Breakthrough Award (GPID)
Awards $100,000 cash plus up to $200,000 in piloting to mature desalination tech.
The Breakthrough Award is a prize from the Global Prize for Innovation in Desalination (GPID) for solvers — individuals, teams, research institutions, universities, corporates, R&D units and start-ups — with TRL4-7 desalination technologies backed by experimental validation or proof-of-concept that cut the environmental footprint, energy use or cost of desalination, or introduce new technologies a…
Looking for solvers — individuals, teams, research institutions, universities, corporates, R&D units and start-ups — with TRL4-7 desalination technologies backed by experimental validation or proof-of-concept. Solutions should cut the environmental footprint, energy use or cost of desalination, or introduce new technologies and business models for water treatment.
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