Challenge.gov
Here, members of the public compete to help the U.S. government solve problems big and small. Browse through challenges and submit your ideas for a chance to win.
MIT COVID19 Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Veterans Affairs
MIT COVID19 Challenge
Build solutions to beat the pandemic - protect the most vulnerable and support our health systems in the COVID19 crisis....Open Until: 04/03/2020 12:00 PM ET
2020 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge details
Department of Health and Human Services - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge
Are you a clinician, practice or health system working to control hypertension among your patient population?Open Until: 04/06/2020 11:59 PM ET
Base Security and Defense external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - Air Force
Base Security and Defense
Help us create the base of the future!Open Until: 04/14/2020 11:59 PM ET
Installation Resilience external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - Air Force
Installation Resilience
Help us create the base of the future!Open Until: 04/14/2020 11:59 PM ET
The Culture of Innovation external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - U.S. Air Force
The Culture of Innovation
Help us create the base of the future!Open Until: 04/14/2020 11:59 AM ET
Leveraging Technology for Operational Effectiveness external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Defense - U.S. Air Force
Leveraging Technology for Operational Effectiveness
Help us create the base of the future!Open Until: 04/14/2020 11:59 PM ET
2020 Census - Get Out The Count Video Challenge details
U.S. Census Bureau
2020 Census - Get Out The Count Video Challenge
Creative videos to share the importance of the 2020 Census.Open Until: 04/17/2020 11:59 PM ET
Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge details
Department of Defense - U.S. Navy
Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge
Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane, Division (NSWC-CD) is seeking ideas and best practices for a technology development for a...Open Until: 04/23/2020 02:00 PM ET
Metadata Automation DREAM Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Metadata Automation DREAM Challenge
Join this Cancer Moonshot-supported challenge to automate and harmonize the metadata annotation of structured data.Open Until: 04/24/2020 12:00 AM ET
Community College Innovation Challenge 2020 external challenge site (opens in new window)
National Science Foundation
Community College Innovation Challenge 2020
Seeking community college student innovators to develop STEM solutions to real-world problemsOpen Until: 04/24/2020 11:59 PM ET
Fish Protection Prize details
Department of Energy - Water Power Technologies Office
Fish Protection Prize
Catalyze new solutions, designs and strategies to protect fish from water infrastructure, such as water diversions, pipes and hydropower dam...Open Until: 04/24/2020 05:00 PM ET
NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! 2020 Challenge details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! 2020 Challenge
Find innovative ways to communicate about rare diseases through social media or art.Open Until: 04/30/2020 05:00 PM ET
First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge details
Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology
First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge
Increase UAS flight time and capabilities in support of first respondersOpen Until: 04/30/2020 09:00 PM ET
ARIAC details
Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology
ARIAC
Build your own robot control software and win up to $10,000!Open Until: 05/10/2020 12:00 AM ET
Individuals Taking Energy Action in Manufacturing details
Department of Energy - Energy Programs
Individuals Taking Energy Action in Manufacturing
Energy efficiency is contagious. Share your best ideas and practices for generating measurable energy savings at U.S. manufacturing facilities.Open Until: 05/15/2020 11:59 PM ET
Gaining New Insights by Detecting Adverse Event Anomalies Using FDA Open Data Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services - Food and Drug Administration
Gaining New Insights by Detecting Adverse Event Anomalies Using FDA Open Data Challenge
This challenge engages data scientists to use evolving data science techniques to identify anomalies that may lead to valuable public...Open Until: 05/18/2020 11:59 PM ET
$100,000 for a Start a SUD Startup Challenge, 2020 Spring Edition details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
$100,000 for a Start a SUD Startup Challenge, 2020 Spring Edition
Test the premise of research ideas that can be fostered into biotech startupsOpen Until: 05/26/2020 05:00 PM ET
Exploring Hell - Avoiding Obstacles on a Clockwork Rover external challenge site (opens in new window)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Exploring Hell - Avoiding Obstacles on a Clockwork Rover
To explore the daunting surface of Venus, NASA needs an innovative obstacle avoidance sensor for its mechanical clockwork rover.Open Until: 05/29/2020 05:00 PM ET
Network Detection of Adversarial Campaigns using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning details
Department of Defense - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
Network Detection of Adversarial Campaigns using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Adversarial campaign detection utilizing state-of-the-art AI/ML at the network layerOpen Until: 05/29/2020 05:00 PM ET
2020 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
2020 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering is challenging undergraduate teams to develop technology solutions to unmet healthcare needs....Open Until: 06/01/2020 11:59 PM ET
NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge Non-invasive Diagnostics for Global Health external challenge site (opens in new window)
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge Non-invasive Diagnostics for Global Health
Develop diagnostic technologies for sickle cell disease, malaria, and anemia, and other high-impact diseasesOpen Until: 06/02/2020 05:00 PM ET
ED.gov Redesign Challenge details
Department of Education
ED.gov Redesign Challenge
Seeking creative web design prototypes for ED.gov that utilize innovations in layout, typography, animation, illustration, video, and photography.Open Until: 06/15/2020 05:00 PM ET
STEM DIVE Video Challenge – Diversity and Inclusion Video Exhibition details
National Science Foundation
STEM DIVE Video Challenge – Diversity and Inclusion Video Exhibition
Submit videos that showcase innovative ways to forge partnerships that increase diversity and inclusion in the STEM workforceOpen Until: 06/25/2020 11:00 PM ET
Big Data Analysis Challenge - Creating New Paradigms for Heart Failure Research details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
Big Data Analysis Challenge - Creating New Paradigms for Heart Failure Research
Use your big data analysis capabilities to help 6.5 million American adults living with heart failureOpen Until: 08/28/2020 12:00 PM ET
Rodeo II - Sub-Seasonal Climate Forecasting details
NOAA - National Integrated Drought Information System
Rodeo II - Sub-Seasonal Climate Forecasting
Closing the Gap on Sub-Seasonal Climate Forecasting.Open Until: 10/01/2020 12:00 AM ET
NEI 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge 2020 Reduction to Practice (3-D ROC 2020) details
Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
NEI 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge 2020 Reduction to Practice (3-D ROC 2020)
Build your vision of the future.Open Until: 10/02/2020 02:00 PM ET
CHARIoT Challenge - Advancing First Responder Communications details
Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology
CHARIoT Challenge - Advancing First Responder Communications
The CHARIoT Challenge is a 4-Phase, dual track competition that offers up to $1.1 million in cash prizes, with a...Open Until: 11/18/2020 05:00 PM ET
Digital Solutions to Support Care Transitions Challenge details
Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Digital Solutions to Support Care Transitions Challenge
Can you help develop interoperable health information technology (IT) solutions that engage patients and family caregivers during care transitions from...Open Until: 11/20/2020 05:00 PM ET
CO2 Conversion Challenge Phase 2 details
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CO2 Conversion Challenge Phase 2
Get Out of Your ElementOpen Until: 11/30/2020 06:00 PM ET
Innovative Technology Solutions for Social Care Referrals details
Department of Health and Human Services
Innovative Technology Solutions for Social Care Referrals
Opportunity to create and modernize health IT platforms to foster connections between health care systems and community based organizations in...Open Until: 12/07/2020 05:00 PM ET
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 organismsOpen Until: 06/15/2021 11:59 PM ET
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
