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‼️ Please note that applications for this grant program must be submitted no later than April 29, 2026 at 6 PM EST/ 3 PM PT.
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| Application Open |
Application Close |
Review Period |
Announcement |
| April 07, 2026 |
April 29, 2026 |
April 14 - May 7 |
May 2026 |
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GENERAL
- The Confidence Collective: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Boost Camp & Grant (the “Program”) is sponsored and administered by Circular Board, Inc. dba Hello Alice (“Sponsor”).
- By entering this Program, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and Sponsor’s determinations regarding the Program, which are final and binding.
- The Program is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited.
- There is no purchase necessary or other cost to enter the Program or win a Grant.
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ELIGIBILITY
- To be eligible to enter a business in the Program, you (“Officer”) must be all of the following as of the first day of the Program Period (defined below):
- an entrepreneur who is the leading executive (ie, Founder) of a small business that meets the below business criteria;
- a legal resident of one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia;
- eighteen (18) years of age or older (19 in AL and NE).
- To be eligible to participate in the Program, the business (“Entrant”) must meet all of the following criteria as of the first day of the Program Period:
- Be a for-profit business located and registered in one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia;
- Have an existing product or service;
- Have generated at least $25,000 USD in revenue in 2025;
- Be willing to participate in The Confidence Collective: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Boost Camp & Grant program beginning in June for 12 weeks; AND
- Not operate in excluded industries (aesthetics, adult entertainment, cannabis, supplements/unregulated health products, or products exclusively for children)
- The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility by Sponsor, which may include completing associated documentation.
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PROGRAM PERIOD
- The Program Period begins April 07, 2026 at 9AM EST/ 6 AM PT and ends April 29, 2026 at 6 PM EST/3 PM PT.
- The time clock of the computer administering this Program is the official clock for this Program.
- Sponsor reserves the right to shorten or lengthen the Program Period for any reason in its sole discretion.
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HOW TO ENTER
- To enter the Program, each Officer must clearly and concisely complete all sections of the online application, which consists of a series of questions about the Entrant and the Officer, by taking these steps: during the Program Period, (1) go to APPLICATION LINK; (2) create an account or log in if you already have an account; and, (3) complete and submit application (“Entry”). The full list of Entry questions can be found in the application form at APPLICATION LINK.
- All entries must be received by 6 PM EST on April 29, 2026 to be eligible.
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Limit: One Entry per Entrant and per Officer. Multiple entries received for any Entrant or Officer after the first Entry received from that Entrant or Officer will be void.
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ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
- Sponsor may disqualify any Entry that, as adjudged in Sponsor’s determination:
- contains any material that is indecent, obscene, hateful, discriminatory; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate;
- is submitted in bad faith, is inappropriate, or otherwise violates these Terms and Conditions;
- is submitted by an Entrant or Officer who is ineligible or noncompliant with these Terms and Conditions; and/or,
- is submitted by any person who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the Program or the Hello Alice website, who acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, who violates these Terms and Conditions, or about whom a background check provides unsatisfactory results.
- If there is a dispute about who submitted an Entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the Officer and the business identified in the Entry will be deemed the Entrant for the Program. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The Officer may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
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OTHER ENTRY TERMS
- After an Entry has been submitted, it cannot be modified in any way and Sponsor is not responsible for any delayed Entry, incomplete Entry, or Entry not received, recognized, or accepted for any reason.
- Entrant retains all rights in and to its product or service, including all intellectual property rights, but no Entry may disclose any information confidential to or any trade secret of the Entrant or any third party. Sponsor will treat all information disclosed by Entrant as nonconfidential.
- By submitting an Entry to the Program, each Entrant hereby grants Sponsor and AbbVie, Inc. on behalf of Entrant and Officer a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, global, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display the information in the Entry, in whole or in part, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media, or technology, now known or later developed, for any purpose including for promotional and marketing purposes, including on www.helloalice.com or other Hello Alice-branded websites or social platforms, or AbbVie, Inc. branded websites or social platforms.
- The Released Parties (defined below) do not guarantee that any Entry will be used as described in the preceding license.
- The Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use by third parties of any Entry.
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REVIEW CRITERIA AND SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS
Entries will be reviewed by Sponsor, AbbVie, Inc. and/or their designated agencies (“Panel”) based on the following criteria (“Recipient Review Criteria”):
- Founder experience and commitment (35%)
- Plan for funds and business coaching to accelerate business growth (40%)
- Demonstrated commitment to community (25%)
Preference will be given to female entrepreneurs.
Sponsor will provide awards to Entrants whose Entries receive the highest cumulative score (the “Recipients”). The total number of recipients will be approximately 250, including 250 Boost Camp participants and 20 potential grant recipients and. Recipients will be notified by email or phone according to the timeline outlined at the beginning of these Terms and Conditions.
Additional Rules:
- Sponsor, AbbVie, Inc. and/or their designated agencies reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to conduct a brief interview with any Entrant and request for Entrant to submit additional materials relating to their Entry.
- Sponsor reserves the right to not award any Boost Camp opportunities or grants, if in their sole discretion, they do not receive any suitable Entries. No details of the deliberations on individual Entries will be revealed to Entrants or the public.
- Certain Entries may be featured from time to time by Sponsor during and/or after the Program Period in Sponsor’s and/or AbbVie, Inc. social media pages and other channels, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or AbbVie, Inc. being selected as a featured Entry is unrelated to the Review Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a Recipient.
- In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken based on the highest score in the first review criterion continuing thereafter to each review criterion in order, as needed to break the tie.
- Decisions of the Panel are final and may be made in its absolute and sole discretion.
- Each Recipient may be required to execute and return to Sponsor an affidavit of eligibility, liability release, and, where lawful, a publicity release (collectively, the “Release”), within forty-eight (48) hours after the Sponsor’s notification.
- If a potential Recipient cannot be located or does not respond within forty-eight (48) hours after the Sponsor’s notification, or the potential Recipient rejects the award or fails to complete the Release within the allotted time period, the award will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Recipient, who is the Entrant with the next highest ranked Entry from among all remaining eligible Entries.