The Power of Community: How Global Crowdsourcing Contests are Setting New Standards in Innovation!
In today’s day and age where problems have become increasingly intricate and interconnected, relying on conventional procurement practices is impractical. The collective intelligence of international communities holds the key to unlocking groundbreaking solutions, instead of blindly putting all your trust in independent institutions.
Open Innovation: The Power of Prizes in Innovation
In a world constantly seeking new solutions to old problems, prizes to spark open innovation have proven to be a powerful motivator, as highlighted in Jaison Morgan's TEDx talk.
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.
Watch Now: Documentary and Outcomes of the Justice Innovation Prize
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.
Awarding $1.2 million to strengthen infrastructure and hazard mitigation solutions and build a safer, more resilient, and more equitable Southeast Louisiana...
Five awardees to receive $80 million to advance global racial equity
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.
New Innovation Challenge to Rethink the Future of Data
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.
$3M Prize for Solutions to Address Flexible Plastics in Household Waste
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.
Meet the Incredible Finalists of the Stronger Democracy Award
From grassroots mobilizing and movement building to bolstering democracy and election infrastructure, the finalists have proposed meaningful and lasting improvements to our political system.
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.
3 Prototype Systems Capable of Converting CO₂ from the Air Into Glucose
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.
To support future missions, NASA seeks to advance observation capabilities using adaptive, distributed, heterogeneous networks of spacecraft, suborbital, and ground-based sensors working cooperatively.
3 Competitions that Address Clean Transportation Across the State of New York
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.
Announcing the Awardee for 100&Change, a Global Competition Offering a Single $100 Million Grant
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.
Awarding $12 million to strengthen democracy in America
The goal is simple, develop and submit your solution that will drive structural reform to help our government fully and effectively represent its citizens.
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.
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