Beat the Heat: Leveraging Scientific and Technological Solutions to Protect Vulnerable Populations
Partner with Bayer in the fight against consequences of heatwaves and their impact on vulnerable populations & those in need of care. We're looking for innovative solutions that leverage technology to identify and mitigate relevant health risks caused by extreme heat. Can you develop solutions to safeguard well-being during heatwaves?
#HeatWaveProtection #RemoteCare #DataScience
✅ Completed 🏁 Winner Congratulations to TechVariable & Mode Sensors for winning the Challenge!
🏆 Prize EUR 5,000 prize pool + joint pilot project + potential investment, collaboration or employment
🌎 Scope International - open to participants from all over the world
❓ Q&A Call 🧬HealthTech This challenge is part of the HealthTech program
If you're still not convinced, we have plenty of incentives to finally get you there!
What’s in it for you?
If you're still not convinced, we have plenty of incentives to finally convince you: By delivering prize money, exclusive events, collaboration programs or even funding opportunities our program will enable you to give your career, your concept or your startup the boost it deserves.
- Collaboration opportunities
The aim is to jointly develop or push a solution that can be launched as a concrete offer for prevention measures during heatwaves. If the proof-of-concept is successfully developed, in addition to the prize money, there is the chance of a joint pilot project, further investments or different forms of potential collaboration or employment depending on the team and solution. Bayer is committed to drive its business along the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set forth by United Nations.
Participation is therefore open to start-ups, companies, researchers and students. - Prize pool
By participating in this challenge, you have the chance to win attractive prize money. The winners of each challenge will receive EUR 4,000 and EUR 1,000 will be awarded to the second place. By reaching (and concluding) the final collaboration phase you therefore secured your prize money. - Social Media prize
Your social media activities will also be rewarded! Share your steps, processes, or progress with us and post about the ekipa events, the challenge providers and our collaboration. In the final event, one final team from the entire HealthTech program will be honored with the Social Media prize of EUR 500.
To take part make sure to tag all your social media posts with the following hashtags:
#ekipa #healthtechprogram #TeamName - Personalized Certificates
By participating in this challenge, you will receive a personalized certificate which confirms your participation in the challenge of the HealTech program. You will receive your certificate by the end of the program from us via mail. - Exclusive events & mentoring
If you are selected as one of the two final teams from the qualification phase, you will have exclusive access to our digital ekipa innovation bootcamp and final event. In these, you will not only pitch your solution to a jury formed by representatives of the respective sectors, but you also receive coaching sessions, listen to interesting keynote speakers and have the opportunity to network with representatives from businesses as well as other innovators. - Impulse paper
In order to give the developed solutions, the greatest possible appreciation and attention, all solutions of the final teams will be published in a joint paper of all initiators.