2025 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 4 others, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is a prize or award. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States.
This is a technology-focused prize competition seeking innovative solutions to help U.S. communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. It targets startups, nonprofits, and other organizations developing technology-driven approaches to disaster resilience.
About this grant
This prize competition seeks technology-driven solutions that strengthen how U.S. communities handle natural disasters, from planning and immediate response through to rebuilding. Eligible applicants include startups, small and medium enterprises, nonprofits, social enterprises, universities, research institutions and consortia. Projects at any stage from early-stage research and development through to seed and Series A funding are welcome. The competition focuses on innovations that directly support disaster resilience outcomes. Entrants must demonstrate how their technology addresses one or more aspects of the disaster cycle: preparation, response or recovery. Applications are open to organisations based in the United States.
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Key requirements
- ✓Technology-driven solution focus
- ✓Addresses disaster preparation, response, or recovery for U.S. communities
- ✓Must align with natural disaster resilience outcomes
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for 2025 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize?
- Eligibility covers organisations in US; startup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, university, research-institution, consortium.
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