Grant opportunity
MIT Solve 10th Anniversary Global Challenge
MIT Solve is selecting 10 exceptional tech-based social impact solutions built for the next decade, with unrestricted prize funding and access to MIT Solve's support network.
- Funder
- MIT Solve
- Deadline
- May 21, 2026
- Award
- At least USD $100,000 for each of 10 winners
- Applicant
- Scale-ready solution teams
- Discipline
- Social Innovation
- Region
- Global
- Posted
- May 13, 2026
Call summary
Overview
MIT Solve's 10th Anniversary Global Challenge seeks 10 exceptional tech-based social impact solutions that address urgent global problems and demonstrate credible pathways to scale.
Who can apply
- Applicants should have a tech-based social impact solution that is already growing or operating at scale, or is clearly scale-ready.
- Solutions may address health, climate, learning, economic prosperity, Indigenous communities, or other social and environmental outcomes, provided they meet MIT Solve's eligibility criteria.
What it supports
- Scale-ready innovations with strong impact evidence, feasibility, human-centered design, partnership potential, and a clear path to broader adoption.
- Winners are featured at the Solve Challenge Finals in New York City during UN General Assembly and NY Climate Week.
Funding and duration
Each of the 10 winners receives at least USD 100,000 in unrestricted prize funding, with travel costs covered for the Challenge Finals and additional mentorship, legal support, technology discounts, and network access.
Application deadline
May 21, 2026
How to apply
Submit through the official MIT Solve challenge page by 21 May 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT.
Call details
About the opportunity
MIT Solve's 10th Anniversary Global Challenge seeks 10 exceptional tech-based social impact solutions that address urgent global problems and demonstrate credible pathways to scale.
MIT Solve lists this opportunity for Scale-ready solution teams, Social Innovation, Global.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Social Innovation grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in Global contexts.
Eligibility
Applicants should have a tech-based social impact solution that is already growing or operating at scale, or is clearly scale-ready.
Solutions may address health, climate, learning, economic prosperity, Indigenous communities, or other social and environmental outcomes, provided they meet MIT Solve's eligibility criteria.
Funding and benefits
Each of the 10 winners receives at least USD 100,000 in unrestricted prize funding, with travel costs covered for the Challenge Finals and additional mentorship, legal support, technology discounts, and network access.
Themes and supported activities
Scale-ready innovations with strong impact evidence, feasibility, human-centered design, partnership potential, and a clear path to broader adoption.
Winners are featured at the Solve Challenge Finals in New York City during UN General Assembly and NY Climate Week.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: May 21, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Submit through the official MIT Solve challenge page by 21 May 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.