The American-Made Solar Prize is a multimillion-dollar prize competition designed to energize U.S. solar innovation through a series of contests that accelerate the entrepreneurial process from years to months.
Donor Name: American-Made Challenges
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Prize
Deadline: 10/07/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
The Solar Prize Round 6 offers $4.1 million in cash prizes to competitors over three progressive contests.
Innovation happens when the right resources, people, and passion come together. With the American-Made Solar Prize Round 6, teams of creative individuals and entrepreneurs advance conceptual solutions toward product realities with the support of a unique and powerful network and a chance to win part of $4.1 million in prizes.
More than $3 Million in Incentives for Innovation
The Ready!, Set!, and Go! Contests fast-track efforts to identify, develop, and test disruptive solutions to solar industry needs for a total of $3 million in cash prizes and $900,000 in vouchers that can be used at national laboratories and other voucher facilities to develop, test, and validate. Each contest has a performance period when participants work to advance their solutions.
The Ready!, Set!, and Go! Contests
- Ready! Contest
- 20 winners / $50,000 cash prize each and optional JEDI Contest prize
- Winners are selected after identifying an impactful idea or solution addressing a critical need in the solar industry;
- Set! Contest
- 10 winners / $100,000 cash prize each, $75,000 support voucher each, and optional JEDI Contest prize
- Competitors work to substantially advance their technology solution toward a viable and promising proof of concept.
- Go! Contest
- 2 winners / $500,000 cash prize each, $75,000 support voucher each, and optional JEDI Contest prize
- Competitors work to substantially advance their solution from proof of concept to a refined prototype and find a partner to perform a pilot test of the prototype.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals, teams of individuals, private entities (for-profits and nonprofits), and non-federal government entities (such as states, counties, tribes, municipalities, and academic institutions) are eligible to compete in the Ready! Contest.
- Individuals, private entities (for-profits and nonprofits), and nonfederal government entities (such as states, counties, tribes, municipalities, and academic institutions) are subject to the following requirements:
- An individual prize competitor (who is not competing as a member of a group) must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.
- A group of individuals competing as one team may win, provided that the online account holder of the submission is a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident. Individuals competing as part of a team may participate if they are legally authorized to work in the United States.
- An individual prize competitor (who is not competing as a member of a group) must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.
For more information, visit Solar Prize Round 6.
