Challenges
Open
June 15, 2026
DS-MRN Challenge: Digital Stockpile & Manufacturing Response Network

Help shape the future of resilient medical supply response systems

Sponsored by: HHS, ASPR, & collaboration with NASA Tournament Lab
Coming Soon
CivX SmartCities Challenge 4

How advanced drone (UAS) technologies can transform the way cities operate, improving safety, efficiency, and resilience across urban systems

Griffiss Institute
Coming Soon
Infrastructure Resilience Hackathon

Help strengthen America's infrastructure with technology built for a more resilient future

Closed
May 18, 2026
Submerged Infrastructure Inspection Challenge

Advancing proven underwater inspection technologies for smarter lock maintenance

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
Closed
January 30, 2026
NASA Space to Soil Challenge

Small satellite technologies for agriculture & forestry innovation

NASA
Closed
October 6, 2026

Transform NASA patents into new solutions

NASA Patent Remix Challenge
NASA
Closed
March 19, 2025
NASA Beyond the Algorithm Challenge

Novel computing architectures for flood analysis

NASA
Closed
April 15, 2025
CivX Data to Decision Challenge

Harnessing digital twin data for intelligent decisions

Griffiss Institute
Closed
February 12, 2025
CivX Smart Cities: Enhanced Urban Communication Networks

Enhanced urban communication networks

Griffiss Institute
Closed
September 1, 2023
Air Taxi Challenge

NASA prototyping urban air taxi visual discomfort

NASA & PreviewLabs
Closed
October 1. 2024
CivX TAK/ATAK for Smart Cities

Develop innovative solutsion using TAK/ATAK to improve urban resilience & situtational awareness

Griffiss Institute
Closed
December 11, 2023
NASA MSI Incubator Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge

Seeks innovative solutions for wildfire prevention and climate technology

NASA
Closed
October 1, 2023
Bring Down Counterfeiting 2023

How can we combat the counterfeit trade?

George Mason University & Terrorism, Transnational Crime & Corruption Center (TraCCC)
Closed
October 31, 2022
NIH Bias Detection Tools for Clinical Decision Making

Minimizing bias & maximizing long-time accuracy of predictive algrithms in healthcare

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Closed
October 31, 2022
Bring Down Counterfeiting 2022

Policy hackathon

Amazon, George Mason University, & Terrorism, Transnational Crime & Corruption Center (TraCCC)
Closed
August 20, 2021
Ascent Impact Challenge

Small business resilience

Ascend Leadership
Closed
March 12, 2021
Ascend Hackathon

Reviving small business

Ascend Leadership
Closed
July 28, 2020
Ascend Social Impact Challenge

Emerging from the pandemic: Recovery & reinvention for Asian and other small businesses

Ascend Leadership
Closed
March 28, 2020
Combating Child Trafficking Challenge

Child trafficking

George Mason University & Terrorism, Transnational Crime & Corruption Center (TraCCC)
Closed
April 14, 2018
Combating Human Trafficking Challenge

Human Trafficking

George Mason University & Terrorism, Transnational Crime & Corruption Center (TraCCC)
Closed
July 29, 2017
GIS for a Better Future

Develop an application, platform or process that represents useful ways you envision technology will have a real world impact,

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
May 20, 2017
News Curation for National Security Decision Makers

How would you curate a more relevant briefing book for these decision makers?

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
March 25, 2017
Food Security

How can we use geospatial information to better understand, model, visualize, and monitor the nexus between food security and regional stability in Morocco?

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
February 25, 2017
Flood Response

The challenge is knowing where and when exactly the floods will take place and staying in front of the impending natural disaster.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
November 12, 2016
Environmental Conservation

As cities grow, we face difficult decisions about protecting the land, water, and resources needed for a sustainable future.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
September 10, 2016
Big Data & Disaster Response
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
August 6, 2016
Big Data Visualization on Maps for Cities Authorities
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Closed
May 2, 2016
First Responders

Develop innovative, interactive solutions that transform how geospatial and other data are collected, analyzed, visualized, and shared using open-source tools, modern software, and emerging technologies.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Adobe