Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

Hammerspace is proud to announce that we will be supporting the American-Made Solar Challenge as a Connector Organization that can provide fabrication and support for competing teams.

The Solar Prize is an opportunity for anyone interested in accelerating ideas and solutions. The American-Made Network is designed to strengthen and scale the very best ideas and teams through three progressive prize competitions, the Ready! Set! Go! Contests. This network provides the tools and expertise to help projects succeed and is comprised of an unparalleled innovation system. These resources will provide technical insight, product validation, and strategic support to teams throughout the competition.

Competing for the prize is easy!

Identify an important problem you want to solve (discover ideas through ideation on HeroX)
Submit a 90-second video describing your challenge and proposed solution, team, and plan
Answer a short, four-question narrative and make a slide about this problem or challenge
Submit a two-page technical assistance request
Update your videos and statements as you advance through the contests.

More than $3 million in incentives for innovation

The Ready! Set! Go! Contests will fast-track efforts to identify, develop, and test disruptive solutions to solar industry needs for a total of $3 million in cash prizes and up to $525,000 in vouchers which can be used at national laboratories and other voucher facilities to develop, test, and validate. Each stage will have a 90-day performance period when participants work to advance their solutions.

Ready!

20 to 40 winners

$1,000,000 distributed equally with a range of $25,000 to $50,000 in cash per winner

Set!

5 to 10 winners

$1,000,000 in cash and $375,000 in vouchers distributed within a range of $100,000 to $200,000 in cash and $37,500 to $75,000 in vouchers per winner

Go!

2 winners

$500,000 in cash and up to $75,000 in vouchers per winner

The Ready! Set! and Go! Contests

Ideate

It all starts with a big idea. You can enter the Ready! Contest with an idea from the ideation platform or an idea that's all your own. Once a completed package has been submitted on HeroX, your video will be made public and you'll become part of the Ready! Contest.

Please visit https://americanmadechallenges.org/rules to view the full rules for American-Made Challenges Ideation and the American-Made Challenges Solar Prize.

The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing through a series of contests and the development of a diverse and powerful support network that leverages national laboratories, energy incubators, and other resources across the country. The American-Made Solar Prize is directed and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office. Learn more.

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