NASA has opened the next stage of a prize competition that seeks prototype systems designed to excavate and transport icy regolith, or unconsolidated debris, on the moon’s surface. The agency said Thursday
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a series of competitions intended to bolster the nation’s climate resilience and advance the development of innovations that address climate change risks. The DHS
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The National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) has introduced a three-stage prize competition that seeks to explore unmanned aircraft system technologies for potential use by first responders when they conduct search
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The U.S. Army has awarded $100K to Spiro Devices and AirMid Critical Care Products to develop ventilator prototypes suitable for mass production as part of coronavirus response efforts.
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Bruce Jette, acquisition chief at the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has instructed a military program team to seek approaches to mass produce ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a prize competition.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy have named the 11 winners of a competition that sought concepts pairing ocean observation platforms with marine renewable energy systems.
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A joint report by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the General Services Administration shows that the number of federal agency-backed prize competitions listed on Challenge.gov has increased
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The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is inviting scientists to take part in a competition seeking respirators to protect individuals from aerosolized chemical, biological and radiological threats. Participants of the $250K Escape
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The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has found that federal agencies used the authority under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to launch 47 prize competitions during fiscal year 2015
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The U.S. Air Force plans to hold a $2-million prize competition to gain ideas on how to build a turbocharged aircraft engine with a lightweight design and a fuel efficiency technology. The
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