Beyond Covid-19 Global Open Innovation Challenge

Do you want to get involved in making positive change in your community and beyond? Join the Prepr Network and explore the four open challenges in the areas of Business, Prevention, Education and Community. Through this initiative, Prepr are bringing together students, startups, employees, and citizens. Learn, get inspired, take action. 

This global open innovation challenge, is a Call To Action for all communities to collaborate and take action in order to create innovative solutions for the Covid-19 Challenge.  Team up with your colleagues, friends and family, or find a team virtually through the Prepr Network and use this time of social distancing to challenge yourself and help create the future you want to live in.  Get creative with your team, solutions can be local or global, small business or industrial, preventative actions or treatment actions, creative or data-driven. This is a global crisis that is affecting every community around the globe, and it is going to take input and action from every community around the globe to solve it. Every solution is a building

How to Get Started
Join the Prepr Network at PreprLabs.org
Explore and join the four Open Challenge areas: Community, Prevention Business, and Education
Explore projects, build a virtual team, and create a project to showcase your problem and solution which you will submit to the Beyond Covid-19 Challenge you selected
Register for the daily webinar to gain knowledge, insights and more

Timeline
April 30, 2020
Challenge call

May 10, 2020
Open Forum – Challenge – AMA

June 10, 2020
Project Pitch Deadline

June 17, 2020
Challenge Voting and Feedback Discussion(Challenge Closed)

June 30, 2020
Project Winner Selection

Prizes

Global Recognition & Trophy by over 30 Organizations

Cash & Prizes from Prepr Partner Network
First Place
$5,000 in AWS Credits for all Successfully Completed Projects
Second Place
$25,000 in AWS Credits for Top projects per category (up to 20 awarded with $500,000 total value)
Third Place
$2,000 Cash from Coast Capital & City of Brampton to cover business setup expenses
Most Innovative
Up to 4 placements in FASKEN’s Startup Program ($2,000 per category for a total for $8,000 in total value)
Recognition will be awarded in each of the four Challenge areas
Best Design
Advisory & connection to most applicable investment/funding opportunities to help commercialize top projects by PyCap Ventures & Prepr
Individual & Team Learn Lab Kits (up to $499 per Project Team) by Prepr