Deadline for eligibility form is 2 p.m. Pacific Time, Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Deadline for full application, if eligible is 2 p.m. Pacific Time, Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Award: cash prize of US$50,000
The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation, honors 10 international innovators who are applying technology to confront humanity’s most urgent challenges. The Tech Awards honors individuals, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies who are using technology to significantly improve human conditions in 5 awards categories. The technology used can be either a new invention or an innovative use of an existing technology.
Before applying for The Tech Awards, and to ensure that your application will be accepted, please check the Criteria Page.
If you are applying to the Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award, you and your teammates must be born in 1988 or later. Please check the other criteria for this category.
Categories
Environment
Education
Young Innovator
Health
Economic Development
The following criteria must be met to be an eligible applicant for The Tech Awards:
• The project addresses a problem that is well defined and globally significant and uses innovative technology in one of five categories: Environment, Education, and Young Innovator* (born in 1988 or later) Health, or Economic Development.
• The technology and application are ground-breaking and stand out from existing solutions
• The innovation is being used in the field and is measurably impactful.
• The organization's annual budget must be less than US$50 million.
• The technology application is in the field and has demonstrated a measurable benefit.
• Applications must be submitted online in English, with two letters of reference. The eligibility form for The Tech Awards 2015 will be available Nov. 1, 2014. Deadline for the eligibility form is April 7, 2015.
For information regarding The Tech Awards, please contact Leslie Zane at lzane@thetech.org or Barbara Carman at bcarman@thetech.org.
Official website: http://thetechawards.thetech.org/
