CONGRATULATIONS!
You have successfully submitted your technical application to the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge: the Amazon!
Next Steps:
Our team at Conservation X Labs will notify you via email in January 2022 to let you know if you will advance to the next round of the competition.
Please view the complete Challenge timeline below:
“Challenge launches, technical application opens”
July 14, 2021
“Technical application open period”
July thru November 2021
“Technical application closes”
November 17, 2021
“External review of technical applications”
November thru December 2021
“Applicants shortlisted and invited to submit a work plan and budget for a field-testing plan and innovation seed grant”
January 2022
“Applicants submit plans, and Challenge administrators conduct due diligence and review shortlisted applicants work plans and budgets for field-testing plan and innovation development”
February 2022
“Challenge administrators announce Challenge finalists and distribute grant funding”
March 2022
“Challenge finalists participate in the Challenge acceleration program and implement their field-testing plan and innovation seed grants”
March thru August 2022
“Third party evaluators review Challenge finalists’ environmental and technical performance and user validation”
September 2022
“Closing ceremony, winners announced, and additional prizes to highest performing Challenge finalists”
October 2022
Have questions?
Visit our FAQ page or contact us at amazon@conservationxlabs.org.