Have a Great Idea to Solve the Global Food Crisis?

The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for social good dedicated to launching the next wave of social entrepreneurs through identifying, funding, mentoring, advising and launching new social businesses.

In partnership with President Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative, the Hult Prize has created the world’s largest student movement for social impact and the world’s largest crowdsourcing platform, dedicated to solving the most pressing social challenges on the planet.

For the 2013 Prize, President Clinton has personally selected the challenge: the Global Food Crisis.

A detailed case study narrated by President Clinton will be released to all selected participants in early January to set the framework for this year’s challenge. Competitors will then be asked to develop social enterprises that answer the President’s Challenge.

Each year, more than ten thousand college and university students from around the world apply to pitch their ideas at one of six regional events that take place in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai and online. Up for grabs is an opportunity to spend the summer in the Hult Accelerator – a world-class center for innovation located in Boston.

Following the conclusion of their time working in the Hult Accelerator, each of the six winning teams then pitch their start-ups at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, where President Clinton and CGI Meeting attendees select and award the winning team with a $1 million prize.