MIT Solve Global Challenges
Status not published
Global Challenges open in the winter or spring each year with a spring deadline and Solver selection announced in the autumn at Solve at MIT
Selected Solver teams share a prize pool. Individual awards are commonly US$10,000-200,000 depending on the prize sponsor. Solve has run 100+ challenges with 30,000+ solutions submitted from 190+ countries.
MIT Solve
private · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Global Challenges open in the winter or spring each year with a spring deadline and Solver selection announced in the autumn at Solve at MIT
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: climate, health, social, ai, any
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
Open to for-profit and nonprofit teams worldwide with a working prototype or pilot
Source. https://solve.mit.edu/challenges — checked 2026-08-14
""100+ challenges", "30,000+ solutions submitted", "190+ countries""