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Prizes

MIT Solve Global Challenges

Status

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

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Amount
$200,000

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.

Funder

MIT Solve

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — 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

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Open to for-profit and nonprofit teams worldwide with a working prototype or pilot

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

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Source. https://solve.mit.edu/challenges

""100+ challenges", "30,000+ solutions submitted", "190+ countries""

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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