Applications call for MIT Solve 2020 Global Challenges

Solve now seeks tech-based solutions to these four Global Challenges. Anyone anywhere can apply by the June 18 deadline. Selected Solver teams will join a supportive community of peers, funders, and experts to help scale their impact. Thanks to our partners, Gulbenkian Foundation, General Motors, Vodafone Americas Foundation, Andan Foundation, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court, over $1 million in prize funding is available across the Challenges.

The Challenges 

• Sustainable Food Systems: How can we produce and consume low-carbon, resilient, and nutritious food?
• Learning for Girls & Women: How can marginalized girls and young women access quality learning opportunities to succeed?
• Maternal & Newborn Health: How can every woman, new mother, and newborn access the care they need to survive and thrive?
• Good Jobs & Inclusive Entrepreneurship: How can marginalized populations access and create good jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for themselves?
• Health Security & Pandemics: How can communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health security threats?

Finalists 

Finalists for each Challenge will be invited to pitch their solutions at Solve Challenge Finals on September 20, 2020, in New York during UN General Assembly Week, and our esteemed Challenge Leadership Group members will select the most promising solutions to join our 2020 Solver Class.

About Solve 

Members champion Solve’s mission to solve world challenges through partnership and open innovation:

• Fund and support 130 Solver teams solving Global Challenges
• Collaborate with 100+ Members at year-round Solve events
• Join a global community of leaders committed to social impact, including Starbucks, Nike, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation