Application Deadline: November 30, 2023.
LOCATION: USA
The 2024 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge invites student designers to help develop a new vision for how to move through these new life transitions. Designs that help make transitions more positive and meaningful can play a large role in optimizing longer lives.
The list of life transitions that can be addressed by design is long and includes (but is not limited to) transition such as:
Moving out of a family home to live independently
Completing a stage of education (could happen multiple times at different ages)
Joining the working world (at any age)
Beginning or ending military service
Getting married, re-married, or committing to a long-term partner
Joining or leaving a religious or civic community
Becoming a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent by birth or adoption
Changing or losing a career
Getting retrained or going back to school
Moving to a different location or community and adapting to a new culture or language
Adapting to environmental or societal changes (e.g., natural disaster, political instability)
Transitioning to single life after divorce
Moving to a life that accommodates a chronic disease or disability
Changing diet or fitness routine
Going through puberty or menopause
Taking on caregiving duties for a loved one
Adjusting to the death of a partner, parent, child, or close friend
Transitioning from a family environment to an “empty nest” in mid-life
Cohabiting with roommates (of the same or different generations)
Downsizing in later life
Retiring
Starting an encore career
Becoming a volunteer
ELIGIBILITY:
The challenge is open to teams of 1-5 students enrolled during the 2022-2023 academic year, attending any accredited university or college globally. Each team must have at least one full-time student and if the team is selected as a Finalist, only students may present.
Other (non-university) students may participate in the Design Challenge, but only as part of a team which contains at least one university (undergraduate or graduate) student.
BENEFIT:
Top winners receive cash prizes of $10,000 (1st place), $5,000 (2nd place), $2,000 (3rd place).
Finalists receive a $1,000 cash prize and mentorship from industry experts and researchers.
