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ACL Caregiver AI Prize Challenge — Phase 1 (2026)
Historical reference for the closed Phase 1 of ACL's federal prize challenge for responsible AI tools that support family caregivers, care recipients, and the direct care workforce.
Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Steep Terrain Wildfire Logistics Prize Challenge 2026
Federal prize competition for autonomous and semi-autonomous ground vehicle solutions that improve logistics, safety, and operational endurance for wildland firefighters in steep terrain.
Connect Talent to Opportunity Challenge 2026–2028: Build State-Led Talent Marketplaces for Education-to-Workforce Alignment
The U.S. Department of Education’s Connecting Talent to Opportunity (CTO) Challenge funds state-led systems that connect learning, credentials, and jobs through interoperable Talent Marketplaces across the education-to-workforce path, with up to $15,000,000 in total prizes.
DARPA Bio-Attribution Challenge (2026)
A completed DARPA prize challenge in which teams developed computational methods to detect, characterize, and attribute biological sequence signals in a secure virtual evaluation environment.
DARPA Lift Challenge 2026
A DARPA federal prize competition for novel VTOL drone designs that can carry payloads more than four times their aircraft weight, with up to $6.5 million in prizes. The 2026 application cycle is closed; the competition is scheduled for August 2-9, 2026.
Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks
Historical reference for the closed Digital Energy Challenge 2026, an AFD-managed program that offered up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator projects and up to €400,000 for a Nigeria Partnership project, including expert support.
Innovate Africa Challenge 2026 (3rd Edition): FAO and Smart Africa Will Deploy One Proven AI Climate-Smart Agriculture Solution in a Member State, Closing 31 August 2026
FAO and the Smart Africa Secretariat have opened the third Innovate Africa Challenge, themed 'From Ideation to Deployment', to select and field-deploy one proven AI solution for climate-smart agriculture in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi or Uganda, with applications submitted through the FAO STI portal by 31 August 2026.
Innovation Saskatchewan Innovation Challenge 2026: A $30,000 Grant, a 16-Week Ministry Residency, and Full Commercialization Rights for Stopping Zebra Mussels
Innovation Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment are offering one winning team a $30,000 grant, a minimum 16-week residency with the ministry, and full commercialization rights for a technology solution that prevents aquatic invasive species from spreading into Saskatchewan waters, with Expressions of Interest due August 14, 2026.
Integration of Nutrition Training into Health Care Education Challenge 2026
NIH’s Office of Nutrition Research is running a 2026 prize challenge to reward institutions with high-impact, scalable nutrition curricula for medical and nursing education, with awards up to $2,100,000.
LymeX Visible Voices Prize 2026: Educational Resources for Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Diagnosis
A completed HHS prize competition that offered up to $250,000 for evidence-based educational resources improving understanding of Lyme and tickborne disease diagnosis.