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MIT Solve launches $1.5M global search for tech-enabled social innovations

AdminBy AdminFebruary 15, 2025Updated:February 17, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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Executive Direcor (MIT Solve) – Hala Hanna [📸MIT Solve]

CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire /…. MIT Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched its 2025 Global Challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship, calling on innovators worldwide to submit transformative, tech-driven solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing and persistent problems. With over $1.5M in funding available, selected innovators have a unique opportunity to scale their solutions and gain an influential network.

Says Hala Hanna (Executive Director, MIT Solve):

In an era where technology is transforming our world at breakneck speed, we’re seeing a profound shift in how innovators approach global problems. The unprecedented convergence of technological capabilities and social consciousness sets our current moment apart.

Our Solver teams aren’t just creating solutions-they’re rewriting the rules of what’s possible in social innovation. With their solutions now reaching over 280 million lives worldwide, they’re demonstrating that human-centered technology can scale impact in ways we never imagined possible.

2025 Global Health Challenge [📸MIT Solve]

Over 30 winning solutions will be announced at Solve Challenge Finals during Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Selected innovators join the 2025 Solver Class, gaining access to a comprehensive nine-month support program that includes connections to MIT’s innovation ecosystem, specialized mentorship, extensive pro-bono resources, and substantial funding from Solve’s growing community of supporters.

2025 Global Learning Challenge [📸MIT Solve]

2025 funding opportunities for selected Solvers exceed $1.5M and include:

  • MIT Solve $10,000 to each Solver and Fellow selected
  • Health Innovation Award(supported by Johnson & Johnson Foundation) All Solver teams selected for Solve’s Global Health Challenge will receive an additional prize from Global Health Anchor Supporter, Johnson & Johnson Foundation
  • The Seeding The Future Food Systems Prize(supported by the Seeding The Future Foundation)
  • The GM Prize (supported by General Motors)
  • The AI for Humanity Prize (supported by The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation)
  • The Crescent Enterprises ‘AI for Social Innovation’ Prize (supported by Crescent Enterprises)
  • The Citizens Workforce Innovation Prize (supported by Citizens)
  • The E Ink Innovation Prize (supported by E Ink)

Since 2015, supporters of Solve have catalyzed more than 800 partnerships and deployed more than $70M, touching the lives of 280 million people worldwide.

Click here to view current (and upcoming) challenges, and submit your solutions in the following categories: Climate, Health, Learning, Economic Prosperity, and Indigenous Communities.


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