Deadline: 13-Jun-25
The Verizon and MIT Solve are excited to announce the Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize.
The Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize seeks exceptional solutions that strengthen disaster resilience in the United States.
The Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize has a particular interest in solutions that:
- Enhance early warning systems and disaster preparedness
- Improve emergency response and resource coordination
- Strengthen infrastructure and protect vulnerable communities
- Support long-term recovery and community resilience after weather-related disasters
Prize Information
- $1,000,000 in prize funding will be distributed evenly among four solutions working in the United States.
Benefits
- Some benefits of being selected for the 2025 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize include:
- Participating in an on-stage winner announcement in mid-late September
- The potential to integrate into Verizon’s existing infrastructure and programs
Eligibility Criteria
- Solutions can be for-profit, nonprofit and hybrid organizations. The following institutions are not eligible to apply:
- Government entities
- Employees, officers and directors of Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (“Verizon” or “Sponsor”) and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, dealers, agents, advertising and promotion agencies, and vendors (who are related to the administration of the Prize)
- Employees, faculty, administrators, and other staff members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Solutions must be enabled by technology. This Prize is especially interested in cutting edge technologies that enable connectivity, including systems driven by Artificial Intelligence, including Machine Learning, or The Internet of Things, Smart Infrastructure, 5G communication networks, and hardware solutions such as drones and robotics.
- Organizations must be registered in the United States, either with current deployment operations in the US or near-term plans to deploy solutions in the US.
- Solutions must have at least four full time employees (FTEs).
- Applications must be written in English.
For more information, visit Verizon.