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Asian Development Competition of Using Digital Technology Against COVID-19

Asian Development Competition of Using Digital Technology Against COVID-19

The Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank

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Deadline
30 Sep 2020
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Full funding
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All Regions

The Asian Development Bank is offering a competition: Digital Against COVID-19: ADB's Digital Approach to Shaping the New Normal. Applicants have to find opportunities to utilize digital tools and technologies to tackle what life will be like in the new normal. They are crowdsourcing innovation from global problem solvers: startups, companies, universities, research organizations, and industry players. Selected ideas and solutions will be provided with access to resources for further prototype development and pilot launch. 

Program Period:

Each round spans in a 3-month phase starting from articulating problems to identifying solutions.

 Evaluation Criteria:

  • The most valuable solutions will be selected based on value.
  • They will focus on feasibility on deployment. 
  • Selected solutions will get the opportunity to develop prototypes, funded by ADB for pilot testing, supported by our partners and specialized experts.
  • They want to go beyond spotting solutions to putting together a comprehensive, systematic, and scalable program aimed at producing measurable, sustained outcomes.

Award:

  • USD 10,000 Grant
  • ADB supports he winning team’s solution for further development to undergo pilot testing, incubation, and access to funding sources. 

About The Asian Development Bank:

The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world. The ADB defines itself as a social development organization that is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration.

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