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Student and faculty competition with prizes available for energy tech elevationPrizes available to students who create/present an energy tech business plan & faculty who elevate energy entrepreneurship at their institutionChallenge type: Business plansAgency name: Department of Energy Total cash prizes: $54,500,000.00 ...
Collegiate students tackling environmentally and socially conscious aviation solutions.The 2025 competition challenges collegiate students to conceptualize aviation systems that can be applied by 2035 or sooner to address challenges in agriculture.Challenge type: Business plansAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $6,400,000.00 ...
Solve translational biomedical problems with quantum computingInnovative design solutions for novel applications of existing quantum-enabled technologies to apply toward use cases within clinical, translational, and biomedical problem areas are soughtChallenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $130,000,000.00 ...
RASC-AL fuels innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, & technology prototypingThrough RASC-AL, teams and their faculty advisors will design innovative solutions with supporting original engineering and analysis in response to one of three themes.Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $10,400,000.00 ...
Community-Derived Solutions to Reduce Menthol Cigarette SmokingSeeking community solutions to reduce menthol cigarette smoking among groups with high rates of use, including youth, LGBTQ populations, people with lower incomes, and racial and ethnic minorities.Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $90,000,000.00 ...
Searching for Veteran serving organizations with BIG ideas to engage the Veteran communityThe VA's Veteran Experience Office (VEO) is searching for 10 non-profit Veteran community-serving organizations who can innovatively and uniquely engage 5000 Veterans in underserved groups. Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Central OfficeTotal cash prizes: $10,000,000.00 ...
2025 Theme: Advanced Cryogenics for HLS ApplicationsThe 2025 Human Lander Challenge seeks ideas from the university community for advanced cryogenics applications for NASA's Human Landing System (HLS).Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $12,900,000.00 ...
Developing Innovative Analyses Using EPA’s Emissions, Allowance, and Monitoring DataThe EmPOWER Air Data Challenge is an opportunity to use power sector and environmental quality data for innovative analyses, tools, and visualizations.Challenge type: Analytics, visualizations, algorithmsAgency name: Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Air and RadiationTotal cash prizes: $0.00 ...
Addressing shortfalls to meet future exploration, science, & other mission needsTo support future missions, NASA seeks to advance transformative solutions that address one or more of NASA’s technology shortfalls.Challenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $450,000,000.00 ...
Help us all with a better design for more accessible federal buildings and facilities(GSA) invites students in architecture and design programs to apply universal design ideas to reimagine a federal workspace that provides an accessible, barrier-free, and all-inclusive experience .Challenge type: Creative (multimedia & design)Agency name: General Services Administration - Public Buildings ServiceTotal cash prizes: $450,000.00 ...
For the Crater Good!The LunaRecycle Challenge is focused on the design and development of recycling solutions that can reduce solid waste and improve the sustainability of longer-term lunar missions.Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Space Technology Mission DirectorateTotal cash prizes: $300,000,000.00 ...
Closing the Rural Justice GapThe Access to Justice Prize is a prize competition to promote innovative solutions to address the access to justice crisis. The 2025 Prize will focus on solutions that impact rural communities.Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: Department of Justice - Office for Access to JusticeTotal cash prizes: $7,500,000.00 ...
Solve translational biomedical problems with quantum-enabled sensing technologies Multi-disciplinary teams are invited to submit new biomedical use cases of existing quantum-enabled technologies and to adapt and optimize them for use in biomedical research and clinical settings. Challenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $160,000,000.00 ...
Student teams design and model solar-plus-storage systems for a real campus or district.Class of 2024-2025: Challenging multi-disciplinary student teams to design and model solar-plus-storage systems for a campus or district.Challenge type: Creative (multimedia & design)Agency name: Department of Energy Total cash prizes: $0.00 ...
Register solar PV modules and inverters with EPEAT and get incentivized Incentivizing EPEAT registration of solar PV modules and inverters for easier identification of eco-friendly equipment. Challenge type: Scientific Agency name: Department of Energy - Energy Programs Total cash prizes: $270,000,000.00 ...
Enter the Eye on the Future Teen Video Contest to win cash & a trip to NIH!Challenge type: Creative (multimedia & design)Agency name: Department of Health and Human ServicesTotal cash prizes: $600,000.00 ...
Propose transformative energy storage solutions to accelerate grid modernizationPropose transformative energy storage solutions that address niche markets and inform the DOE’s strategy to accelerate grid modernization in this $300,000 prize.Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: Department of Energy - Energy ProgramsTotal cash prizes: $30,000,000.00 ...
Help utilities digitize systems, data analytics, and risk-informed resource integrationForm a interdisciplinary team with an energy sector partner to identify and solve a data challenge to make the U.S. electricity grid more resilientChallenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Energy - Energy ProgramsTotal cash prizes: $250,000,000.00 ...
Recognizing early-career scientists who are enhancing attention to rigor.Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $5,000,000.00 ...
Promoting data sharing and developing a robust metric to reward exemplary data sharers.This Challenge aims to incentivize and reward data sharing excellence, promoting a new metric for assessing how effectively researchers share valuable data, driving a culture of openness in science.Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $100,000,000.00 ...