IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge
The IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge is a new, global IEEE competition that solicits solutions from start-ups, grassroots organizations, university projects, and others that are working to bridge the digital divide in innovative ways.
Eligibility
- The competition is open to private sector companies or startups, nonprofits and grassroots groups, university projects, students, government organizations, any other organization or individual participants from anywhere in the world.
- Competitors from developing/emerging nations are especially encouraged to apply.
- Individual participants must be at least 18 years old.
Criteria
- The submissions will be assessed based on a number of technical and societal impact criteria. These will include novelty/innovation of the idea/project and relevance to the CTU topic, as well as scalability, sustainability (from a business/deployment perspective) and readiness of the proposed solution.
- The submissions will be also evaluated on their potential for inclusion, impact, efficacy and risk level.
For all details: https://ctu.ieee.org/submissions/
