Challenges, prizes, and hackathons use open competition to incentivize local and global entrepreneurs, academics, civil society, and other passionate problem solvers to address a well-defined problem, pilot and test innovative approaches, and scale the most promising solutions.

Learn more about recent challenges and prizes from USAID.

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Eastern Caribbean Business Resilience Challenge
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Equitable AI Challenge
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Household Solar Workforce Development Challenge
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Inclusive Health Access Prize
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Intelligent Forecasting Prize
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BetterTogether / JuntosEsMejor Challenge
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Mombasa Plastics Prize
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MujerProspera (WomanProsper) Challenge
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RISE Challenge
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USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge
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Water and Energy for Food Asia EDGE Ag-Energy Prize

To learn more about how your team can use challenges, prizes, hackathons, and Grand Challenges, please contact epic@usaid.gov.

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