Deadline: 1-May-22
Nominations are now open for the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Competition for Nonlethal Mgmt of Human-Wildlife Conflict.
TR Genius Prize Competition for Nonlethal Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict seeks solutions that address facilitating human-wildlife coexistence and proactively deterring human-wildlife conflict.
Human-wildlife conflict has negative ecological, safety, economic, spiritual, and other impacts. Too often, responses to human-wildlife conflict lack innovative, nature-based, and non-lethal solutions. There is a need to develop innovative approaches such as new technologies, campaigns, strategies, inventions, etc., to reduce human-wildlife conflict in communities and on public lands.
Priority focal areas needing solutions could include:
- Toxicants- Such as when broadly used for lethal control in the mitigation of some human-wildlife conflicts cause tremendous damage to ecosystem services, health of wildlife, and ultimately humans; and
- Extractive industries- Such as timber harvesting or mining that may employ lethal outcomes, or have unintended lethal outcomes to wildlife with severe ecological, safety, economic, spiritual, and other impacts.
Prize Details
The total prize purse from the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Competition for Nonlethal Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict is up to $100,000 for the winning technology innovation. One or more semi-finalists may also be awarded up to $50,000 each at the discretion of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may recognize additional participants with non-monetary, honorable mention awards.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any individuals, legal entities, or their family members involved with the design, production, execution, distribution or evaluation of any of the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Competitions, or individuals determined to have a conflict of interest, are not eligible to submit as potential Solvers in these Prize Competitions. A potential or actual conflict of interest exists when commitments and obligations are likely to be compromised by other material interests, or relationships (especially economic), particularly if those interests or commitments are not disclosed.
- In the case of a private entity, be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States or its Territories, or in the case of an individual, be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
For more information, visit https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=tr-genius-nonlethal-mgmt-human-wildlife-conflict