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Challenges and Awards Overview

There are currently no open Challenges. Visit the Project Gallery to review Projects in various cause areas, geographies, and stages of development - give them feedback, find Projects to work on, or even Projects to implement!

 

Challenge
Deadline
May 20
May 20
April 3
April 3
March 20
Summary
The Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development calls for mobile solutions that support the UN Millennium Development Goals and help meet the needs of people in developing communities around the world.
The Yahoo! Green Award highlights an innovative green technology project from the NetSquared Global Project Gallery
Mobile innovations that support community action and progressive social change
Innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action
Mobile technologies for human rights investigations and advocacy
Criteria
  • affiliated with a nonprofit to participate
  • application for Windows Mobile or universal SMS
  • any stage of development (idea through implementation)
  • More
  • Project submitted to Global Gallery
  • Tagged with "Environment & Energy" cause area
  • Project from previous Net2 Challenge or new
  • more
  • Mobile applications for any platform
  • Any social benefit sector
  • Any stage of development (idea through application)
  • More
  • Fully functional Web applications
  • Uses Social Actions’ API
  • Open Source license
  • More
  • Mobile applications for any platform
  • Supports human rights advocacy or reporting
  • Any stage of development (idea through application)
  • More
Prize $
$30,000
$5,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing award
$50,000
$10,000
$30,000
Winners
3
1
3
3
3
Conference

 

How to Submit

Share your Projects with the NetSquared Community and get hands-on help and concrete resources. Learn more about the NetSquared Challenge Process.

Submit a new Project to an open Challenge:

  1. Register and login
  2. Click on your username in the upper right
  3. Click on "Submit a Project to the Project Gallery"
  4. Enter the corresponding "Prize Tag" on the Submission Form for the Challenge you are entering

Re-submit a Project from a previous Challenge:
If you submitted a project for a previous Challenge, you can re-submit it to additional Challenges!

  1. Visit your Project Page by clicking on your username and following the link to My Project Idea
  2. Click the "Edit" tab on your Project and select the corresponding "Prize Tag"
  3. Edit your Project information for relevancy and save

All projects submitted will be governed by the Attribution Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States license.

Learn more about the NetSquared Challenge Process.

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NetSquared and Partner Challenges - OPEN

NetSquared and Partner Challenges - CLOSED

French American Charitable Trust Social Justice Awards

Introduction:
The FACT Awards are given to 5 Projects selected from the N2Y4 14 Featured Projects by judges for their potential to address social justice issues.

Details:
Visit the FACT Awards page.

Status:
Closed

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Yahoo! Green Award

Introduction:
The Yahoo! Green Award is looking for innovative uses of mobile technology that will inspire people to use social technology to help the environment

Details:
Visit the Yahoo! Green Award page.

View Participants:
Global NetSquared Project Gallery and click on "Environment & Energy" in the tag cloud

Eligibility:
Be sure to carefully review the Rules and Guidelines.

Status:
Closed

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Microsoft Mobile Development Challenge

Introduction:
The Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development calls for mobile solutions that support the UN Millennium Development Goals and help meet the needs of people in developing communities around the world.

Details:
Visit the Microsoft Mobile Challenge page.

View Participants:
Microsoft Project Gallery

Eligibility:
Be sure to carefully review the Rules and Guidelines.

Prize Tag:
"Microsoft"

Status:
Closed

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N2Y4: Mobile Challenge

n2y4 mobile challengeIntroduction:
NetSquared's N2Y4 focuses on mobile innovations that support community action and progressive social change; the Mobile Challenge's Featured Projects are invited to attend the N2Y4 Global Conference, May 26-27 in San Jose where the Top Three Finalists will be chosen.

Details:
Visit the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge page.

View Participants:
N2Y4 Project Gallery

Top 15 Projects:
View the Top 15 Projects

Eligibility:
Be sure to carefully review the Rules and Guidelines.

Prize Tag:
"N2Y4"

Status:
Closed

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Social Actions: Change the Web

Introduction:
Social Actions: Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit everyday.

Details:
Visit the Change the Web page.

View Participants:
Change the Web Project Gallery

Top 24 Projects:
View the Top 24 Projects

Eligibility:
Be sure to carefully review the Rules and Guidelines.

Prize Tag:
"ChangetheWeb"

Status:
Closed

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UC Berkeley Human Rights Mobile Challenge- Closed

Introduction:
The Human Rights Center is sponsoring a challenge to encourage innovations for applying mobile technologies for human rights investigations and advocacy.

Details:
Visit the HRC-UCB page.

View Participants: HRC-UCB Project Gallery

Top 10 Projects:
View the Top 10 Projects

Status:
Closed

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2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge- Closed

Introduction:
USAID is proud to announce the launch of the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge. Mobile technology, including everything from inventive applications for smart phones to simple text messaging, is increasingly ubiquitous in the developing world.

Details:
Visit the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge page.

View Participants:
To view participants visit the USAID Project Gallery.

Top 15 Projects:
View the Top 15 Projects.

Status:
Closed

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NetSquared Mashup Challenge

Details:
Visit the NetSquared Mashup Challenge page.

View Participants:

Visit the NetSquared Mashup Challenge Project Gallery

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DonateNow Mashup Challenge

Details:
Visit the DonateNow Mashup Challenge page.

View Participants:

Visit the DonateNow Mashup Challenge Participants Page.

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Yahoo! Green Award

Details:
Visit the Yahoo! Green Award page.

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