Awards
Since 2009, Design for America and its projects have won a series of awards for both DFA as an initiative and the projects we foster. We are proud to be recognized by the following awards:
National Awards
- 2013 → DSIC Champion Award, Dell Social Innovation Challenge
- 2013 → Cordes Innovation Award, AshokaU
- 2013 → Dell Social Innovation Challenge, Semi Finalist, DFA Oregon
- 2013 → Health Design Challenge, Third Place, DFA UIUC
- 2012 → Best of 2012: Changing the Way We Learn GOOD Magazine
- 2012 → Public Interest Design Top 100 People
- 2012 → J & J Be Vital Challenge Grand Prize Winner- DFA UCLA
- 2012 → GOOD.maker Winner Food Challenge
- 2012 → Hall of Fame Better World by Design
- 2012 → OpenIDEO Winners- E-Waste. DFA UIUC
- 2012 → Core77 Design Education Awards Notable
- 2012 → Mozilla Digital Learning Winner
- 2012 → OpenIDEO Winner- College Voting DFA Cornell
- 2012 → Dell Social Innovation Semifinalists-Jerry the Bear
- 2012 → Dell Social Innovation Semifinalists-Bottleshare DFA NU
- 2012 → Betaspring Fellows
- 2012 → Healthbox Fellows
- 2011 → Chicago Ideas Awards Winner
- 2011 → Bluhm Helfand Fellowship Semi-Finalist
- 2011 → Core77Awards Design Education Notable
- 2011 → Core77Awards Social Impact Notable
- 2011 → Diabetes Mine Semi-Finalist
- 2011 → Dell Social Innovation, Semi-Finalist Fellow
- 2010 → NUventions Entrepreneurial Idol , 2nd Place
- 2009 → Diabetes Mine Challenge Most Creative Award
- 2009 → Social Designer Challenge Felissimo, Winner
Grants
- 2012 → Mozilla Digital Learning Grant from Macarthur Foundation
- 2011 → Boeing Award at Northwestern University
- 2011 → Don Norman Grant at Northwestern University
- 2010 → Breed Fund for Design at Northwestern University
- 2009 → Murphy Society Grant at Northwestern University
- 2009 → Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University
