A Chance to Win Cash Prize $100,000 at the Canal Safety Challenge

The Bureau of Reclamation in the United States welcomes applications from individuals, teams, and organizations or entities that have a recognized legal existence and structure under applicable law (State, Federal, or Country) and that are in good standing in the jurisdiction under which they are organized, to participate in the Canal Safety Challenge. 

The Canal Safety Challenge is a public competition focused on discovering solutions to improve public safety and reduce drownings in canals throughout the United States and make egress from the canals easier or allow for safer rescue and recovery efforts.

Eligibility:

• Individuals, teams, and organizations that meet the eligibility criteria are welcome to submit a proposed solution.
• United States government employees may participate so long as they are not acting within the scope of their position and do not rely on facilities, access, personnel, knowledge, or other resources that are available to them as a result of their employment except for those resources available to all participants on an equal basis.
• International participants are welcome to submit.

Prizes:

Finalists will receive an award of $50,000 each to build a functioning prototype according to their submitted proposals. The Winner will receive a $100,000 award.

Submissions Assessment:

There will be two rounds of scoring assessment. During the Evaluation Panel review, each valid submission will receive scores and comments from a highly qualified panel of expert reviewers who will use a scoring rubric to assess their assigned submissions. All scores are normalized to ensure fairness for everyone. Informed by the Evaluation Panel ranking of results, up to three top-scoring submissions will be named as Finalists. Finalists will attend a demonstration event where the Demonstration Event Panel will provide a recommendation on the Winner of the $100,000 award. Determination of the Winner rests solely with the Competition Sponsor, Common Pool.

About the Bureau of Reclamation:

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.

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