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Reviewers to the Inv. titleholders. Finalists will be invited to attend Solve
Judging time: Challenge Finals on Sept. 20 in New York City
The review period for Solve’s 2020 Global during U.N. General Assembly week. At the
Challenge submissions is July 2020 ,13-3, and event, they will pitch their solutions to Salve’s
MIT anticipates a 3-2 hour time commitment Challenge Leadership Groups, judging panels
to review solutions during that period. All comprised of industry leaders and MIT faculty.
solution reviews are completed online. The judges will select the most promising
solutions as Solver teams.
MIT Solve announces 2020 global challenges:
Tech-based solutions sought for challenges in About MIT Solve:
work environments, education for girls and MIT Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts
women, maternal and newborn health, and Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to
sustainable food. solve world challenges. Solve is a marketplace
SOLVE’s 2020 Global Challenges which is for social impact innovation. Through open
rewarded with over 1.7$ million in funding, innovation Challenges, Solve finds incredible
and the solutions have to be applied by June tech-based social entrepreneurs all around
18 are as followed: the world.
• How can marginalized populations access Solve then brings together MIT’s innovation
and create good jobs and entrepreneurial ecosystem and a community of Members to
opportunities for themselves? fund and support these entrepreneurs to help
• How can communities around the world them drive lasting transformational impact.
prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging Solve was born out of the Office of the
pandemics and health security threats? President of MIT in 2015, a natural offshoot
• How can marginalized girls and young of MIT’s mission to advance knowledge
women access quality learning opportunities in science, technology, and other areas of
to succeed? scholarship that will best serve the nation and
• How can every woman, new mother, and the world in the 21st century.
newborn access the care they need to survive In the last three years, thanks to its partners,
and thrive? Solve has brokered commitments of over
• How can we produce and consume low- 25$ million in funding for Solver teams and
carbon, resilient, and nutritious food? entrepreneurs.