The Do Something Awards

The premier award for young people changing the world…..

Athletes have the Olympics. Singers have the Grammy’s? World-changers have the Do Something Award.

Since 1996, Do Something has honored the nation’s finest young world-changers. Do Something Award Winners represent the best in their field or issue and are rewarded with a huge community grant, participation in a special award ceremony, media coverage, and continued support from Do Something.

In 2007, The BR!CK Awards became the FIRST EVER televised award show about making the world better. Millions watched it on The CW and it was a critical success. Click here to see some of the show.

In 2008, the BR!CK Awards were renamed the Do Something Awards and became the first non-celebrity category of the Teen Choice Awards. There were 9 nominees in the category. Online voting determined the grand prize winner. Each of them received $10,000 for their project and 19 year old Chad Bullock won a whopping $100,000. Scarlett Johansson presented The Do Something Award. Check out the video below.

2009

Five winners will receive a minimum of $10,000 in community grants and scholarships (if applicable). Of those five winners, 1 will be selected as the grand prize Do Something Award winner. That grand prize Do Something Award winner receives a total of $100,000 in community grants. The Do Something Award community grant money is paid directly to the not-for-profit of the winner’s choice.

Only winners who are age 18 and under are eligible for a scholarship of $5,000 and a $5,000 community grant (total= $10,000 Do Something Award). Winners age 19-25 (applicants must be born on or after 8/30/1983) receive their entire award in the form of a community grant.

The SELECTION PROCESS

Do Something Award applications go through two stages. First, the Do Something Award Academy (comprised of former winners) reads through all of the applications and selects the finalists. The Do Something Award finalists are flown to New York City, where representatives from the Do Something Award Selection Committee interview the finalists face-to-face. The 5 Do Something Award winners are announced shortly thereafter in Spring 2009. The grand prize winner will be announced in Summer 2009.

APPLY FOR THE 2009 Do Something Award HERE

Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2009.

Clips from the 2008 Do Something Awards

More coverage on the 2008 awards

About Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards are presented annually by Fox Television Network to recognize the year’s biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, and television and were the most-watched hour of television last summer.

Clip from the 2007 BR!CK Awards