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We’re excited to share that the MacArthur Foundation has officially announced the five finalists for the latest round of 100&Change.

Flight Opportunities has named three winners of the NASA TechLeap Prize’s Universal Payload Interface Challenge

On May 22, 2024, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched a new round of its 100&Change competition, offering a single $100 million grant to address one of the world’s most critical social challenges. The registration period is now open.

The AI Poverty Challenge is a nationwide competition designed to propel forward responsible and equitable applications of AI technology aimed at expanding opportunities and fostering upward mobility for individuals facing poverty.

Not only can you learn more about some great companies working to reform the system, but you can also hear how new tools and practices are driving more diligent assessments of those companies.

The National Institutes of Health is excited to announce the awardees of the #DEIA Prize Competition

Develop interface systems that easily integrate diverse space payloads onto flight vehicles

Awarding $1.2 million to strengthen infrastructure and hazard mitigation solutions and build a safer, more resilient, and more equitable Southeast Louisiana...

Greg Peters recently had the opportunity to share more about the Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge No. 1 on the Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.

Carrot has been recognized as one of the Best Los Angeles Web Development Companies by designrush.com

The Kellogg Foundation announced five awardees for its Racial Equity 2030 challenge, an open call for bold solutions to drive an equitable future for children, families and communities around the world.

With three awards of $100,000 to the top collaborative teams, the Common Good Challenge will offer an opportunity for groups composed of individuals and organizations that have diverse viewpoints to identify a persistent problem that their community is facing and work together to develop a solution.

$22 Million Awarded to 3 Amazing Solutions

The end of the first quarter in a ‘century of data’ is approaching, and we have an opportunity to rethink all of the ideas we carried forward from the last century.

We are looking for new solutions that go beyond traditional thinking, that can form the basis for the next generation of innovations to support a plastics circular economy.

The Maternal & Infant Health Award will award $10M to scale a community-led solution that aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes around the world.

A Competition Designed to Advance NASA Technologies

From grassroots mobilizing and movement building to bolstering democracy and election infrastructure, the finalists have proposed meaningful and lasting improvements to our political system.

We hope this initiative helps to drive innovation that can scale globally and increase the level of care for some of the most vulnerable among us.

These innovators have been awarded more than $3MM total in grants and services.

As we approach the end of another year under a global pandemic, we have much to celebrate.

A review of how the federal government generally, have used open innovation to solve important problems and created a powerful new and effective way to do business.

An interview with Jaison Morgan about the Power of Incentives. Hosted by SynerVision Leadership Foundation Community.

NASA’s CO₂ Conversion Challenge invited the public to come up with ways to convert this principal component of the Martian atmosphere into sugar, which astronauts could use to sustain life.

An open call for bold solutions to drive an equitable future for children, families, and communities across the globe.

Carrot's mission is to create open, transparent, and fair processes for incentive-based programs.

Decarbonizing U.S. Industry with Renewable Thermal Energy

To support future missions, NASA seeks to advance observation capabilities using adaptive, distributed, heterogeneous networks of spacecraft, suborbital, and ground-based sensors working cooperatively.

$10 million awarded to build healthier and stronger communities in Texas.

Meet the Finalists and learn about their solutions to keeping our public waterways safe.

$24.25M Committed to Support the Well-Being of Refugees Around the World

Over $75 million in possible awards, each of those programs is focused on driving clean transportation solutions across the State with a specific focus on disenfranchised communities.

The MacArthur Foundation will host an online event featuring their six Finalists and announcing the final Awardee for 100&Change, a global competition offering a single $100 million grant.

The goal is simple, develop and submit your solution that will drive structural reform to help our government fully and effectively represent its citizens.

The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge announced 10 projects that will move on to the final stage of the competition.

This $10 million award recognizes bold solutions to improve the quality of life of Texans

Celebrating a decade with our new brand strategy.

On episode 74, the FedHeads welcome CEO of the Carrot, Jaison Morgan, to discuss the benefits of prizes and challenges and how the government can leverage these strategies to foster collaboration.

Jaison talks about how competitions need to focus on transparency and feedback.