Call for Applications: MIT Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge 2021
Solv[ED] is designed to spark a sense of agency in young people aged 24 and under, encouraging, inspiring, and supporting them to become problem-solvers in their communities and the world.
The Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge is an opportunity for you to submit your tech-based solution that:
- Improves learning opportunities and outcomes for learners across their lifetimes, from early childhood on.
- Supports financial and economic opportunities for all.
- Accelerates healthcare access and health outcomes, reducing and, ultimately, eliminating disparities in health.
- Takes action to combat climate change and its impacts.
- Addresses an unmet social, environmental, or economic need not covered in the four topics above.
Prizes
- Over $200,000 is available in prize funding to share among selected Solv[ED] Innovators.
- In addition to prize funding, selected Solv[ED] Innovators will receive mentorship and coaching from members of the MIT and MIT Solve community.
Eligibility
- Anyone, anywhere around the world can submit a solution to the Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge;
- Applicant should be aged 24 and under;
- Solv[ED] is open to solutions at all stages of development, and with any business model. Whether your solution is a concept, a product that is being prototyped, a service that is being piloted in your local community, or a fully operational nonprofit or for-profit organization, they want to hear from you.
- Your solution does need to be tech-based.
Evaluation Criteria
- Potential for Impact: The planned solution implementation has the potential to impact the intended population.
- Feasibility: The team has a realistic, practical plan for implementing the solution in the given context.
- Innovative Approach: The solution includes a new technology, a new application of technology, a new business model, or a new process for solving the defined problem.
- Inclusive Human-Centered Design: The solution is designed with and for underserved communities, and the solution team demonstrates understanding of and proximity to the community.
- Scalability: The solution has a plan for financial viability and the potential to be scaled to affect the lives of more people.
How To Apply
The application deadline is Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 11:59am Eastern Time. All applications must be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered for selection.
For more information, visit MIT Solv[ED]
Application Deadline: January 18, 2022
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