MIT Solve 2027 Global Challenges
The strongest immediate candidates already have a tested solution and clear evidence. Use the short remaining window to improve a focused application, not to invent traction or disguise an idea as a working product.
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The strongest immediate candidates already have a tested solution and clear evidence. Use the short remaining window to improve a focused application, not to invent traction or disguise an idea as a working product.
Ubunifu editorial assessment, not an organiser eligibility decision.A stronger fit when...
Technology-driven solutions worldwide, including African ventures, with a working prototype or evidence of use. Select the appropriate global health, learning, climate or economic-prosperity challenge and meet its current criteria.
Pause or look elsewhere when...
An idea with no functioning solution, an application to the separate US/Canada Indigenous fellowship without eligibility, or a proposal assuming selection guarantees all advertised prizes.
What the support actually means
Selected Solver teams receive USD 10,000 and a structured support programme. Additional awards have their own conditions; the total prize pool and individual special prizes are not guaranteed to every selected team.
Costs and commitments: The support relationship lasts around nine months and includes programme work and flagship events. Check attendance and travel coverage before accepting; do not assume a grant covers every cost.
Your costs, time and commitments
The support relationship lasts around nine months and includes programme work and flagship events. Check attendance and travel coverage before accepting; do not assume a grant covers every cost.
How selection or access works
Solve uses published evaluation criteria covering impact, feasibility, innovation and potential for scale. Challenge-specific prizes can impose additional restrictions.
Preparation and application steps
Get these ready first
Preparation advice; the organiser determines mandatory documents.
- Choose one challenge based on the problem solved.
- Prepare a clear product demonstration, user evidence and a realistic scale plan.
- Distinguish achieved outcomes from assumptions that still need testing.
Your next steps
- Read the chosen challenge and FAQ.
- Check team, stage and special-prize restrictions.
- Submit before 20:00 Kenya time on 6 November and retain confirmation.
Questions to confirm and guide sources
Questions to confirm before committing
- Attendance expectations and exactly which travel costs are covered.
- Any restrictions applying to additional awards beyond the basic Solver grant.
Sources behind this decision guide
Reviewed 2026-11-05. Guidance is not a guarantee that an application window remains open.
Full programme facts and official sources
Who this is for
Technology-driven solutions worldwide, including African ventures, with a working prototype or evidence of use. Select the appropriate global health, learning, climate or economic-prosperity challenge and meet its current criteria.
Country and applicant-route conditions: Technology-driven solutions worldwide, including African ventures, with a working prototype or evidence of use. Select the appropriate global health, learning, climate or economic-prosperity challenge and meet its current criteria.
- Stage
- Working prototype, pilot or scaling solution
- Sector
- Health; learning; climate; economic prosperity
- Support type
- Competitive grant and venture-support programme
- Costs and commitments
- The support relationship lasts around nine months and includes programme work and flagship events. Check attendance and travel coverage before accepting; do not assume a grant covers every cost.
- Deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 20:00 EAT
- As published
- 2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00
- Format
- Technology-driven solutions worldwide, including African ventures, with a working prototype or evidence of use. Select the appropriate global health, learning, climate or economic-prosperity challenge and meet its current criteria.
- Event dates
- See the official programme calendar and the commitments section; no unverified event date is added.
- Travel and visa support
- Only confirmed written programme terms establish travel, visa or accommodation coverage. Do not assume support.
- Documents and preparation
- Preparation advice, not a mandatory-document list: Choose one challenge based on the problem solved. Prepare a clear product demonstration, user evidence and a realistic scale plan. Distinguish achieved outcomes from assumptions that still need testing.
- How to apply
- Read the chosen challenge and FAQ. Check team, stage and special-prize restrictions. Submit before 20:00 Kenya time on 6 November and retain confirmation.
- Applicant route
- Direct application
Official sources
Official MIT Solve programme or application source Source checked 2026-11-05
Official MIT Solve programme or application source Source checked 2026-11-05
Check before committing
Eligibility is programme-specific. A listed maximum is not an award, and a programme page is not proof that every form field or individual applicant has been approved.
Listing, saving and community ratings do not verify the organiser, guarantee eligibility or promise selection. Check the official terms before committing time or money.