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Explore Innovation Challenges from around the world.
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Housing Supply Challenge - $75,000,000
This challenge is seeking solutions that reduce the time, cost, and risk to access resources for building and maintaining appropriate northern and remote housing supply in Canada.
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Homegrown Innovation Challenge - $33,000,000
Promote development of tools and technologies to enable Canadian farmers and producers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season.
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Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Challenge - $12,500,000
Support development of innovative approaches to help prevent type 2 diabetes in partnership with communities in Canada
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Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge - $12,000,000
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is looking to advance innovative, scalable and economically viable practices, processes, and technologies that contribute to the net reduction of enteric methane emissions from the cattle sector.
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Community Energy Innovation Prize - $7,500,000
Provide support, build trust, and strengthen partnerships with underserved communities while advancing the clean energy transition.
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Targeted Genome Editor Delivery Challenge - $6,000,000
Competition to improve in vivo delivery technologies for genome editors in two target areas: 1) programmable delivery systems, and 2) non-viral delivery across the blood-brain barrier.
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Longitude Prize on Dementia - £4,000,000
Promoting creation of breakthrough technologies that learn from a person living with dementia, adapting and compensating for their condition as it progresses, enabling them to continue living independently for longer.
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Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge - $3,000,000
Encouraging non-profit community-based or advocacy organizations to enhance skills and infrastructure in pursuit of research projects in maternal health, including maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Ghana Science and Tech Explorer Challenge - $2,300,000
Engage students and teachers in Ghana to develop practical STEM skills and products that benefit local communities.
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NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge - $1,000,000
Advancing technologies that support NASA’s science goals, particularly in lunar exploration and climate science.
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Lead Detect Prize - $1,000,000
Identify concepts and development plans for advanced point-of-care blood lead tests.
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Manchester Prize - £1,000,000
Seeking the most innovative and impactful AI solution which demonstrates social benefit by overcoming challenges in the fields of energy, environment, and infrastructure.
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Guardians of the Reservoir Challenge - $550,000
Help sustain America’s reservoirs. Support development of methods to remove sedimentation that regularly accumulates in reservoirs.
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AHRQ Challenge: Harnessing Data Visualizations to Advance Equity in Clinical Services - $440,000
Accelerate the identification and elimination of disparities in the receipt of clinical preventive services.
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Innovation Next Awards - $400,000
Funding new ways to influence behaviour change through the use of technology-based interventions aimed at preventing unplanned teen pregnancies.
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Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Challenge - $150,000
Drive the development of solutions that will meaningfully engage underserved populations and address barriers that prevent or hinder the early detection of colorectal cancer.
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Field-ready Lateral Flow Test for Avian Influenza - $150,000
Promoting development of an easy-to-use, rapid, and affordable lateral flow test to detect Avian Influence.
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MaRS and CIBC Inclusive Design Challenge: Future of Work - $100,000
Seeking solutions that prevent and/or reduce AI bias and the impacts it has on the recruitment of people with disabilities.
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TII McEliece Challenge - $75,000
Contribute to data security in a post-quantum era by decoding challenges inspired by the McEliece Cryptosystem.
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Access For All Challenge - $4,500
Engaging 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.