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ACL Caregiver AI Prize Challenge (Phase 1, 2026–2029)
Federal AI-focused prize competition for solutions that reduce caregiver burden and improve care quality at home and in community settings through practical, responsible AI tools.
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 two-round DARPA prize challenge that funds teams developing AI, machine learning, or computational methods to identify, characterize, and attribute modified biological sequence data using secured cloud-scale testing environments.
DARPA Lift Challenge 2026
A federal prize competition to develop VTOL drone designs that can carry payloads greater than four times their weight, with a total prize pool of $6.5 million.
Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks
AFD-supported Digital Energy Challenge 2026 funds digital and AI-enabled solutions for African energy operators through a Tech Accelerator and a Nigeria-specific Partnership track with capped budgets and expert support.
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.
Join the NIH NIBIB DEBUT Challenge 2026: Up to $170,000 in Prizes for Undergraduate Biomedical Teams
The 2026 DEBUT Challenge from NIH NIBIB is an undergraduate-focused biomedical design competition with cash prizes, commercialization support, and a nationwide submission cycle ending June 5, 2026.
LymeX Visible Voices Prize 2026: Educational Resources for Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Diagnosis
A federal prize competition funded by HHS that awards up to $250,000 for evidence-based educational resources improving understanding of Lyme and tick-borne disease diagnosis.
NIH Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction-to-Practice Challenge (3-Phase, 2025/2026-2027)
The NIH Complement-ARIE challenge supports teams building combinatorial new approach methodologies (NAMs) over a multi-phase route, with up to $7,000,000 in prize funding and phase-based milestone payouts.