Social Impact & Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship

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Technology for good

As an initiative of MIT, solving is core to what we do. We believe that to build a better future for all, we need new voices and ideas.

We launch open calls for brilliant and bold tech-based solutions that solve big problems.

With over 280 million lives reached to date, we think we’re onto something.

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$70M +
in funding for innovators
280M +
lives reached by Solver teams around the world
800+
partnerships catalyzed for Solver teams and entrepreneurs

Meet the Solvers

Innovator. Barrier-breaker. Creator. Disrupter. Solver. They’re the ones at the forefront of driving transformational change in the world. Get to know their stories.

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OX Delivers

Providing clean, reliable and affordable transport to businesses of all shapes and sizes in Africa and other emerging markets.

Musa

Musa delivers accessible, personalized microlearning through WhatsApp to democratize education across Latin America.

Yeti Confetti for Refugees

An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.

NaTakallam

NaTakallam leverages technology to connect displaced & conflict-affected language teachers and translators with clients worldwide.

Renewable Rebirth

Empowering Indigenous communities to lead the recycling of legacy renewable energy assets, merging traditional wisdom with sustainable practices.

NABU Multilingual Reading App and Web Reader

NABU is a free, fun-to-use, digital educational tool that provides children with equal access to high-quality, mother-tongue, bi-lingual content.

Explore open challenges

These challenges stare down the biggest, most complex issues facing communities worldwide.

Custom Challenges

The Trinity Challenge: Community Access to Effective Antibiotics

How can data and technology improve stock control and/or reduce the use of substandard and falsified oral antibiotics for community use in low- and middle-income countries?

Status: Accepting Solutions

Explore Challenge

Economic Prosperity

2025 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge

How can communities use technology to build and sustain financial and economic opportunities and resilience for all?

Status: Accepting Solutions

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Indigenous Communities Fellowship

2025 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

How can Indigenous innovators in the US and Canada build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?

Status: Accepting Solutions

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Learning

2025 Global Learning Challenge

How can we make quality learning opportunities more accessible, while improving outcomes for all learners?

Status: Accepting Solutions

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Climate

2025 Global Climate Challenge

How can communities create a zero-carbon world and adapt to a warming climate?

Status: Accepting Solutions

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Health

2025 Global Health Challenge

How can we use technology to make good health and quality care more accessible for all?

Status: Accepting Solutions

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Custom Challenges

Truist Foundation Inspire Awards Year 3

How are nonprofits providing innovative solutions for the reskilling, upskilling, and career navigation needs of adults who are in the middle or late stages of their careers?

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Custom Challenges

Supporting Survivors of Modern Slavery Challenge

How can innovators leverage technology to improve and scale resources for survivors of modern slavery?

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Custom Challenges

The Amgen Prize: Innovation for Patients with Rare Diseases

How can nonprofits use innovation to improve the journey for patients with rare diseases, from diagnosis to treatment and holistic care?

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Youth Innovation

2024 MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge Virtual Showcase

IDEAS is MIT's 23-year old social innovation and entrepreneurship program for students. Check out this year's finalists and vote for your favorite project!

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Solve with us

After running over 85 challenges that have received over 20,000 applications, we know a thing or two about solving big problems. We work with purpose-driven organizations committed to global progress to maximize their impact. Not sure where to start? We can help with that, too.

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Create your own challenge

We’ll work with you to design a custom challenge based on your organization’s social impact goals. From design to launch to promotion to selection—consider us your second-in-solving.

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