Last modified: February 9, 2010, 10:09AM
Award: $5000[edit Award]
Goes to: Member of Harvard Community[edit What it goes to]
Description[edit]
This Challenge is asking InnoCentive Solvers to formulate well-defined problems or hypotheses aimed at advancing our knowledge about Type 1 Diabetes and ultimately eradication of the disease. This is a somewhat unusual Ideation Challenge in the sense that the Solvers are not expected to provide a solution to any problem. Rather, they have to define problems or areas requiring further exploration and research. Ideal problems are those whose eventual solution will greatly expand our knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes and advance our ability to cure/manage the disease. Once formulated, the proposed problems will form the basis of new research projects pursued by scientists at Harvard University and elsewhere.
Still being an Ideation Challenge, it has the following distinct features:
The Seeker guarantees paying at least $5,000 in total awards with the size of individual award ranging from $2,500 to $10,000. This means that your submission does not necessarily need to be perfect – it just needs to be better than others for you to win an award.
You are not required to transfer exclusive intellectual property rights to the Seeker. Rather, by submitting your proposal, you grant the Seeker a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to practice your idea submitted for this challenge.