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Explore Innovation Challenges from around the world.

  • Community in Northern Canada

    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

  • Tech savvy farmers

    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.

  • Southwestern USA

    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.

  • Collaboration and team work

    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.

  • Information Technology Security Digital

    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.