Ashoka-Lemelson Fellowship Program

Tri Mumpuni establishes micro-hydropower
operations in rural Indonesian communities.
Credit: Ashoka

Invention and social entrepreneurship can align in powerful ways, enabling individuals to be change-makers who ameliorate the world's most pressing problems.

Ashoka-Lemelson Fellowship Program

Tri Mumpuni establishes micro-hydropower operations in rural Indonesian communities. Credit: Ashoka

Invention and social entrepreneurship can align in powerful ways, enabling individuals to be change-makers who ameliorate the world's most pressing problems.

In 2007, the Lemelson Foundation partnered with Ashoka, the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, on a three-year effort to build a critical mass of 100 inventor-entrepreneurs.