Prize competitions

Between cycles

Pays teams from a $10 million purse for therapeutics that measurably improve muscle function in people with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, run as a track alongside the main XPRIZE Healthspan competition.

Pays a $10 million purse to the team whose therapeutic best restores muscle function and reverses fat infiltration in people aging with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

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Funds urban challenge solutions in Medellín through practical city-focused projects with multi-partner implementation.

Awards New York State manufacturing and technology startups up to $150,000 through FuzeHub's annual Commercialization Competition pitch event.

Between cycles

Pays U.S. student teams $9,000 plus NASA internships for aviation innovation ideas.

Between cycles

Runs research teams and institutions for GENIUS NY in robotics, aerospace, and artificial intelligence.

Awards $250,000 a year to an 18-30 tech innovator fighting extreme poverty.

Awards up to $30,000 in seed funding to freshwater and Great Lakes tech startups.

Between cycles

Funds Entrepreneur Support Organizations strengthening innovation ecosystems through commercialization and capital formation.

Awards up to $40,000 to student-owned startup ventures pitching like a VC round.

Selects early-stage deep tech startups to pitch investors at Tokyo's Deep Tech Summit.

Awards $1 million in seed funding to the winning student-led startup each year.

Between cycles

Supports Instituto Balseiro's annual deep-tech business plan competition for university-linked teams building practical solutions.

Awards $15,000 in cloud credits to startups pitching at the 2026 Deep Learning Indaba.

Pays teams up to $400,000 per phase to develop cost-effective energy storage for industrial facilities.

Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.

Pays teams up to $200,000 to develop new materials that convert ocean wave motion into electricity.

Awards $50,000 each to ten climate-solution organizations across five prize categories.

Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.

Pays a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 to the startup with the biggest climate impact on food and ag.

Awards CHF 100,000 to two agriculture and food-supply startups tackling climate resilience.

Pays a share of $10 million to manufacturers who build and install next-generation LED lighting.

Between cycles

Supports biennial deep tech competitions for university affiliated startups with prize visibility and innovation momentum.

Between cycles

Pays U.S. manufacturers up to $4.5 million per team to move critical energy-technology production facilities from planning into shovel-ready construction.