Innovation Prize Programs

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Milken Institute Innovation Prizes offer exciting and effective tools for partners interested in sourcing or scaling innovative solutions. From catalytic early-stage support and achievement-based recognition to large-scale global competitions, we design tailored prize models that advance our partners’ goals and maximize long-term impact. The Milken Institute approaches each unique prize as an important opportunity to landscape a given field, incentivize new ideas and innovators, create and analyze data, and prime new markets and entrepreneurs for success. 

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Sara ElShafie, PhD

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Sara ElShafie, PhD, is an associate director of Strategic Philanthropy at the Milken Institute. Serving its Environmental and Social Innovation portfolio as a global climate specialist, ElShafie helps to build philanthropic initiatives for thriving environments and communities.

Changemakers

What is the power of philanthropy to disrupt the biomedical innovation ecosystem? That is a question that will be tested by the members of our new advisory group, which brings together the chief executives of 22 leading nonprofit, patient...
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FasterCures Business Council

The FasterCures Business Council brings together leaders committed to FasterCures’ mission to speed treatments and cures. Given the leadership and expertise that they have demonstrated across the health landscape, members have the...
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Feeding Change Business Council

Feeding Change Business Council members are pivotal to advancing our mission of catalyzing a more nutritious, sustainable, resilient, and accessible food system. As champions of global food system priorities, members provide critical...
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Yun Fu

Associate Director, Catalytic Capital, Milken Institute
Yun Fu is an associate director, Catalytic Capital, at the Milken Institute, where she works with the Financial Innovations Lab team. She contributes to the research, development, and execution of Financial Innovations Labs, which explores innovative financing models to address global social and economic challenges.