Sponsor
MIT Solve
Description
The Horizon Prize, powered by MIT Solve, seeks technology-based solutions that use data to help rare disease patients get the right care faster and more accurately. To that end, this Challenge seeks solutions that:
- Leverage big data and analytics to improve the detection and diagnosis of rare diseases
- Address the unjust and disproportionate burden of rare diseases faced by disinvested communities and historically underrepresented identity groups
- Promote community and connection among rare disease patients and their advocates
- Unlock collaboration among patients, scientists, and health care providers to improve patient outcomes
Solutions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Alignment: Solution uses technology to address one of Solve's Global Challenges.
- Potential for Impact: Solution implementation has the potential to impact lives.
- Feasibility: Solution implementation is feasible, and the team has a plan for financial sustainability.
- Inclusive Human-Centered Design: Solution is designed with and for underserved communities; the solution team demonstrates proximity to the community, and embodies and addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion through their solution.
- Innovative Approach: Solution includes a new technology, a new application of technology, a new business model, or a new process for solving the Challenge.
- Scalability: Solution can be scaled to affect the lives of more people.
Prize
Up to $150,000 in prize funding is available for up to two solution teams selected for The Horizon Prize.
Finalists will be invited to pitch their solutions to a panel of distinguished judges in September 2021.
Special Notes
Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page [1].
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
External Deadline | Solutions must be submitted on the MIT Solve website [2] by the external deadline. |
How to Apply
Submit your solution on the MIT Solve website [2] by the external deadline.
Please also notify research.honours@uoguelph.ca [3] if you have submitted a solution.
For More Information
For additional information please visit the MIT Solve website [4] or contact research.honours@uoguelph.ca [3].