NetSquared and Microsoft are happy to announce a call for submissions in the Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development.

The Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development encourages you to help contribute to one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals by creating a mobile solution designed to meet the needs of people in developing communities and help solve some of the toughest problems facing our world today!

Mobile technology, including everything from inventive applications for smartphones to simple text messaging, is increasingly ubiquitous in the developing world and holds great potential for impact in areas such as health, banking, agriculture, education and other pressing development areas.

How it Works

Microsoft is sponsoring a Challenge to encourage innovations for applying mobile technologies for development, specifically around one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development goals.   Submissions can be ideas or Projects under development. A panel of 5 judges, selected by Microsoft, will choose three winners, to be announced at the N2Y4 Mobile Conference. Winners will receive cash awards of $15,000 (first place), $10,000 (second place), and $5,000 (third place) to further develop and implement their ideas.

Submissions close: Wednesday, May 15, 2009 3:00pm PDT

Learn More

• View the Rules and Guidelines
• View Key Dates for submissions and judging
• Visit the FAQ section
• Learn more about the Judging Criteria

How to Apply

Four Easy Steps to Participate:

• Register and/or Login
• Click on Username
• Click on "Submit a Project to the Project Gallery" under My Project Idea
• Select "Microsoft" from the Prize Tag menu located below Additional Cause Area Tags on the Submission Form