The Gore Innovation Excellence Prize Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 2 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: any country.
The Gore Innovation Excellence Prize awards teams whose technology applications demonstrably improve lives, with a focus on innovation and technological advancement. The prize is open to teams developing technology-driven solutions, though the specific sectors and eligibility criteria are not fully detailed in the available description.
About this grant
The Gore Innovation Excellence Prize is one of several topical prizes offered within the Diamond Challenge, a high school entrepreneurship competition run by the University of Delaware. According to the page, the prize is awarded to teams that best represent the application of technology to improving lives. The page does not state a separate award amount, application process, or deadline for this specific prize. The Diamond Challenge invites high school students worldwide to build business and social venture ideas around problems they care about. Teams can pitch for awards, connect with industry leaders, and receive feedback from a network of more than 2,000 mentors, judges, speakers and workshop leaders. The page describes grand prizes for the top three teams in both the business innovation track (presented by CSC) and the social innovation track, with first place at $12,000, second at $8,000 and third at $4,500. The competition is described as offering more than $100,000 in total awards. The other topical prizes listed alongside the Gore prize are the Delaware Solid Waste Authority Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize, the Pathways to Prosperity Prize, the Horn Entrepreneurship Global Prize and the Human Flourishing Award. The page also profiles several alumni finalists from 2021 to 2025 who went on to university studies, scholarships and ventures.
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Eligibility
Open to high school students worldwide who form teams to submit ventures to the Diamond Challenge. The page describes the competition as inviting high school students worldwide and does not specify further restrictions for the Gore Innovation Excellence Prize, such as grade levels, team size or residency requirements beyond the general competition terms.
How it's scored
The page states that the Gore Innovation Excellence Prize is awarded to the teams who best represent the application of technology to improving lives. No scoring rubric, weightings or panel composition are described on the page for this prize. The page notes that the wider competition draws on a panel of more than 2,000 mentors, judges, speakers and workshop leaders.
Key requirements
- ✓Team-based submission demonstrating technology application
- ✓Clear articulation of how technology improves lives
- ✓Innovation and excellence in execution
- ✓Alignment with Diamond Challenge's mission
Recent past awardees
Knowing who's won the last rounds tells you whether you're in the strike zone.
- Sebastein Burkhardt & Barrett Deng · 2022
- Ariadne Papouli · 2021
- Andrew Ko · 2022
- Hans Kamat & Evan Kamat · 2023
- Peter Liu · 2021
- Grace Liu · 2025
Funder contact
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for The Gore Innovation Excellence Prize?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, nonprofit, university, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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