GROW YOUR SOLUTION

Apply to the 2023 Global Challenges

Opening for submission on February 1, 2023

MIT Solve’s Global Challenges seek social entrepreneurs who are using technology to solve today’s most pressing problems. Over the past six years, Solve has received 9,600+ solutions from 165 countries. We’re now proud to support 268 Solver teams, who have collectively impacted over 160 million lives worldwide. These teams are 62% women-led and headquartered in 56 different countries.

Those selected as a Solver team join our nine-month support program, receive access to funding in grants and investments, join a powerful network of impact-minded leaders, receive coaching and strategic advice from experts, and gain exposure in the media, among many other benefits.

The 2023 Global Challenge areas are:

Climate: Housing & Resilience

Health in Fragile Settings

Civic Learning & Engagement

Financial Inclusion

Each year, Solve launches Global Challenges across four pillars—Learning, Economic Prosperity, Climate, and Health—in addition to the Indigenous Communities Fellowship.

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Past Solutions

Each year, Solve launches Global Challenges across four pillars—Learning, Economic Prosperity, Climate, and Health—in addition to the Indigenous Communities Fellowship.

See Selected Solver teams

Anyone, anywhere around the world can submit a solution to Solve's Global Challenges. You can be an individual, a team, or an organization. You can be an applicant from previous years or already part of our community. If you have a solution, we hope you'll apply.

Receive access to funding in grants and investments, including through prizes and Solve Innovation Future. At least $10,000 is awarded to every selected team. Last year, there was more than $2 million in pre-committed funding available to selected teams.
Join a class of impressive peers that act as trusted support group, offering inspiration and guidance.
Join a powerful network of impact-minded leaders across industries and sectors, with dedicated spaces to meet year-round and during Solve’s flagship events such as Solve at MIT.
Access coaching and strategic advice from experts, as well as the Solve and MIT networks.
Receive monitoring and evaluation support to build an impact measurement practice.
Gain exposure in the media and at conferences.
Access relevant in-kind resources such as software licenses and legal services from Solve Member and supporter organizations.

"It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us."

Danielle Boyer | 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellow and Founder of Every Kid Gets a Robot

"It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us."

Danielle Boyer | 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellow and Founder of Every Kid Gets a Robot

Through our Global Challenges, Solve aims to find the most promising proximate innovators. These individuals are best equipped to develop solutions that will have lasting and sustainable effects. Through two US-focused programs, we offer culturally responsive resources, support, and programming, including an annual US Summit. These programs work to support innovation from and for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.

Black and Brown Innovators Program

Supporting Black and Brown innovators from underserved and underestimated communities across the US.

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Indigenous Communities Fellowship

How can Native innovators in the US build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?

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GROW YOUR SOLUTION

Apply to the 2023 Global Challenges

2023 Global Challenges

Climate: Housing & Resilience

Health in Fragile Settings

Civic Learning & Engagement

Financial Inclusion

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Past Challenges

Past Solutions

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Why Apply?

"It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us."

"It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us."

US-Focused Opportunities

Black and Brown Innovators Program

Indigenous Communities Fellowship