What’s your moonshot innovation to a global grand challenge that leverages exponential technology and has a potential to impact a billion people in 10 years?
2018 Winner
Kamil Adamczyk
Project: Sonoelectric Brain Implant
Brain implant treatment for malignant brain tumors.
2018 Winner
Marcin Kostrzewa
Project: Luna
Luna is a programming language with double visual and textual representation. It redefines how people are able to gather, process and visualize data.
The purpose of the SingularityU Poland Global Impact Challenge is to foster moonshot innovations and startups that positively impact the lives of people living in Poland, with an ability to scale and impact a billion people worldwide in 10 years.
What moonshot innovation would you develop to solve a global grand challenge (environment, energy, water, food, health, disaster resilience, governance, learning, space, security, prosperity, and shelter) using exponential technology that would impact the lives of a billion people in the next 10 years?
The winner receives a seat at the SU Ventures Incubator Program. The Incubator Program is a 10-week program that fosters the development of viable start-ups (for profit or not-for profit). The SU Ventures Incubator Program runs from September 3, 2018 to October 19, 2018 on the SU campus at NASA Research Park.
Shortlisted finalists will be invited to a tech bootcamp in Warsaw from May 14-15, 2018. All costs will be covered and the camp is mandatory.
Applications open: March 15, 2018
Applications close: May 6, 2018
Finalist bootcamp: Warsaw, May 15-16, 2018
Pitch event & Winners announced: Warsaw, Google Campus, May 24-25, 2018
Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
We look for people from all professional backgrounds, but will be really thrilled to find you if:
We will evaluate submissions using the following criteria:
Organizer, Digital University
Organizer, Digital University
Global Impact Challenges (GICs) are annual incentive competitions held in partnership with sponsor organizations worldwide and organized by geography and theme. These challenges act as a platform to identify outstanding entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists, and engineers with the most innovative ideas for moonshot innovations and startups that can positively impact a billion people in 10 years. The winner of each challenge receives a full sponsorship to attend an SU program.
We are looking for early-phase startup ideas or individuals with a moonshot ideas. Judging criteria is based on the grandness of the idea—such as whether it solves a problem with a potential to positively impact millions of people, technological novelty, viability of implementing it and applicants leadership potential.
If you’re a later-stage venture, check out the SU Ventures program.
Intellectual property resulting from a GIC belongs to the applicant(s).
The selection process has 2-3 phases, depending on the GIC. The first phase involves a review of all applications to determine 5-10 finalists, and the second phase involves final judging to select the winner at a pitch event.
GIC winners are responsible for their own travel expenses to/from SU.
In all cases where a winner cannot attend the Incubator program, the winner forfeits their seat to the GIC first runner-up and would have to then re-apply for admission in a future year.
Get in touch with the Poland GIC organizers by emailing them at [email protected], or reach out to the SU GIC team at [email protected].