Tag: challenge
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Challenge Seeks Extended Release Intravenous Drug Delivery
20 February 2015. A new challenge on InnoCentive is seeking ways to administer high-dose drugs through intravenous delivery, but releasing the therapy in the patient for a period of 8 to 10 hours. The competition has a purse of $30,000 and deadline of 21 March 2015. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowdsourcing competitions for…
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XPrize Awards $5.25M for Lunar Technologies
26 January 2015. A competition to develop new technologies for landing and robotic exploration of the moon awarded $5.25 million in 9 prizes to 5 private companies, as part of the Google Lunar XPrize challenge. The companies — from the U.S., Germany, Japan, and India — received the prizes for their design and development of…
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Challenge Seeks Exosome Drug Delivery Technologies
23 January 2015. A new challenge on InnoCentive is asking for systematic techniques for using exosomes, tiny components that cells secrete for specialized functions, as vehicles to deliver drugs. The challenge has a purse of $30,000 and a submission deadline of 17 February 2015. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowdsourcing competitions for corporate and…
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Challenge Seeks Spinal Cord Solutions, Offers $50K Awards
5 December 2014. The Conquer Paralysis Now challenge is looking for new treatments for spinal cord injuries, as well as ideas to help patients with these injuries perform everyday functions that fully abled people can do unaided. The first round competition awards grants of $50,000 in six categories, with a deadline of 1 April 2015…
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Yale Univ, Organovo to Develop 3-D Print Transplant Tissue
3 December 2014. Yale University and Organovo Inc. in San Diego are collaborating on development of synthetic tissue produced on three-dimensional printers for research on transplants in humans. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed, but Yale and Organovo say the project is funded by the Methuselah Foundation. Organovo designs and produces human tissue…
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Cardiologists, Incubator Partner on Health Challenge
13 November 2014. American College of Cardiology is taking part in an international challenge to find start-ups developing breakthrough technologies, sponsored by 1776, an incubator and investment fund in Washington, D.C. The Challenge Cup, as the competition is called, takes place in 16 cities in 11 countries, with a total prize package of $650,000. Challenge…
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Challenge Seeks Preclinical Models for Macular Degeneration
7 November 2014. A new challenge on InnoCentive asks for novel methods to test therapies for age-related macular degeneration in the lab, before being tested on humans. The competition has a total purse of $50,000 and deadline of 12 January 2015, where winners can also compete in a subsequent design challenge with a prize pool…
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Better DNA Sample Prep Methods Sought in Challenge
17 October 2014. A new challenge on InnoCentive is seeking methods that make it possible to prepare DNA samples in the field for sequencing, based on smaller quantities of microbial evidence. The challenge has an award of $25,000 and a deadline of 7 December 2014. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowdsourcing competitions for corporate…
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$500K Challenge Seeks Techniques to Track Single Cells
18 August 2014. A new challenge sponsored by National Institutes of Health is looking for better ways to follow and predict the functioning of a single cell in a complex multi-cell environment, such as in a tumor or a response to treatment. The competition, managed by the open-innovation/challenge company InnoCentive, expects to award prizes totaling…
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Heart Assn Challenge Seeks Heart Disease Prevention Tools
11 August 2014. American Heart Association seeks new products to better prevent and manage heart disease and stroke in an open-innovation challenge for early-stage companies in the Midwest. The top three winners will be eligible for awards of up to $20,000, and a chance to pitch their ideas at a November forum on health care…