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You Are the Key Ingredient - Talented People Find Solutions to the Problems

THE DHS PRIZE COMPETITION PROCESS: Challenges to keep our nation save – Your solutions! Strategy: Program managers define gaps and intriguing problems. Topic: DHS posts a gap or problem for crowdsourcing. Question: a well-defined question or problem is posed to the public. Discover: Discover something of interest to you. Contribute: Promising solutions; ideas products and prototypes. Assessment: Practitioners, end users, subject matter experts, industry leaders judge your submission. Rating: Winners are selected based on judging criteria in the Federal Register Notice. Verified: Verify winner information and eligibility. Prize: Cash prize payment intellectual property agreements.

Discover Opportunities to Contribute

For further information contact the DHS S&T InnoPrize Program Office
Email:  prizeauthority@hq.dhs.gov

Last Updated: 01/12/2023
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