News & Press

Featured News

Users Can Drive Creative Innovation for the Poor

March 26, 2009

Scidev.net

Tara Acharya

 

Open innovation has potential to revitalise the development sector, providing new sources of creative knowledge and resources, says Tara Acharya.

© Copyright 2009 Scidev.net

read full article from scidev.net

---

In the News

• Five Questions on the GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge: Philanthropy News Digest Interview with the Foundation's Antony Bugg-Levine

  February 19, 2010
  The GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge is a partnership between GlobalGiving, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Innocentive to give five nonprofit organizations access to Innocentive's network of solvers. It's the second time the Rockefeller Foundation has partnered with Innocentive. >

• IT Use Still Low in East African Schools

  October 27, 2009
  RF-supported survey: Innovation, IT-use still limited in East African universities. >

• 3 Systemic Innovation Processes

  September 24, 2009
  Innovation is no longer the product of a singular “a-ha” moment. It has evolved into a field that can be both studied and predicted, according to Judith Rodin, the President of the Rockefeller Foundation. >

---

Press Releases

• The Rockefeller Foundation and InnoCentive Renew Partnership Linking Non-Profit Organizations to World-Class Scientific Thinkers

  June 23, 2009
  The Rockefeller Foundation and InnoCentive, Inc., the global open innovation marketplace, today announced the renewal of their successful partnership to link non-profit organizations with InnoCentive’s Web-based global network of “Solvers,” who are more than 175,000 of the brightest minds in science, engineering, technology and business. >

• The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grant to B Lab

  February 28, 2008
  The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a grant to B Lab, one of the newest social capital markets infrastructure innovations. >

• Mayor Bloomberg and OEM Commissioner Bruno Announce Winners of “What if New York City…” Competition to Design Urban Housing for Use After a Disaster

  February 06, 2008
  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph F. Bruno today announced the winners of the “What If New York City…” post-disaster housing design competition. >