards is a program that gives an award opportunity for NGOs and people involved in applying innovate technology solutions to address issues in the areas of education, equality, environment, health and economic development. The candidates are nominated through the nomination process, following which the nominees are invited to submit applications. The nominations can be made under five different categories, namely,

* Health
* Education
* Environment
* Economic Development
* Equality

The laureates in each category receive US $50,000 as cash prize and the awards are presented in the annual Tech Awards Gala, which will be held this year on 19 November 2009. The laureates also become part of the Tech Awards Network.

The last date for submitting nominations is 27 March 2009. The eligibility criteria can be found on this link. More information on the award is available at this link.

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FundsforNGOs.org is an online initiative, working for the sustainability of NGOs by increasing their access to donors, resources and skills. It uses online technologies to spread knowledge about organizational sustainability, promote creative ideas for long-term generation of institutional funds for development interventions, improve professional efforts in resource mobilization and advocate for increased allocation of donor resources for building the skills and capacities of NGOs. You may reach them at info[at]fundsforngos.org

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