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11/12/2025

Questions about applying? Online Q&A on December 3

If you’re planning to submit your project for a SozialMarie Prize, you’re warmly invited to join our online Q&A session.

11/10/2025

Show us your project – the SozialMarie 2026 application phase is open!

Application phase for SozialMarie 2026 is open! Do you have a project that addresses social challenges in a new way and dares to drive change? Then this is your moment.

10/28/2025

Social Innovation Fair in Budapest – A Stage for Innovative Initiatives

On 6 November 2025, the Innovation Centre of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) invites participants to the Social Innovation Fair in Budapest. The conference will take place at the Eifel Workshop House and is part of the National Competence Centre (NCC) project ESF-SI-2023-NCC-01-0002 – SI Plus.

10/25/2025

Zusammendenken – Makeathon for Democracy | 7–8 November 2025, Vienna

The #zusammendenken Makeathon will take place in Vienna on 7–8 November 2025. The event brings together people from various fields to develop new ideas and approaches for democratic participation.

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SozialMarie is a prize for social innovation that is awarded every year to outstanding projects. It honours initiatives that offer novel, sustainable and exemplary solutions to current social challenges. You can find out more about what we mean by social innovation and how the prize is awarded here.

Projects

Every year since 2005, socially innovative projects from various sectors have been honoured with the SozialMarie. Would you like to find out more about the projects, see who has been nominated and who is one of the lucky winners? Click here for the projects.

Insights

Did you know that we have a podcast? Would you like to click through pictures from past events or find out what else we do apart from the SozialMarie application and award ceremony? Take a look at our Insights.

Patrons

What do a workshop, a social media post, bread dough and a charity event have in common? The patron of honour for a nominated project. You can find more information about our inspiring patrons here.