Verizon Powerful Answers Award

Honoring its ongoing commitment to innovation and social responsibility, Verizon is offering $6M (US) in prizes for innovators who propose the most innovative solutions to help develop and empower four core areas:

  1. Education: With the advancement of mobile, cloud, and other enabling technologies, how can education become more accessible, collaborative and engaging?
  2. Healthcare: How can information get to patients and doctors faster for better diagnosis, treatment and usable outputs for better wellness and health?
  3. Sustainability: Technology can help industries run faster, cleaner and better while reducing energy usage. How can we all live smarter?
  4. Transportation: How can technology find better, more efficient ways to reduce the complexities of transport and distribution in the physical world?

Each category will winner will receive $1 million and two runners up per category will receive $250,000.

As demonstrated by last year’s winners, the Award encourages innovators, developers and entrepreneurs to create ideas that leverage Verizon’s cutting edge technology to deliver ground breaking solutions and social good.

Enter your idea at http://www.verizon.com/powerfulanswers/award/