Deadline: 1 May 2017
Applications are currently open for Nokia Bell Labs Prize, a competition for innovators from participating countries around the globe that seeks to recognize proposals that ‘change the game’ in the field of information and communications technologies by a factor of 10, and provides selected innovators the unique opportunity to collaborate with Bell Labs researchers to help realize their vision.
Categories
- Web Applications
- Cloud Services
- Computational Sciences
- Cryptography
- Distributed Systems
- Mathematics of Networks
- Modulation Schemes
- Network Architecture
- Real-time Analytics
- Security
- Software-Defined Networks
- Sustainability
- Wireless Systems
- Collaboration Systems
- Coding Theory
- Data Privacy
- Fixed Network Technologies
- Information Theory
- Network Protocols
- Optical Systems or Components
- Self-optimizing Networks
- Virtualization Technologies
- Search Algorithms
- RF Design
- Inference Systems
The Prize
- The 3 winners may have an opportunity to work with Bell Labs, giving them the opportunity to collaborate with researchers to develop the idea and enhance its commercial viability.
- First prize: $100K
- Second prize: $50K
- Third prize: $25K
- If a team is declared the winner, the value of the award will be divided amongst the team members.
- All prize amounts are gross amounts and subject to reduction due to tax and other applicable withholdings, which are the sole responsibility of the winners.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are invited from innovators from around the globe.
- Applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries listed in the registration form.
- Applicant must be aged 21 or over at the time of registration on the website.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries
United States, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada except Quebec, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province of China, Turkey, United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Nokia Bell Labs Prize.