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NASA Lunar Delivery Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
NASA

NASA Lunar Delivery Challenge

Landing on the Moon with all that we need is just the beginning. Now we have to unload it.

Open Until: 01/19/2021 05:00 PM ET

NASA Lunar Delivery Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Fatal Injury and Violence Analytics - Tabular View Enhancement external challenge site (opens in new window)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Fatal Injury and Violence Analytics - Tabular View Enhancement

Help the CDC create a prototype solution for detecting and exploring trends in fatal injury data

Open Until: 01/20/2021 09:00 AM ET

Fatal Injury and Violence Analytics - Tabular View Enhancement View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
SMART Visualization Platform Prize Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
U.S. Department of Energy

SMART Visualization Platform Prize Challenge

Bring the Earth to Life with a New Intuitive Visualization Tool for Subsurface Environments!

Open Until: 01/22/2021 08:00 PM ET

SMART Visualization Platform Prize Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Canal Safety Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

Canal Safety Challenge

Discovering solutions to improve public safety and reduce drownings in canals throughout the U.S.

Open Until: 01/27/2021 07:00 PM ET

Canal Safety Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
COVID-19 Precision Immunology App-a-thon external challenge site (opens in new window)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

COVID-19 Precision Immunology App-a-thon

Participants will develop applications and pipelines to illuminate the relationship between personalized adaptive immunity molecular data and COVID-19 disease variables...

Open Until: 01/28/2021 11:59 PM ET

COVID-19 Precision Immunology App-a-thon View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Power of Passengers Challenge details
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration

Power of Passengers Challenge

Building a better, more secure and safer travel experience.

Open Until: 01/28/2021 08:00 PM ET

Power of Passengers Challenge View Details
NSWC Crane AISUM Prize Challenge details
Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane, Division (NSWC-CR)

NSWC Crane AISUM Prize Challenge

Seeking AI algorithms to combine with Robotic Autonomous Systems for Small Unit Maneuver elements.

Open Until: 01/29/2021 02:00 PM ET

NSWC Crane AISUM Prize Challenge View Details
Safer and More Effective Less than Lethal Capabilities for Area Denial and Crowd Control external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO)

Safer and More Effective Less than Lethal Capabilities for Area Denial and Crowd Control

Seeking innovative concepts and technologies for de-escalating situations while mitigating injury and unintended effects

Open Until: 02/01/2021 11:59 PM ET

Safer and More Effective Less than Lethal Capabilities for Area Denial and Crowd Control View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
2021 FAA Challenge: Smart Airport Student Competition details
Federal Aviation Administration

2021 FAA Challenge: Smart Airport Student Competition

The FAA challenges undergraduate and graduate students to develop innovative ways to use smart technology in and around airports to...

Open Until: 02/04/2021 11:59 PM ET

2021 FAA Challenge: Smart Airport Student Competition View Details
Envisioning Health Equity Art Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Envisioning Health Equity Art Challenge

A competition to share original artwork that reflects an America where health disparities are a thing of the past

Open Until: 02/05/2021 11:59 PM ET

Envisioning Health Equity Art Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
AI ATAC 3 Challenge: Efficiency & Effectiveness Afforded by Security Orchestration & Automated Response (SOAR) Capabilities details
U.S. Navy

AI ATAC 3 Challenge: Efficiency & Effectiveness Afforded by Security Orchestration & Automated Response (SOAR) Capabilities

Artificial Intelligence SOAR Tools for Security Operations Center (SOC) Automation

Open Until: 02/12/2021 05:00 PM ET

AI ATAC 3 Challenge: Efficiency & Effectiveness Afforded by Security Orchestration & Automated Response (SOAR) Capabilities View Details
Mad Hacks: Fury Code external challenge site (opens in new window)
National Security Innovation Network

Mad Hacks: Fury Code

Explore solutions for the future of vehicle cybersecurity.

Open Until: 02/20/2021 03:00 AM ET

Mad Hacks: Fury Code View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Blazing New Trails for Community Based Direct Support Professionals details
Department of Health and Humans Services - Administration for Community Living

Blazing New Trails for Community Based Direct Support Professionals

Innovations to Transform the Direct Support Professionals Workforce

Open Until: 02/22/2021 11:59 PM ET

Blazing New Trails for Community Based Direct Support Professionals View Details
EmPOWER Air Data Challenge details
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EmPOWER Air Data Challenge

Developing Innovative Analyses Using Emissions and Environmental Monitoring Data

Open Until: 02/22/2021 11:59 PM ET

EmPOWER Air Data Challenge View Details
Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, The Sequel external challenge site (opens in new window)
NASA

Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, The Sequel

This challenge offers the 14 winning teams of Phase 1 the opportunity to build their teams and work with NASA...

Open Until: 02/23/2021 08:00 AM ET

Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, The Sequel View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
NCATS 2020 ASPIRE Reduction-to-Practice Challenge (ASPIRE 2020) external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health

NCATS 2020 ASPIRE Reduction-to-Practice Challenge (ASPIRE 2020)

Development of a Comprehensive Integrated Platform for Translational Innovation in Pain, Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose

Open Until: 02/28/2021 05:00 PM ET

NCATS 2020 ASPIRE Reduction-to-Practice Challenge (ASPIRE 2020) View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ground Control Station Software Challenge Series external challenge site (opens in new window)
NASA

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ground Control Station Software Challenge Series

NASA needs a Ground Control Station software for small unmanned aircraft systems that can be safely used for live flight...

Open Until: 03/01/2021 08:00 AM ET

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ground Control Station Software Challenge Series View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
More Water Less Concentrate external challenge site (opens in new window)
U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

More Water Less Concentrate

Discovering solutions to reduce the volume of concentrate from inland desalination plants.

Open Until: 03/03/2021 07:00 PM ET

More Water Less Concentrate View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4 Challenge) details
Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4 Challenge)

Innovations in Pediatric Primary Care to Improve Child Health

Open Until: 03/15/2021 05:00 PM ET

Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4 Challenge) View Details
Watts on the Moon - Phase 1 details
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Watts on the Moon - Phase 1

Open Until: 03/25/2021 05:00 PM ET

Watts on the Moon - Phase 1 View Details
NHLBI Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institute of Health

NHLBI Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge

Foster awareness of Sickle Cell Disease

Open Until: 03/26/2021 11:59 PM ET

NHLBI Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge View Details
2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge details
Department of Energy - Energy Programs

2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

Want to design buildings that help address the most pressing needs of our time? Love the thrill of competing with...

Open Until: 04/15/2021 05:00 PM ET

2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge View Details
NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health

NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity

NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Science

Open Until: 04/16/2021 05:00 PM ET

NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity View Details
Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge details
Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division

Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge

Help public safety agencies share data while protecting privacy.

Open Until: 05/17/2021 07:59 PM ET

Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge View Details
2021 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

2021 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge

NIBIB is challenging undergraduate student teams to develop technology solutions to unmet healthcare needs

Open Until: 06/01/2021 11:59 PM ET

2021 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
EcoTox TARGET Challenge details
Environmental Protection Agency

EcoTox TARGET Challenge

Develop high quality, low-cost tools that assess global gene expression in common aquatic toxicity test organisms

Open Until: 06/15/2021 11:59 PM ET

EcoTox TARGET Challenge View Details
Break the Ice Phase 1 details
NASA

Break the Ice Phase 1

NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge seeks to incentivize innovative approaches for excavating icy regolith and delivering water in extreme...

Open Until: 06/18/2021 11:59 PM ET

Break the Ice Phase 1 View Details
Deep Space Food Challenge Phase 1 details
NASA

Deep Space Food Challenge Phase 1

Help Feed the Next Generation of Space Explorers!

Open Until: 07/31/2021 06:00 PM ET

Deep Space Food Challenge Phase 1 View Details
Streamflow Forecast Rodeo external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

Streamflow Forecast Rodeo

Improving short-term streamflow forecast skill.

Open Until: 09/30/2021 09:00 PM ET

Streamflow Forecast Rodeo View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)
DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge

Create breakthrough technologies and capabilities for underground operations.

Open Until: 09/30/2021 12:00 AM ET

DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge View External Challenge Details (opens in new window)

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