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  • GSK Holds Challenge for Academic Drug Discovery Partners

    The global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is holding a competition for academic partners to conduct drug discovery research, with the winners receiving an opportunity to develop the therapy with the company. The Discovery Fast Track program aims to speed up the drug discovery process and is open to academic researchers in the U.S. and Canada.…

  • GlaxoSmithKline Crowdsourcing Bioelectronic Research Ideas

    The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is seeking research ideas from the global scientific community to better understand the body’s neural signaling mechanisms to discover therapies that harness these mechanisms. The company is also mounting a separate competition through InnoCentive to identify a specific disease to serve as a proof-of-principle test for potential neural signaling solutions.…

  • Challenge Seeks Answers for Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes

    A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks proposals for recycling the lead in glass found in old cathode ray tubes (CRTs) into new products. The competition, sponsored by Consumer Electronics Association and Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, has a prize of $10,000 and a deadline of 1 July 2013. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowd-sourcing…

  • Challenge Seeks Discontinued Drugs to Treat Rare Diseases

    A new challenge on InnoCentive asks for ideas on repurposing drugs no longer in development as therapies for rare diseases other than cancer. The sponsor of the competition, an unnamed biopharmaceutical company, will award a total purse of $10,000 to the best proposals. The deadline for submissions is 11 March 2013 (free registration required). Rare…

  • Challenge Awarding $60,000 for Health Technology Ideas

    A new challenge is awarding $60,000 for technology solutions, in particular modifications of current products, that promote healthier lifestyles or help manage chronic conditions. Health insurance provider United Healthcare is sponsoring the Breakthrough Health Tech Challenge, which has a deadline of 8 April 2013. United Healthcare, which announced the challenge at this week’s Consumer Electronics…

  • Statistical Tools Sought for Smaller Placebo Group Sizes

    A new challenge on InnoCentive seeks a technique for reducing sizes of placebo group samples in clinical trials — patients who do not receive the test treatments, to whom the patients getting the treatments are compared — without compromising the ability to interpret the results. Proposals describing the solution to this challenge are due by…

  • $50,000 Challenge Seeks Simple, Inexpensive Timer

    A new challenge on InnoCentive asks for a simple, reusable, and inexpensive timing mechanism based on the principles of reverse fluid flow and color change, with a total purse of $50,000. This type of competition — called a reduction-to-practice challenge — requires a written description and evidence of a working prototype, with one-page abstracts due…

  • Challenge Seeks Smartphone GPS Jamming Detector

    A new challenge on InnoCentive asks for a method of detecting GPS signal jamming devices using smartphones. The competiton (free registration required) has an award of $20,000 and a deadline of 3 January 2013. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowd-sourcing competitions for corporate and organization sponsors. Global Positioning System (GPS) signals can be drowned…

  • Cloud Services Create Rare Disease Solutions Challenge

    Assay Depot, a cloud-based network of scientific services, and Rare Genomics Institute, a network and crowdfunding platform for genetic diseases, started a challenge competition for research proposals leading to diagnostics and treatments for rare diseases. The challenge will award prizes of $10,000 in cash and donated research services valued at up to $400,000 from participating…

  • Challenge Seeks Kids’ Central Nervous System Measurements

    A new challenge competition is looking for methods for measuring an infant’s central nervous system development that can be administered in a pediatrician’s office. The competition, handled through the open innovation company InnoCentive, has a prize of $25,000 and a submission deadline of 15 December 2012. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowd-sourcing competitions for…