The deadline for submissions to the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) has officially closed for this year.
Having finished up on Oct. 13, the AIP will being the selection process for who will receive funding for community-based ideas.
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This includes the but is not limited to the NWT, Yukon, and Nunavut.
The prizes that the AIP (which is now celebrating itSA国际影视传媒檚 10 anniversary) distributes fall underneath that of cash giveaways, ranging from a $1 million prize to individual $100,000 prizes.
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Abernethy provided some examples of what could make up a Northern community project, such as FOXY and the Northern Compass.
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The SA国际影视传媒渂ulk of it comes through the charitable trust which is managed by the trustees.
SA国际影视传媒淭he founder of the Prize (Arnold Witzig), him and his wife (Sima Sharifi), basically donated $50 million to set up the charitable trusts,SA国际影视传媒� said Abernethy.
SA国际影视传媒淭he interest off of that is how the the prizes are funded, but that only covers a portion,SA国际影视传媒� he continued. SA国际影视传媒淲e also go out and fundraise, we seek partnerships through different organizations across the Arctic, and they [the organizations] come on as prize partners.
SA国际影视传媒淭he whole prize is co-owned by Indigenous governments, Indigenous organizations across the entire Arctic. So the co-owners also fund a portion of the prize as well. Then prize partners, organizations like SSI Canada, by way of example, has come on and are providing some funding to help fund the magnitude of prizes that we support.SA国际影视传媒�
According to Abernethey, applications will most likely be reviewed (at least with regards to the NWT) on Nov. 9.
