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Challenge is a $500K, four-month challenge that focuses on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict COVID-19 infection rates and prescribe Intervention Plans (IPs) that regional governments, communities, and organizations can implement to minimize harm when reopening their economies.</p></div> </a> </figure> <figure class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 category-card__wrapper"> <a href="/challenge/lunar-lander" class="category-card__link" title="Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE)"> <div class="category-card__logo-div"> <img class="category-card__logo" src="https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/b40423a8-c7fd-47b2-a32d-b41007018f74/NGLLXC_1.png?fm=png&auto=format" alt="XPRIZE Challenge Lunar Landing - Northrop Grumman)" /> </div> <div class="category-card__container"> <div class="category-card__bkg-img" style="background-image:url('https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/0f88f286-819b-41fb-91ae-433c1f2def61/Northrop%20Gruman.jpg?fm=jpg&auto=format')"></div> <div class="category-card__filter"></div> <div class="category-card__title"> <figcaption class="category-card__title-text"><p>The future of lunar landing.</p></figcaption> </div> <div class="category-card__detail-badge-div"> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-pink"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Prize Purse:</span> $2 Million</span> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-black"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Phase:</span> Awarded</span> </div> <div class="category-card__arrow-div"> <svg class="icon--arrow-down category-card__arrow-svg" title="More information"> <use xlink:href="/svg/icons.svg#icon--arrow-right"> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="category-card__description"><p>Manned lunar exploration used to be the exclusive purview of governmental agencies until the $2M Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE paved the way for a new class of lunar vehicles. Through a unique public鈥損rivate partnership between Northrop Grumman, NASA and XPRIZE, the winning teams proved that private industry could build, fly, launch, hover and land spacecraft suitable for lunar exploration for a fraction of what the government spends.</p></div> </a> </figure> <figure class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 category-card__wrapper"> <a href="/challenge/sensing" class="category-card__link" title="Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE)"> <div class="category-card__logo-div"> <img class="category-card__logo" src="https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/a49af944-5c24-46dd-8ab9-a6c3a7372aaf/nokia%20sensing_1.png?fm=png&auto=format" alt="XPRIZE Challenge Sensing - Nokia)" /> </div> <div class="category-card__container"> <div class="category-card__bkg-img" style="background-image:url('https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/d75fb54e-3021-4883-af9a-5881e8956bcd/Nokia%20Sensing.jpg?fm=jpg&auto=format')"></div> <div class="category-card__filter"></div> <div class="category-card__title"> <figcaption class="category-card__title-text"><p>Transforming personal health.</p></figcaption> </div> <div class="category-card__detail-badge-div"> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-pink"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Prize Purse:</span> $2.25 Million</span> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-black"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Phase:</span> Awarded</span> </div> <div class="category-card__arrow-div"> <svg class="icon--arrow-down category-card__arrow-svg" title="More information"> <use xlink:href="/svg/icons.svg#icon--arrow-right"> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="category-card__description"><p>The $2.25 million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE aimed to stimulate the development of a new generation of health sensors and sensing technologies that can drastically improve the quality, accuracy and ease of monitoring a person鈥檚 health. Improvements in these technologies will empower individuals to effortlessly monitor and collect their own real-time health data, providing both consumers and healthcare providers convenient access to critical information whenever and wherever they need it.</p></div> </a> </figure> <figure class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 category-card__wrapper"> <a href="/challenge/oil-cleanup" class="category-card__link" title="Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE)"> <div class="category-card__logo-div"> <img class="category-card__logo" src="https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/b47648e0-5bdc-4ebb-a18d-9f805072da82/oil%20cleanup_1.png?fm=png&auto=format" alt="XPRIZE Challenge Oil Cleanup - Wendy Schmidt)" /> </div> <div class="category-card__container"> <div class="category-card__bkg-img" style="background-image:url('https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/5cb25086-82d2-4c89-94f0-8450813a0fd3/992f53a3-b298-46dc-b0a6-0d3b651c0cbe/Oil%20Cleanup.jpg?fm=jpg&auto=format')"></div> <div class="category-card__filter"></div> <div class="category-card__title"> <figcaption class="category-card__title-text"><p>Removing oil from the sea.</p></figcaption> </div> <div class="category-card__detail-badge-div"> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-pink"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Prize Purse:</span> $1.4 Million</span> <span class="category-card__detail-badge category-card__detail-badge-black"><span class="category-card__detail-badge-title">Phase:</span> Awarded</span> </div> <div class="category-card__arrow-div"> <svg class="icon--arrow-down category-card__arrow-svg" title="More information"> <use xlink:href="/svg/icons.svg#icon--arrow-right"> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="category-card__description"><p>The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE was a $1.4 Million competition designed to inspire a new generation of innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil resulting from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers, and other sources. 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