Grants and Awards
![]() The Neilom Interns program was created to support student interns working on impact projects using technology. |
![]() The Annual Neilom Foundation Meritorious Award in Technology and Society was established by a generous donor at the prestigious Cosmos Club in Washington DC for Cosmos Scholars. |
![]() Established the Neilom Prize for Social Impact at The George Washington University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Two students are selected each year for this prize. |
![]() The Foundation established The Neilom Prize at IIT Delhi’s Assistech Laboratory for the best engineering student developing transformative educational tools for young blind people. |
![]() Awarded a grant to Baltimore nonprofit V-Linc (now VME), to leverage engineering students and volunteers to develop specific assistive technology solutions for disabled young people. |
![]() Provided support for the Do Good Institute’s 2020 Do Good Challenge. They award prizes to outstanding students in social entrepreneurship and impact by University of Maryland students. |
![]() A grant was made to the African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA) set up a successful pilot breast cancer screening and education clinic. |
![]() Students in the new Engineering for Social Change course grant Neilom Foundation funds for maximum social impact. |
![]() We supported Students Helping Honduras, an organization alleviating violence and extreme poverty in Honduras through education and youth empowerment. |
![]() The Foundation awarded a grant to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for a pilot solar rotation grazing system to enhance soil health and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. |
![]() Supported students and six local nonprofits in the pilot Social Entrepreneurship program at the College of Southern Maryland.
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![]() Set up the donor-directed Sukhdarshan Lal Bhalla Neilom Prize for the best students at Durga Dutt Kapilashrami Smarak Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (DDKSSM), a school in Haldwani, India. |
![]() Provided funds to Bread and Water for Africa to build a new fresh water well in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa for a population of 2,500, a majority of which are schoolchildren. |
![]() Awarded a grant to DC-based nonprofit organization FRESHFARM to build a new healthy eating/teaching garden at the Ludlow-Taylor school in Washington DC. |