ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to participate in wege prize, teams must:

Have exactly five members

Represent at least three (3) different academic disciplines*

Represent at leasttwo(2) different institutions of higher education, such as colleges, universities, or separate colleges/schools within a larger university. (for instance, a team member from example university’s school of engineering and a team member from example university’s school of earth sciences would be considered as representing two different institutions.)*

*these are the minimum requirements. Teams with the greatest disciplinary and institutional diversity will likely have a higher probability of success.

To be eligible to join a team, individuals must:

Attend a college, university, or equivalent institution of higher education anywhere in the world

Be a student enrolled in a full-time (or equivalent) undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate program, for the duration of the competition*

Teams can be composed of a mix of undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students if they so choose. 

*if you are graduating before may of the competition year, you must still be a student until at least the phase 2 deadline. READ THE FULL DESIGN BRIEF

BENEFIT:

Participants contend for $65,000 (USD) in total cash prizes, all while helping to show the world what the future of problem solving looks like.