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For the past two years, with colleagues across , we led a unique #Mentorship programme for the international teams competing in the Global #SurgicalTrainingChallenge 🌍🏆
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New assistive tech for improving the independence of people living with #dementia is on the horizon, proven by the 175 applications we received from innovators all over the world for the
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The £4 million #WaterDiscoveryChallenge is calling for bold innovation that could help tackle critical challenges such as the increasingly unpredictable weather linked to #climatechange. #Getinspired by this #design solution trialling 'sponge cities': ow.ly/Qn0G50MNZQr
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We are 2 days away from the launch of the 2023 GSTEP Challenge. Join us via this link - bit.ly/3DQ1UNu - on the 14th of February at 9 am prompt.
#GSTEP #GSTEP2023 #BeSTEMpowered
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Kathy Nothstine of will be part of our Process delivery panel at the Challenge Fund Conference on 28 March! Have you booked your place yet? buff.ly/3WmdzL9 #CFConference23
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Using cutting-edge tech to drive innovation towards social goals has been the underpinning of some the most exciting & impactful challenge prizes to date. Our Technology Frontiers focus will help us do more of this. tells us why: ow.ly/VfxO50MOsKQ #techforgood
Narrowing the #gendergap is a continuous process. Learn more about the key steps #AfriPlasticsChallenge Finalists have been using to incorporate a #genderlens throughout the development of their solution tackling #plasticwaste. afri-plastics.challenges.org/blog/gender-eq
The GSTEP Challenge offers students and educators in Junior High Schools the opportunity to acquire practical STEM skills to apply in teaching and learning. Participants of the programme also develop products that benefit local communities.
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HAPPENING TOMORROW: Annual Review
🚀 See what's in store for 2023
🙌 Learn about Innovation in Canada #ImpactCanada
🏆 Hear about upcoming Challenge Prizes designed by
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What a week! Proud of our talented 60 finalists of the #MombasaPlasticsPrize for acing their first hack event, and to all of the team for making it a great success
#Mombasa #Kenya #oceanplastic #sustainability
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Innaugural #MombasaPlasticPrize finalists happening now @swahilipothub with the theme #Inspire-#Educate-#Connect
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Shout out to our Mombasa Plastic Prize finalists who aced their first hack event, redefining their ideas to tackle marine plastic waste. Experts further inspired & shared their knowledge with the teams at a stakeholder session in #Mombasa. Learn more at mombasaplasticsprize.challenges.org
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Discover how #water is distributed in the UK today at noon (GMT)! The webinar is part of the Discovery series, which helps entrants to discover the water sector and its challenges whilst they work on their entries to the #WaterDiscoveryChallenge
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Food for thought? We want to transform food production to provide the world’s growing population with safe, healthy nutrition and reduce agriculture’s environmental impacts. We think challenge prizes could help. Check out our new prize idea.
challengeworks.org/new-prize-idea #foodtech
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It has been inspiring to see the #AfriPlasticsChallenge finalists respond to the pressing issues affecting women in their communities while developing their #innovativesolution tackling #plasticwaste. Find out more: afri-plastics.challenges.org/blog/gender-eq
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Where does our water come from, and how do we treat it? 💧 Join us today at noon (GMT) to find out! The Discovery webinar series helps you to discover the water sector and its challenges whilst drafting your entry to the #WaterDiscoveryChallenge
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To solve the world’s most pressing problems, we need to understand women’s experiences on them and women need to be included in the solutions. Read more here on how #AfriPlasticsChallenge Finalists are fostering #genderinclusive solutions to plastic waste:ow.ly/bTZ850MFky7
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Gender equality is not a women’s issue; it’s a #sustainability issue. Find out how innovators in the #AfriPlasticsChallenge have been fostering gender-responsive innovations ow.ly/RK3U50MFkml
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We urgently need alt approaches to meet the global need for organ transplants, as well as other in-vitro applications incl drug screening and disease modelling. Here are 2 ways the challenge prize model could help with innovation around 3D printed organs. ow.ly/fXiO50MEp50
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Discover the water sector tomorrow at 12 noon (GMT) – this webinar will give #WaterDiscoveryChallenge entrants an introduction to the sector's structure, key players and challenges. More information and registration links to this and upcoming sessions:
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Water sector innovation to improve water quality, supply and resilience is sought with the launch of a new £4m competition.
Entries opened on 25th Jan and close on 5 April 2023.
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Imagine a world where we could print a human lung in just Four weeks. Check out our multimillion prize idea to accelerate the exciting field of 3D organ #bioprinting to save patient lives. Interested to know more? Get in touch! challengeworks.org/new-prize-idea #GlobalHealth #3DPrinting
Join and at 12.30 pm today to learn more about the #WaterDiscoveryChallenge - an opportunity to receive up to £500,000 for your ingenious solution and collaborate with water companies for its development: ow.ly/3Nkv50MuPFl
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We are delighted to host our first Mombasa Plastics Prize stakeholder forum today at
At the event, stakeholders will learn more about the young innovators’ ideas to tackle #marineplastic waste.
Contact us if you’d like to get involved: mombasaplasticsprize.challenges.org/contact-us-con
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide & we need better treatments. We’ve proposed a multimillion-pound prize for 3D-printed blood vessels designed for human transplants that can save lives. Read to find out more! challengeworks.org/new-prize-idea
#heartdisease
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The #WaterDiscoveryChallenge is officially open for entries! Help solve the water sector's challenges - you could win up to £500,000, an opportunity to work with water companies, and pilot your solution in the sector in England and Wales. Find out more:
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We have kicked off our first Mombasa Plastics Prize hack event with our finalists!
Our young entrepreneurs are working in 15 teams to develop ideas that tackle the problem of marine plastic waste.
Retweet to cheer them on. mombasaplasticsprize.challenges.org
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Congratulations to our 60 finalists selected to participate in the Mombasa Plastics Prize!
Our innovators are currently developing their ideas further in our first hack event in #Mombasa.
Follow us to stay updated on their journeys! mombasaplasticsprize.challenges.org
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Wrapping up the #SurgicalTrainingChallenge we wish to thank our evaluation partners. Learn about them and how they contributed to the judges’ decisions.
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#ICYMI: Innovation prize specialists @Challenge_Works has today announced details of the judging panel for the Longitude Prize on Dementia, naming nine judges including representatives from @turinginst and @Cambridge_Uni. Read here: bit.ly/3wn9V8p
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Great to see the line-up and Professor Dawn Brooker formerly listed. She was also on the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry Panel for their report housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Ho She will bring great housing and dementia experience & expertise
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Longitude Prize on dementia names expert judging panel
, and US #longevity experts named judges of ground-breaking dementia tech prize.
#ChallengeWorks #LongitudePrize #dementia #funding #grants
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The #SurgicalTrainingChallenge yesterday announced its Grand Prize recipient and runner-up, winning a total of $1 million. ICYMI, our newsletter has all the highlights 🗞
mailchi.mp/challenges.org
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Innovation prize specialists has today announced details of the judging panel for the Longitude Prize on Dementia, naming nine judges including representatives from and . Read here: bit.ly/3wn9V8p
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When I went to my first meeting in Maputo in 2017, I was overwhelmed by the challenges faced by aspiring surgeons. I am immensely proud of our work on #SurgicalTrainingChallenge and thankful to for their leadership and vision for accessible surgical training
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Earlier today we announced the Grand Prize winner of the #SurgicalTrainingChallenge — congratulations to @ALLSAFE_Lap and @3amazinggrace for your laparoscopic surgery training modules.
Meet the team and learn what is next for the Challenge.
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"We take pride in being able to offer a different structure to grant programmes that clearly makes such a difference to our partners and the innovators competing." Check out 's blog about the Global Surgical Training Challenge
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(1/2) Thank you to the #SurgicalTrainingChallenge judging panel. We appreciate your expertise on the challenge!
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(2/2) Thank you to our experts on the #SurgicalTrainingChallenge!
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