The Grunin for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at NYU School of Law has awarded the 2023 Grunin Prize. The Grunin Prize aims to reward the innovation, potential impact, and replicability and/or scalability of projects and solutions developed by lawyers to advance the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. The Grunin Prize was awarded on June 6, 2023 as part of the Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing—in the US and Beyond, co-hosted at NYU School of Law by the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group.

The 2023 Grunin Prize recipient is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the legal administrator of Covax, the world’s largest program for the production and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. You can read more about Gavi and its nominated legal and supporting legal teams by clicking on the articles below:

NYU School of Law article

Forbes article

You can also learn about all of the incredible 2023 Grunin Prize finalists here: https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/grunin-social-entrepreneurship/grunin-prize/2023.

This is the 6th annual Grunin Prize awarded by the Grunin Center. The mission of the Grunin Center is to enhance the community of lawyers and legal institutions engaged in social entrepreneurship and impact investing and to accelerate their effective participation in these fields. To fulfill this mission, the Grunin Center educates students and practicing lawyers about legal issues in the field of social entrepreneurship and impact investing; disseminates knowledge and legal research about law and policy developments in this field; and collaborates with other field-building organizations, universities and research centers.