The Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2009

タイプ International, Award, Open, Two-Stage, Anonymous
ジャンル Design-Science
開催地 United States
登録締切日 7 November 2008
提出締切日 7 November 2008 (Must be Postmarked)
応募資格 18 years of age or older

最小のエネルギーで最大の効果を得るための技術やシステムを用い、人類にとって最も緊急を要する問題に対する短時間の解決を可能にするソリューションを支援するために毎年$100,000を支給する。包括的で先見性を備え、エコロジカルで検証可能性と複製可能性をもつ実行可能なソリューションでなくてはならない。

Description
Winning the Buckminster Fuller Challenge will require more than a great stand-alone innovation.

If for example, your solution emphasizes a new design, material, process, service, tool, technology, or any combination, it is essential that it be part of an integrated strategy dealing with key social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues.

Entries must present a bold, visionary, tangible initiative that is focused on a well-defined need of critical importance. They should be regionally specific yet globally applicable, and backed up by a solid plan and the capability to move the solution forward.

We're looking for entries that are:

  • Comprehensive — addressing the interaction of key issues responsible for present conditions; aims to solve multiple problems without creating new ones.
  • Anticipatory — factoring in critical future trends and needs as well as potential long term impacts of implementation.
  • Ecologically responsible — reflecting nature's underlying principles while enhancing the Earth’s life-support systems.
  • Feasible — relying on current technology and existing resources.
  • Verifiable — able to withstand rigorous empirical testing.
  • Replicable — able to scale and adapt to a broad range of conditions.

Jury
ADAM BLY, JAMAIS CASCIO, EDIE FARWELL, HELENA NORBERG-HODGE, JOHN AND NANCY JACK TODD, GREG WATSON.

Prize
The winner (individual or team) will receive a $100,000 cash prize to support the on-going development and implementation of their winning solution.

Entry Fee
US $100
A discounted entry fee of $50 is available for students, academics (employees at a university or research institution), people entering on behalf of a registered non-profit, and financially contributing members of the Buckminster Fuller Institute.

Entries
Submission by The Entry Form

Timetable
Semi-finalists invited to submit detailed proposal: January (Date tba)
Final Jury deliberation. Finalists announced: March (Date tba)
The winner of the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge announced: May (Date tba)
Prize conferred at public ceremony (location tba): June (Date tba)

Organizer
The Buckminster Fuller Institute

Official Website
http://challenge.bfi.org/