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Prizes

Solvers will compete for an overall prize purse of $350,000.

All Solvers will compete for an invitation to Stage II. Five Stage I semi-finalists will compete for a portion of the $...

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Innovation Agents

What's an Innovation Agent?

Challenge Innovation Agents are companies and organizations interested in providing real-world knowledge, guidance, insight, issues, and data to Solvers,...

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Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge

A $350,000 national challenge to create real solutions, powered by visualizations, to help reduce serious crashes on the U.S. road and rail systems.

In the USDOT's...

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Challenge FAQs

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How do I follow the Challenge and get updates...

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Eligibility Rules

Eligible Solvers are individuals or teams from the business and research communities in the United States or US territory.  This includes but is not limited to organizations such as:...

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Solution Submission Materials

Stage I, Ideation

To be eligible to win a prize under this stage, an individual or entity must submit:

  1. A cover page with the following...

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Judging Criteria

These criteria are weighted equally. Applicants should understand that their submittals will be reviewed by technical experts in transportation safety analysis, data, IT and visualization. ...