Social Impact & Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship

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Technology for good

As an initiative of MIT, solving is core to what we do. We believe that to achieve a more sustainable and equitable future for all, we need new voices and ideas.

We launch open calls for brilliant and bold tech-based solutions that solve big problems.

With over 280 million lives reached to date, we think we’re onto something.

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$70M +
in funding for innovators
280M +
lives reached by Solver teams around the world
800+
partnerships catalyzed for Solver teams and entrepreneurs

Meet the Solvers

Innovator. Barrier-breaker. Creator. Disrupter. Solver. They’re the ones at the forefront of driving transformational change in the world. Get to know their stories.

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OX Delivers

Providing clean, reliable and affordable transport to businesses of all shapes and sizes in Africa and other emerging markets.

Musa

Musa delivers accessible, personalized microlearning through WhatsApp to democratize education across Latin America.

Yeti Confetti for Refugees

An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.

NaTakallam

NaTakallam leverages technology to connect displaced & conflict-affected language teachers and translators with clients worldwide.

Renewable Rebirth

Empowering Indigenous communities to lead the recycling of legacy renewable energy assets, merging traditional wisdom with sustainable practices.

NABU Multilingual Reading App and Web Reader

NABU is a free, fun-to-use, digital educational tool that provides children with equal access to high-quality, mother-tongue, bi-lingual content.

Explore open challenges

These challenges stare down the biggest, most complex issues facing communities worldwide.

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Partner Challenges

Truist Foundation Inspire Awards Year 3

How are nonprofits providing innovative solutions for the reskilling, upskilling, and career navigation needs of adults who are in the middle or late stages of their careers?

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Partner Challenges

Supporting Survivors of Modern Slavery Challenge

How can innovators leverage technology to improve and scale resources for survivors of modern slavery?

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Partner Challenges

The Amgen Prize: Innovation for Patients with Rare Diseases

How can nonprofits use innovation to improve the journey for patients with rare diseases, from diagnosis to treatment and holistic care?

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Youth Innovation

2024 MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge Virtual Showcase

IDEAS is MIT's 23-year old social innovation and entrepreneurship program for students. Check out this year's finalists and vote for your favorite project!

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Partner Challenges

Learner//Meets//Future: AI-Enabled Assessments Challenge

How can we use AI to make assessments more personalized, engaging, and predictive for Pre-K to Grade 8 learners in the United States?

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Economic Prosperity

2024 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge

How can we harness technology to build and sustain peaceful and prosperous economies?

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Climate

2024 Global Climate Challenge

How can communities create a zero-carbon world and adapt to a warmer climate?

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Health

2024 Global Health Equity Challenge

How can we use technology to make good health and access to quality care more equitable for all?

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Indigenous Communities Fellowship

2024 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

How can Indigenous innovators in the US and Canada build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?

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Learning

2024 Global Learning Challenge

How can we make learning more inclusive and equitable, while improving outcomes for all learners?

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Solve with us

After running over 85 challenges that have received over 20,000 applications, we know a thing or two about solving big problems. We work with purpose-driven organizations committed to global progress to maximize their impact. Not sure where to start? We can help with that, too.

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Create your own challenge

We’ll work with you to design a custom challenge based on your organization’s social impact goals. From design to launch to promotion to selection—consider us your second-in-solving.

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