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Funders offer both regular and one-off prizes to recognize and fund civic tech and its practitioners. These are usually granted for work already done, whereas the Challenges category sets a goal and offers to reward those who meet it.

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Digital States

Digital States

United States of America (the)

A comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.

Code for America Technology Awards

The Code for America Technology Awards recognize outstanding products and implementations of government technology.

Apolitical 100 digital government

Apolitical 100 digital government

PUBLIC Hall 1 Horse Guards Avenue London, United Kingdom SW1A 2EP

We’re excited to share our second annual list of the World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government.

Government Experience Awards

Government Experience Awards

United States of America (the)

For 20 years, the Center for Digital Government’s Best of the Web Awards have recognized and benchmarked state and local government progress online.

GovTech Top 25

GovTech Top 25

United States of America (the)

A program started in 2002 to recognize those technology leaders putting their knowledge to work to solve problems and serve their communities.

Route Fifty Navigator Awards 2018

Route Fifty Navigator Awards 2018

Atlantic Media, New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Individuals and teams should demonstrate their ability to implement a great idea that improves public sector services and the communities they serve.

National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) awards

Government in which the public is fully served through business innovation and the efficient and effective use of technology policy

Digital Counties

Digital Counties

United States of America (the)

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the county, these awards are presented during NACo’s annual conference held each July.

Managing Innovation Prizes in Government

The use of prizes and awards is a visible element of the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote innovation in government

Digital Cities

Digital Cities

United States of America (the)

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the city with awards presented concurrently with the National League of Cities conference held each November.

Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship

The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select group of social entrepreneurs whose innovations have already had significant, proven impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems, and invests directly in the promise of even greater impact at scale.

European Social Innovation Competition

The European Social Innovation Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all European countries

Fintech for Good Award

"Honour a financial services or technology organisation for its outstanding contribution to a charitable cause, for example, through funds donated, services offered pro-bono, or a creative volunteer programme"

Innovations in American Government Award

The Innovations in American Government Awards is the nation's preeminent program devoted to recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.

GovTech 100

GovTech 100

United States of America (the)

A compendium of companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local government agencies.

Google.org Global Impact Awards

Google.org Global Impact Awards

United States of America (the)

Global Impact Awards go to entrepreneurial teams who think on a global scale and have a healthy disregard for the impossible.

Bloomberg Philanthropies' U.S. Mayors Challenge

Bloomberg Philanthropies' U.S. Mayors Challenge

25 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075

It is a competition designed to help city leaders think big, be bold and uncover inventive – and, ultimately shareable – ideas that tackle today’s toughest problems.

World Smart City Awards

World Smart City Awards

Barcelona, Spain

The World Smart City Awards seek to recognize pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe.

Innovate Africa

innovateAFRICA is the continent’s largest fund for supporting civic media experimentation and digital news startups in everything from data-driven journalism and investigative reporting, to newsroom management, audience engagement, digital convergence, and media business models.

The Foilies

Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency

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