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.

How to Apply

Submit your solution on the MIT Solve website by the external deadline. 

Please also notify research.honours@uoguelph.ca if you have submitted a solution. 

For More Information

For additional information please visit the MIT Solve website or contact research.honours@uoguelph.ca.