MIT Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge 2021

Apply now for the MIT Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge 2021. Are you 24 and under and passionate about making a positive impact in your community and the world? 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.

Deadline

January 18, 2022

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.

Application

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.

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For more information, visit MIT Solv[ED].