Heard of Project Inspire? Even if you have not, here’s one thing you should know. Project Inspire, a global initiative calls on Malaysian youth to submit ideas for ‘Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World’. With a US$25,000 (approximately RM89,000) Grand Prize and US$10,000 (approximately RM35,000) Runner-Up Prize on offer to make your idea a reality, Project Inspire 2015 will take on the theme of ‘Technology or Design for Economic Empowerment’.

This initiative is open to 18-35 year olds, where you have to submit a five-minute video detailing how the US$25,000 grant will be used to improve the lives of women and/or girls. In your submission, you are also required to demonstrate how you will use design or technology as a tool in the work to empower women economically.

Submissions can be made via the Project Inspire website;www.5minutestochangetheworld.org and the deadline is Wednesday, 1 July 2015. Information on Project Inspire alumni and judges are also available on the website.  

Project Inspire will choose 20 semi-finalists to progress to a crowd-funding stage of the competition. From the semi-finalists, finalists will be chosen to attend the Grand Finals where they will pitch their inspired idea to a panel of judges.

Project Inspire is a joint initiative from MasterCard and the Singapore Committee for UN Women. It is also supported by INSEAD: The Business School for the World, Bain & Company, Hilton WorldWide and Top3 Media.