Prize competitions
Explore prize competitions and innovation challenges. This directory lists cash prizes, challenge programs and awards for solving a defined problem, from government agencies, foundations, corporates and challenge platforms, with the deadline, prize purse and entry rules on every listing.
Showing 241-264 of 460 grants
Autonomous Systems for Customer Experience, Safety, and Operations at YPF Full-Black store
YPF · Argentina
Awards a $20,000 pilot to autonomous tech for retail service, security or monitoring.
Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
🇩🇪BPW · Germany
Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.
Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize
🇺🇸Office of Electricity · United States
Awards up to $3.4M in cash plus $800K in DOE lab vouchers for behind-the-meter energy storage integration.
BFTP CNP TechCelerator
🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States
Funds local entrepreneurs with accelerator support and pitching assistance to strengthen real-world implementation.
Bharat Startup Grand Challenge 2026 - Delhi
🇮🇳MASA Forum · India
Offers up to ₹5 lakh plus mentorship to Indian startups building indigenous defence tech.
BioChallenge 2026
NOBIC · United States
Awards funding to neuroscience-focused life-science startups who pitch live in New Orleans.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Breakthrough Award (GPID)
GPID · Saudi Arabia
Awards $100,000 cash plus up to $200,000 in piloting to mature desalination tech.
Build with Gemini XPRIZE
XPRIZE · United States
Pays AI developers worldwide up to $500,000 to build real businesses with Gemini in 90 days.
Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Challenge
🇦🇺IDE Group & MTAA · Australia
Awards up to $40,000 in MedTech commercialisation services to Australian healthcare startups.
Building Better Futures for Health 2027 Challenge
🇦🇺IDE · Australia
Awards up to $40,000 in IDE Group MedTech design and commercialisation services to Australian health-tech innovators.
Building Envelope Innovation Prize - Secondary Glazing Systems
🇺🇸DOE BTO · United States
Pays cash prizes across three phases to teams that build cost-effective secondary glazing inserts upgrading commercial windows without a full replacement.
Caregiver AI Challenge Phase 1 — Track 1
🇺🇸Administration for Community L · United States
Funds United States teams designing AI tools that support caregivers through ACL's Caregiver AI Challenge.
Caregiver AI Challenge Phase 1 — Track 2
🇺🇸Administration for Community L · United States
Funds United States teams designing AI tools that strengthen the direct-care workforce through ACL's Caregiver AI Challenge.
CASSINI Challenges 2026
EUSPA · European Union
Pays EU space startups €100,000 each to turn Galileo, Copernicus or GOVSATCOM data into products.
CASSINI Challenges Prize Contest 2026
🇪🇺EUSPA · European Union
Pays a fixed €100,000 prize to each of 12 winning EU space-tech applicants.
Catalyst 2024
🇺🇸CTIA Foundation · United States
Pays early-stage social entrepreneurs building mobile-first solutions that address challenges facing American communities.
Challenge! K-Startup
🇰🇷KISED · South Korea
Supports early Korean startup teams through a competitive challenge route for commercialization and market entry readiness.
Climate Curve Prize: Methane
Climate Curve · United States
Awards $25,000 each to eight winners tackling methane emissions from food and waste systems.
Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize
🇨🇦Climate Solutions · Canada
Awards Canadian climate-tech startups $200,000 in non-dilutive prize funding without taking equity.
ClimateLaunchpad
Climate-KIC · Netherlands
Supports early-stage climate ventures through global competition, coaching, and investment readiness across all sectors.
Commercialization Competition
🇺🇸FuzeHub · United States
Awards up to $150,000 in non-dilutive cash to New York State manufacturing and technology companies that pitch how they'll take an existing prototype to market.
Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge: Phase 1
🇺🇸NICHD · United States
Awards $25,000 to community non-profits proposing ways to cut health disparities for disabled people.
Complement-ARIE Challenge
🇺🇸NIH Common Fund · United States
Pays up to $50,000 each to 20 teams building human-based alternatives to animal testing.