October 2023 Challenges
Andy Tennant
Connecting Innovators in Academia and Industry with the Department of Defense | DIU | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | Community Leader | Veteran
Introduction:
This newsletter lists opportunities currently soliciting applications through Challenge.Gov . They are listed in order of the application end date. To see these listed in another format, please follow this link: Active Challenges
NSIN Presents: Project STAPEL Challenge
Small Tactical Aerial Platforms for Extended Loitering
Prize $150,000
Department of Defense
Start Date: 9/21/2023
End Date: 10/21/2023
AHRQ Challenge on the Impact of AHRQs Patient Safety Tools
AHRQ challenge to understand how using a patient safety tool has resulted in safer care.
Prize $100,000
Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Start Date: 6/5/2023
End Date: 10/27/2023
CTE Momentum: Your Place in Space Challenge
Create solutions for space
Prize $50,000
Department of Education
The Your Place in Space Challenge invites high schools to submit designs for a product or service that will contribute to space missions and exploration.
Start Date: 3/21/2023
End Date: 10/30/2023
Multilateral Autonomy
How would you approach Autonomy if presented with three different challenges?
Prize $50,000
Department of Defense - Navy
The NIWC Atlantic Palmetto Tech Bridge (PTB) is seeking innovative technical approaches for 3 different problem statements. Participants can submit up to one technical approach per topic.
Start Date: 8/3/2023
End Date: 11/1/2023
Navigating Tomorrowa€?s Opportunities: Help Improve Forecasts of Procurement Opportunities
Better Forecasts for Greater Business Success
No monetary prize for this challenge
The Executive Office of the President - Office of Management and Budget
Start Date: 10/3/2023
End Date: 11/1/2023
U.S. Army xTechHBCU Student Competition
Engaging with HBCU Students to Bring Innovative Ideas to the Army
Prize $100,000
Department of Defense - Army
Start Date: 9/20/2023
End Date: 11/1/2023
NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students
Design spacesuit displays and controls in augmented reality!
No monetary prize for this challenge
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA SUITS is a coding challenge in which undergraduate and graduate students? contribute towards the next generation of spacesuit displays and controls.
Start Date: 9/7/2023
End Date: 11/3/2023
Red Ribbon Campus Video PSA Contest
Promote the importance of preventing alcohol and other drug misuse among college students.
Prize $9,000
Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration
As part of DEA's Red Ribbon Week campaign, DEA and SAMHSA cosponsor this Campus Video PSA Contest to promote the importance of preventing alcohol and other drug misuse among college students.
Start Date: 9/11/2023
End Date: 11/7/2023
StatVentures Supply Chain Challenge Phase 2: Roadmap
Submit a roadmap for innovative ways to produce new or improved supply chain data.
Prize $350,000
Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
Propose a novel technology, method, data source or resource for supply chain data. Compete for a total of $350,000 across up to 8 prizes, and a spot in the Phase 3 cohort.
Start Date: 10/13/2023
End Date: 11/10/2023
DIU Presents: iDEX Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recognizance (ISR) Challenge
A Pitch Challenge to identify capabilities to detect and track oil spills.
Prize $150,000
Department of Defense
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), with support from the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) and the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, (USCG PST), will host this Pitch Challenge.
Start Date: 10/4/2023
End Date: 11/11/2023
DIU Presents: iDEX Underwater Communication Challenge
Support high-bandwidth underwater communications.
Prize $150,000
Department of Defense
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with US Navy Third Fleet, and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, seeks to support high-bandwidth underwater communications.
Start Date: 10/4/2023
End Date: 11/11/2023
DARPA Triage Challenge
Scalable, timely and accurate medical triage
Prize $500,000
Department of Defense - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The DARPA Triage Challenge will drive breakthrough innovations in the identification of physiological signatures of injury to help medical responders perform scalable, timely, and accurate triage.
Start Date: 9/1/2023
End Date: 11/14/2023
Instructional System Design (ISD) Analysis Using AI Large Language Models
Automate ISD Analysis and Requirements Development for Ready Relevant Learning (RRL)
Prize $160,000
Department of Defense - Navy
Start Date: 9/21/2023
End Date: 11/14/2023
Detect, Track, and Remediate: The Challenge of Small Space Debris
Solutions sought to detect, track, remediate small space debris.
Prize $20,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovative solutions are urgently needed to detect, characterize, track, or remediate small debris to ensure the safety and sustainability of space operations.
Start Date: 9/21/2023
End Date: 11/15/2023
2023 $100,000 Start an SUD Startup Challenge
Testing novel ideas addressing SUD that can be fostered into biotech startups
Prize $100,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Start Date: 8/7/2023
End Date: 11/15/2023
RADx?? Tech Fetal Monitoring Challenge
Accelerating diagnostic innovation to improve fetal health outcomes.
Prize $2,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Awarding $2 million in prizes for innovative and accessible technologies to enable earlier and more accurate diagnosis, detection, and monitoring of fetal health status in low-resource settings.
Start Date: 9/18/2023
End Date: 11/18/2023
Doing Business with Integrity: A Call for Innovations
Harnessing Private Sector Innovation to Counter Transnational Corruption
Prize $4,000,000
U.S. Agency for International Development
Doing Business with Integrity incentivizes the private sector to play a leadership role in the development, application, and scaling of innovations to counter transnational corruption
Start Date: 9/19/2023
End Date: 11/20/2023
The White House Office of Science amp; Technology Policy Open Science Recognition Challenge
Recognizing open science stories to benefit society
No monetary prize for this challenge
The Executive Office of the President - Office of Science and Technology Policy
This recognition challenge seeks to spotlight the stories and teams behind projects that have addressed a challenge or advanced a solution, while embodying open science principles and practices.
Start Date: 9/18/2023
End Date: 11/22/2023
AHRQ Challenge: Designing the Optimal Future State of CDS Connect
Designing the Future of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect
Prize $100,000
Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
CDS Connect, a freely available web-based platform focused on integrating standards-based CDS and evidence-based care rapidly into clinical practice through electronic health systems and applications.
Start Date: 9/19/2023
End Date: 11/23/2023
Library of Congress Friends Choice Civics Video Game Challenge
Help the Library of Congress create video games that improve public knowledge of civics.
Prize $35,000
Legislative Branch - Library of Congress
Help the Library of Congress create video games that improve public knowledge of civics.
Start Date: 5/26/2023
End Date: 11/28/2023
Advanced Cybersecurity Technology (ACT) 1 Prize
Supporting electric utilities in strengthening their cybersecurity posture
Prize $8,960,000
Department of Energy
The Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity (RMUC) Programa€?s ACT 1 Prize is designed to empower utilities to make investments in staff training, governance processes, and cyber technologies.
Start Date: 8/30/2023
End Date: 11/29/2023
NSIN and xTech Present: Good Vibrations
Develop core (acoustic and seismic) multi-modal sensing algorithms and sensor fusion
Prize $90,000
Department of Defense - Army
Develop core (acoustic and seismic) multi-modal sensing algorithms that reveal common and unique attributes for target classification of ground vehicles and win part of the $90,000 prize pool.
Start Date: 10/2/2023
End Date: 11/30/2023
ACCESS FOR ALL Universal Design in Federal Facilities
Help us all with a better design for more accessible federal buildings and facilities
Prize $4,500
General Services Administration? - Public Buildings Service
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(GSA) invites students in architecture and design programs to apply universal design ideas to reimagine a federal workspace that provides an accessible, barrier-free, and all-inclusive experience.
Start Date: 11/22/2022
End Date: 12/1/2023
Neuromod Prize a€“ Phase 2
Accelerating the development of neuromodulation therapies.
Prize $4,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Bridge the gap between early-stage research and clinical application of solutions capable of targeting multiple autonomic functions through selective stimulation of the peripheral nervous system.</h2>
Start Date: 12/1/2022
End Date: 12/1/2023
NIH Build UP Trust Challenge
Let's build community trust and improve people's health and well-being.
Prize $1,250,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
The main objective of the NIH Build Underserved Populations (UP) Trust Challenge is to develop new approaches to improve engagement with underserved populations
Start Date: 8/15/2023
End Date: 12/5/2023
Brilliant Minds for Pure Blue Skies
Help NASA keep skies pure blue.
Prize $30,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Help NASA keep skies pure blue with your brilliant idea for eliminating harmful emissions from air travel. Will you help protect our skies?
Start Date: 9/28/2023
End Date: 12/14/2023
NINDS Rigor Champions Prize
Recognizing individuals and small teams who are enhancing rigor and transparency.
Prize $50,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Start Date: 5/15/2023
End Date: 12/16/2023
NIDDK Central Repository Data-Centric Challenge
Enhancing NIDDK datasets for future Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications.
No monetary prize for this challenge
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Start Date: 9/20/2023
End Date: 1/5/2024
AHRQ Challenge: Harnessing Data Visualization to Advance Equity in Clinical Services
Identifying and addressing inequities in the receipt of clinical preventive services
Prize $440,000
Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ announces a Challenge to create data visualizations to identify and address disparities in the receipt of clinical preventive services.
Start Date: 9/21/2023
End Date: 1/5/2024
First Responder UAS 3D Mapping Challenge (UAS 5.0)
Use your 3D mapping and UAS expertise to support first responders indoor operations.
Prize $987,500
Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology
To provide an affordable UAS solution with accurate positioning and high-quality 3D digital mapping for first responders to accomplish their missions in indoor, constrained environments.
Start Date: 4/18/2023
End Date: 1/20/2024
Lab MATCH Prize
Accelerates efforts of entrepreneurs by working with national labs on IP commercialization
Prize $620,000
Department of Energy
The Lab MATCH (Laboratory Making Advanced Technology Commercialization Harmonized) Prize is a $620K, 3-phase competition aimed to accelerate national laboratory IP licensing and commercialization.
Start Date: 9/14/2023
End Date: 1/25/2024
HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge
Community-driven strategies to address environmental and climate change health issues.
Prize $1,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services
Develop innovative and effective community strategies to address health disparities in communities and Tribes disproportionately burdened by environmental and climate change-related hazards.
Start Date: 9/11/2023
End Date: 1/31/2024
Art Challenge: How Prevention Can Create Better Health for Everyone
Teens and young adults, create art that shows the power of prevention!
Prize $17,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention invites teens and young adults between ages 13 and 22 to submit original artwork showing how prevention can improve our health.
Start Date: 10/16/2023
End Date: 2/1/2024
EnergyTech University Prize 2024
Tasking students to develop amp; present a business plan using high-potential energy tech
Prize $500,000
Department of Energy
The Office of Technology Transitions' the EnergyTech University Prize is a collegiate competition challenging student teams to develop & present a business plan leveraging high-potential energy tech
Start Date: 7/3/2023
End Date: 2/1/2024
HHS Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girls
Call for innovative and preventive solutions to human trafficking among women and girls.
Prize $1,800,000
Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Secretary
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office on Womena€?s Health (OWH) is seeking innovative ways to address human trafficking prevention among women and girls in the United States.
Start Date: 8/3/2023
End Date: 2/2/2024
Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 3
Incentivizes incubators that implement high-impact ideas to support energy startups
Prize $4,000,000
Department of Energy
Start Date: 9/28/2023
End Date: 2/10/2024
Space Tech Catalyst Prize
Engaging with diverse innovators
Prize $500,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize engages with and supports individuals and organizations that contribute to the growth and development of underrepresented and diverse innovators.
Start Date: 9/29/2023
End Date: 2/22/2024
Who Let the Gas Out?: NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge
NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge
Prize $80,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge
Start Date: 10/11/2023
End Date: 2/22/2024
U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition
Student teams design and model solar-plus-storage systems for a real campus or district.
No monetary prize for this challenge
Department of Energy
Class of 2023-2024: Challenging multidisciplinary student teams to design and model solar-plus-storage systems for a campus or district.
Start Date: 9/28/2023
End Date: 4/18/2024
Solar Decathlon 2024 Design Challenge
Building the Next Generation
No monetary prize for this challenge
Department of Energy
Collegiate students competing in the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge work in teams to create innovative and high-performance building designs that address real-world issues related to climate change.
Start Date: 8/10/2023
End Date: 4/21/2024
Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge
Engaging the Community to Address the Maternal Health Crisis in the United States
Prize $3,038,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Encouraging non-profit community-based or advocacy organizations to enhance skills and infrastructure in pursuit of research projects in maternal health, including maternal morbidity and mortality.
Start Date: 9/1/2022
End Date: 6/24/2024
Watts on the Moon
Seeking innovative engineering approaches to power missions on the moon
Prize $4,500,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Start Date: 9/25/2020
End Date: 9/24/2024
PREPARE Challenge
Pioneering Research for Early Prediction of Alzheimers Disease amp; Related Dementias
Prize $650,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
The PREPARE Challenge seeks to advance solutions for accurate, innovative, and representative early prediction of AD/ADRD through three challenge phases that successively build on each other.
Start Date: 9/1/2023
End Date: 12/2/2024
Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge
Revolutionizing technology development of delivery systems for in vivo genome editing.
Prize $6,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
A $6,000,000 competition to improve in vivo delivery technologies for genome editors in two Target Areas: 1. Programmable delivery systems, and 2. Non-viral delivery across the blood-brain barrier.
Start Date: 5/15/2023
End Date: 1/1/2025
Innovating to Counter Transnational Corruption Open Call
Open call for Innovative Concepts and New Partnerships to Counter Transnational Corruption
Prize $5,000,000
U.S. Agency for International Development
Issued by the CTC Grand Challenge, this Open Call is an opportunity for a wide range of potential solvers to submit innovative concepts and provides a framework for the issuance of future addenda.
Start Date: 9/19/2023
End Date: 9/30/2026
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