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NASA’s Solution Mechanism Guide

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NASA is building an online wizard to help our scientists, engineers, and project managers find the best way to find solutions for their project needs. Show more

NASA has many mechanisms for finding project and technical solutions, including using crowdsourcing, partnerships with academia and industry, and various contracting/acquisition methods. Help us develop an online wizard to take the guesswork out of finding the most effective methods for solving problems at NASA. Show less

$30,000 in prizes

Open untilMar 28, 2014

2014 TRI University Challenge

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EPA is challenging university faculty and students to create practical projects that improve use of Toxics Release Inventory data. Show more

The 2014 TRI University Challenge aims to increase awareness of EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program and data within academic communities; expose students to TRI data, tools, and analysis; and generate innovative programs, activities, recommendations, or research that improve the accessibility, awareness, and use of TRI data. Show less

non-monetary prizes

Open untilMar 21, 2014

Climate Change In Focus

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An exciting challenge that offers middle school students a chance to create an awesome original video about climate change. Show more

This challenge asks students to create a video that answers these two questions: Why do you care about climate change? AND How are you reducing carbon pollution or preparing for the impacts of climate change? The winners will be featured on EPA's website for all to see! Find out about other prizes at http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/contest.html Show less

non-monetary prizes

Open untilMar 18, 2014

The Beauty of Health Data

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Health data can be beautiful. Show more

Some of medical and healthcare science’s most powerful statements are not made in words. Health data has the power to inform, excite, and influence behavior that leads to improved health at the individual and population level. To visualize is to enlighten! Information in health and medicine is visceral and provides the most immediate and influential connection between care providers, researchers, and patients–and the best hope for nurturing popular interest. Health data can be beautiful. Show less

$5,000 in prizes

Open untilMar 15, 2014

Sample Return Robot Challenge - 2014

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NASA Centennial Challenge for an autonomous exploration robot

$1,495,000 in prizes

Open untilMar 15, 2014

Asteroid Data Hunter Challenge

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NASA is launching the Asteroid Data Hunter Challenge in partnership with Planetary Resources, Inc. This is the first in a series of contests to be launched as part of NASA’s Asteroid Grand Challenge. Show more

The Asteroid Data Hunter challenge, conducted through the Harvard NASA Tournament Lab on the Topcoder platform, is a series of contests tasking competitors to develop a significantly improved algorithm to identify asteroids in images from ground-based telescopes. The winning solution will increase the detection sensitivity, minimize the number of false positives, ignore imperfections in the data, and run effectively on all computers. Show less

$35,000 in prizes

Opens onMar 17, 2014

Zero-GPS Precision Navigation

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This Challenge is seeking innovative non-GPS solutions that can help navigate in any part of the world without having to set up prepositioned towers or other devices. Show more

There are numerous alternatives to a Global Positioning System (GPS), such as inertial measurement units, terrain following, star trackers, etc. Each has benefits and limitations and offer varying levels of precision navigation. This Challenge is seeking innovative non-GPS solutions that can help navigate in any part of the world. Ideally, a solution will be platform agnostic, allowing for use with any mode of transportation (e.g. person walking, riding in a car or small airplane, etc.). Show less

$10,000 in prizes

Open untilMar 31, 2014

GeoEnergy Is Beautiful 2014

Posted by DOE

In support of President Obama's commitment to a clean energy future, the Energy Department announced a new geothermal student competition. Show more

Student teams from leading colleges and universities and high school seniors are invited to create concepts for high-quality, high-impact infographics and outreach materials that combine accurate, technical information with clear, data-backed messages & aesthetic appeal. Show less

non-monetary prizes

Open untilApr 05, 2014

Proposal Challenge: Expanding Opportunity for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

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Submit your best ideas for partnering with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI). Show more

Do you have ideas for innovation, enhanced infrastructure, or a solution for a hot topic issue to achieve effective outcomes that serve the needs of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community? Your challenge is to submit those ideas for how you would partner with the federal government to make a meaningful impact and expand opportunities for the AAPI community. Show less

non-monetary prizes

Open untilMar 28, 2014

Data Innovation Challenge

Posted by DOT

We want to see how you can move America forward! Show more

Do you have what it takes to create innovative tools to address our nation’s transportation challenges or revolutionize the way Americans see and understand the transportation system they use every day? Your challenge is to create web-based tools, data visualizations, mobile apps, or other innovative technologies to address transportation challenges by accessing publicly-available federal and/or local DOT datasets. Show less

non-monetary prizes

Open untilApr 30, 2014

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