X Prize Foundation - Prizes and Events Overseen

Prizes and Events Overseen

  • The Ansari X PRIZE, the original X PRIZE competition to create a private spaceflight vehicle
  • The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, an engineering competition designed to create a fuel efficient clean car that gets 100 MPGe
  • The Archon Genomics X PRIZE, a genomics competition challenging teams to sequence 100 human genomes within 30 days or less
  • The Google Lunar X PRIZE, a competition to put a robot on the moon
  • The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X CHALLENGE, a competition to build precise, efficient small rocket systems
  • The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE, a competition inspiring a new generation of innovative solutions that will speed up the cleaning of seawater surface oil resulting from spillage from tankers, ocean platforms, and other sources
  • The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, a competition to create a portable medical diagnostic device

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