Prize competitions

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Funds Korean AI startups solving public-service problems with operational data and a route to government deployment.

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Pays U.S. student teams up to $50,000 to research ways of turning algae into biofuels, food, feed and industrial products.

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Awards up to $250,000 in Arm technology credit to the winner and $150,000 to the runner-up among early-stage semiconductor startups building Arm-based chip designs worldwide, with automatic consideration for Silicon Catalyst's own incubator.

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Pays $100,000, and up to $10 million if patentable, for solving the origin of genetic code.

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Offers breakthrough hardware startups coaching and up to €4,000 in travel support.

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Supports scientists by offering an essay platform to identify field-level bottlenecks and testable strategies through the Astera Essay Competition.

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Awarded $7 million to teams building mobile apps that boost adult literacy.

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Funds Solver teams selected through MIT Solve's annual Global Challenges with a share of more than $1 million in prize money.

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Awards up to $25,000 to startups with a California university-affiliated founder.

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Pays Indian startups up to ₹50 lakh to build blockchain solutions for government use.

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Backs impact startups addressing green economy, education, health, public safety, and blue economy sectors.

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Awards up to Rs. 10 lakh to student and early-stage teams in aerospace, EV and green energy.

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Awards cash prizes and expert coaching to Franconia and Upper Palatinate founders who complete the three phases of this regional business plan competition.

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Invests teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for Collegiate Wind Competition in energy systems.

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Pays U.S. community solar developers cash across three phases from a $10 million pool.

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Pays U.S. community solar developers cash across three phases from a $10 million pool.

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Pays up to $200,000 per prize (total $2.5M pool) to U.S. institutions with proven menopause-education curricula.

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Awards over €300,000 in cash prizes to entrepreneurs building Earth-observation data products.

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Pays up to $5 million to teams that build and fly small CubeSats around the Moon and beyond.

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Supports data and AI researchers developing foundation-model-based drug discovery and multi-omics analysis through the Singapore-focused QuickFire challenge.

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Supports teams sharing biomedical data broadly through recognition and competitive performance awards.

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Awards up to $25,000 to NC State startups that win its annual business-plan competition.

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Splits a €50,000 total prize each year among Berlin-based deep-tech companies and startups.

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Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.