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Science and technology advancements are critical to navigating our way to a healthier planet. Artificial intelligence could help us find the next big breakthrough faster than we could on our own. It's certainly an idea worth testing.
Science Lead: James Weis


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Are climate change and air pollution triggering cardiovascular disease?

Ongoing global climate change and air pollution emissions pose a major threat to cardiovascular health...

More About This Challenge

The sciency details

Challenge Amount:
$50,000
Submission Deadline:
Nov 29, 2022
Campaign Launch:
Nov 30, 2022

Frequently Asked Questions

How do challenge grants work?

Projects can be submitted now! The funding will be distributed according to project needs and determined by the Science Lead.

When will the grant be awarded?

On November 30th at 5PM PT, the prizes will be awarded according to the posted schedule.

Can I still submit a project?

We are no longer accepting projects for this grant, however we will be launching many more challenge grant opportunities. Sign up for our mailing list for up-to-date community news.

Please Note:

If we see suspicious acitivity of researchers or backers potentially cheating during the challenge, the project will be completely disqualified from winning the grant.

Challenge Aims

The path from scientific discovery to breakthrough technology isn't always straight, and can sometimes take far too long. A team of MIT researchers have created a new way to detect breakthroughs using machine learning with a tool they call DELPHI (short for Dynamic Early-warning by Learning to Predict High Impact). The model draws off billions of calculated metrics in past research publications in order to identify and signal new research with high potential for future impact. 

With initial seed funding from the Footprint Coalition, we're putting the DELPHI model into action to help accelerate technologies that could potentially aid us on our path to a healthier planet. Once we identify high-potential research, we will proactively reach out to researchers in related fields and incentivize them towards further investigation. We're putting a bounty on promising ideas to help accelerate technology development.

This is an experiment. We hope this inspires other funders and funding agencies to push the boundaries on new and potentially disruptive funding structures for scientific research. 


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Project Eligilibity

Projects must meet Experiment project guidelines and funding discretion rests with the Science Lead.

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