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Cultural competitions

Cultural competitions

U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition

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 ...


Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel (PRIME) Prize

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 ...


Eye on the Future Teen Video Contest

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 ...


Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2

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 ...


xTechSoldier Fire Control

A competition to showcase concepts for a Next Generation Squad Weapon Fire Control ModuleSeeking a small, lightweight system solution that can plug into our existing fire control system, that enables the soldier to quickly aim, fire, and engage their targets with a weapon system solution.Challenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Defense - ArmyTotal cash prizes: $30,000,000.00 ...


Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 3

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 ...


NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize

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 ...


Novel Recuperator Design for Cryogenic Fluid Management System

Seeking innovative ideas for the design of an optimized recuperator.NASA is seeking to reduce the cost and increase the performance of cryogenic recuperators (also called Heat Exchangers) by utilizing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies.Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $700,000.00 ...


xTechLive Competition at SOF Week 2025

Contribute to advancing the Army's Mission through the xTechLive CompetitionThe U.S. Army invites interested entities to participate in the U.S. Army xTechLive Competition, designed for eligible small to medium businesses attending SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, FL.Challenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Defense - ArmyTotal cash prizes: $10,000,000.00 ...


NOIS2-183 Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge

The challenge invites the public to design a ZGI for the Artemis II mission.The Artemis II ZGI design contest will demonstrate to the public that they are a part of the Artemis II mission by providing the opportunity to design a piece of cargo for the mission.Challenge type: Creative (multimedia & design)Agency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $2,327,500.00 ...


SAMHSA's Trauma-Informed Re-Entry for Recovery Challenge

Successful Return HomeTo identify and highlight innovative trauma-informed practices that effectively address behavioral health & trauma in anticipation and during justice-involved populations re-entry to the community. Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationTotal cash prizes: $50,000,000.00 ...


2025 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge

Undergraduate student teams: Develop a technology solution to an unmet healthcare need!The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge solicits design projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.Challenge type: Technology demonstration and hardwareAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $19,000,000.00 ...


NIH Data Sharing Index (S-index) Challenge

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 ...


Sustainable Business Model Challenge

Use NASA’s Earth Science Data in your Sustainable Business ModelUse NASA’s Earth Science Data in your Sustainable Business Model. Register for the Challenge today!Challenge type: Business plansAgency name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total cash prizes: $10,000,000.00 ...


PREPARE Challenge

Pioneering Research for Early Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease & Related DementiasThe PREPARE Challenge seeks to advance solutions for accurate, innovative, and representative early prediction of AD/ADRD through three challenge phases that successively build on each other.Challenge type: ScientificAgency name: Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of HealthTotal cash prizes: $65,000,000.00 ...


Innovating to Counter Transnational Corruption Open Call

Open call for Innovative Concepts and New Partnerships to Counter Transnational CorruptionIssued by the CTC Grand Challenge, this Open Call is an opportunity for a wide range of potential solvers to submit innovative concepts and provides a framework for the issuance of future addenda.Challenge type: IdeasAgency name: U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentTotal cash prizes: $500,000,000.00 ...


Journalism Award on War-Related Reports

Do you work in journalism? This is your opportunity to be part of Bayeux-Calvados award. The reports submitted must be about a conflict situation or its impact on civilians, or news stories involving the defence of freedom and democracy.  The categories of media represented are: radio, photography, television (short and long formats), written press and the young reporter prize. Interests Media and Journalism Film Human Rights Opportunity Targets Young Professionals Mid Career P1 ...


Orange Social Venture Prize POESAM 2023

An undeniable catalyst for progress, technological innovation can only reach its full potential if it is supported by a solid, viable business proposition that meets current and future social and environmental needs. As well as encouraging innovation, Orange also rewards the positive entrepreneurial spirit of dynamic start-ups within the framework of its Social Venture Prize. Since 2011 this International Grand Prix competition has welcomed start-ups from 17 countries in A1 ...


Bristol Short Story Prize 2023

The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition based in Bristol, UK, which aims to publish great short stories and promote the stories and writers as much as possible.  Discovering  previously unpublished writers is central to our aims and we are absolutely committed to celebrating the short story genre and making it accessible and available to as wide an audience as we can. The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition founded by t1 ...


5th International Flash Fiction Competition 2017

Deadline: 23 November 2017 Open to: anyone Benefits: 20,000 USD first prize Description The César Egido Serrano Foundation launches the  V International Flash Fiction Competition. The contest is open to writers and authors from all over the world. The work must be original and the stories are not allowed to exceed 100 words. Keeping in mind the Foundation’s ethos, which is that the word is the tool of coexistence between different cultures, religions, and i1 ...



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