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PURE OCEAN PROJECT CHALLENGES: A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Application Deadline: October 1st, 23:59 CET.

LOCATION: France

Pure Ocean is an endowment fund created in 2017 in Marseille, France.
Its main mission is to support innovative applied research projects worldwide, contributing to the protection of fragile marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
In addition to funding research projects, Pure Ocean organizes conferences and promotes races and sporting challenges to raise awareness of the Ocean’s critical situation.

ELIGIBILITY:

This year, a special attention will be given to projects:

Developing marine conservation initiatives managed by local communities and indigenous peoples

Exploring nature-based solutions for the preservation of blue carbon ecosystems

Operating in key oceanic areas : the French littoral, Middle East/Asia and Africa coast

The project must address one or more Pure Ocean Challenges.

We seek out and support projects in all regions of the world.

There is no age limit, but candidates in the early stages of their career are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only non-profit organizations (NGOs, universities, and research institutes) can apply and receive funding.The project can however include a collaboration with organizations from the private sector (companies, startups, etc.).

Applicants must clearly outline their co-financing opportunities in their budget, as well as a minimum operating budget in the event that Pure Ocean is unable to grant the full amount requested.

BENEFIT:

Selected projects will receive up to €40,000/year (average €25,000/year), for a duration of one to two years, at the discretion of our
Scientific Committee.
A two-year project can therefore receive a maximum of €80,000 and support for certain projects can be renewed.

APPLY

AFROTECH AI HACKATHON

Application Deadline: October 1, 2024 @ 4:45am GMT+1

LOCATION: USA

The core objective of this initiative is to challenge participants to build their own applications that integrate LLM APIs of existing technologies via a virtual hackathon leading up to the AfroTech Conference.

Participants will be challenged to build or update a software application that integrates APIs from Google Gemini or OpenAI and fits into one of the following categories:

Health and Medical

Sustainability

Cybersecurity and Risk

Skills-based Workforce Development

ELIGIBILITY:

Ages 21+ only

Companies/professional organizations excluded from participation

Only specific countries/territories included

Submissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:

Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.

Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.

Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the Submission:

should be around three (3) minutes. Judges are not required to watch beyond three minutes 

should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built

must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and

must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.

Include a URL to your public code repository

Include a public URL to your app

Multiple Submissions 

An Entrant may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant’s other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor and Devpost in their sole discretion.

Submission ownership

Be the original work of the Entrant, be solely owned by the Entrant, and not violate the IP rights of any other person or entity.

BENEFIT:

$15,000 in prizes

First Place:

$7,500 USD Cash Prize
Up to $5,000 USD Team Travel Reimbursement for AfroTech Conference 2024
Complimentary AfroTech Conference 2024 All-Access Ticket
AfroTech.com Editorial Feature post event
Complimentary AfroTech Insider Membership

Second Place:

$5,000 USD Cash Prize
Complimentary AfroTech Conference 2024 Executive Ticket
AfroTech.com Editorial Feature post event
Complimentary AfroTech Insider Membership

Third Place:

$2,500 USD Cash Prize
Complimentary AfroTech Conference 2024 General Admission Ticket
Complimentary AfroTech Insider Membership

APPLY