Entries for the Mobility Unlimited Challenge are now closed. You can continue to engage with the Challenge by signing up to our community. Carry on reading to find out more about how the Challenge works.
We're looking for innovative teams from around the world to build the next generation of mobility devices for people with lower-limb paralysis. Read more about the Challenge vision here.
We know that when good ideas are shared, great things can happen. We want the innovators of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge to form a community. We encourage dialogue that will help spur further creativity and innovation.
Entries for the Mobility Unlimited Challenge are now closed. You can read about our finalists here.
Here’s an overview of what we're offering, what you’ll need to do to win, and how many teams you’ll be competing with.
- You’ll be competing for a $500,000 Finalist Development Grant.
- You’ll need to complete the Finalist Development Grant Entry Form by 15 August 2018.
- From the teams who submit a Finalist Development Grant entry, ten will be invited to pitch their concepts to the judges. We can’t say yet how many people will submit an entry, but we expect plenty of competition.
- From the ten teams who pitch, five be will awarded a Finalist Development Grant.
- You won’t need to have a physical prototype when completing your entry form or pitching to the judges.
- You will need to convince the judges that your concept, if brought to market, could radically improve mobility and independence for those with lower-limb paralysis. You’ll need to show the judges that you are a credible team with the capacity and expertise to develop a full prototype by 2020.
- You’ll use your Finalist Development Grant to develop a physical prototype for user demonstration and a business plan to pitch to the judges in 2020.
- You won’t need to give up any Intellectual Property to receive a Finalist Development Grant.
- Finalists will be competing for a $1,000,000 Prize. Only one team will receive the entire pot.
- Five finalist teams will pitch to the judges in 2020.
- An assessment process ahead of the pitch will inform the judges’ decision.
- Finalists will need a physical prototype to present to the judges.
- Finalists will need to convince the judges that their prototype, if brought to market, could radically improve the mobility and independence of people with lower-limb paralysis. And they'll need to demonstrate a credible business plan to bring the device to market.
- The $1 million Prize will be used to turn the physical prototype into a marketable device.
- The winner will be announced to the world in September 2020.
- The winner won’t be required to give up any Intellectual Property to receive the Prize.
Entries for the Mobility Unlimited Challenge are now closed. You can read about our finalists here.
Read the Innovator Handbook for our full eligibility and judging criteria. At each stage, the criteria will become more demanding moving from the Discovery Award to the Finalist Development Grant to the Prize. Innovators will start by showing us the potential of their idea and end by demonstrating it. There are some common principles that you should keep in mind throughout the assessment process:
- Be innovative - give us the next generation of devices rather than marginal optimizations of existing devices.
- Co-create your device with people with lower-limb paralysis - take a user-centred approach to everything you do and target a defined market.
- Prioritize safety - combine innovation with safety, ensure your device does no harm.
- Create a business plan for your device - you don’t need to be a profit-seeking organization, but by the end of the Challenge, have a commercially sustainable plan to bring your device to market.
Entries for the Mobility Unlimited Challenge are now closed. You can read about our finalists here.
- Read the Innovator Handbook for everything you need to know about the Challenge.
- Review the Frequently Asked Questions and get in touch if you have any outstanding queries.
- Complete the Finalist Development Grant Entry Form by 15 August 2018 (23:59 BST).
