Applications Invited for COVID-19 Call for Code Global Challenge 2020

About the Organization:

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. IBM Research is one of the world’s largest and most influential corporate research organizations. Their sustained investment in basic research and core science is unmatched. They collaborate across disciplines and partner with clients to address some of the world’s biggest challenges.

About the Challenge:

The 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge asks the world's developers to build solution for COVID-19. The world is facing unprecedented, interconnected challenges and they believe technology can help.

The 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge is expanding their focus to tackle the effects of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. Technology solutions can help seize and reduce the impact this pandemic has on our daily lives. Now is the time to unite and act swiftly.

This year the competition will have two tracks. Winning solutions are deployed in communities that need the most help.

• One track for solutions that help and reverse the impact of climate change
• The second track is for solutions to mitigate the impact of global pandemics like COVID-19 on communities around the world

What is Call for Code?

Call for Code asks innovators to create practical, effective and high quality applications based on one or more IBM Cloud services that can have an immediate and lasting impact on humanitarian issues. Teams of developers, data scientists, designers, business analysts, subject matter experts and more are challenged to build solutions to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and climate change

Why focus on COVID-19?

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic poses not only a huge health concern to people - particularly the immunocompromised and elderly - but it also has had huge effects in uprooting societies and disrupting supply chains globally. We’re asking the world's developers and subject matter experts to help tackle this pandemic by increasing awareness through communications, and by limiting the spread of infectious diseases through crisis communication, remote education, and community cooperation. 

Categories:

• Crisis communication
• Remote Education
• Community cooperation

Eligibility:

• Open to all developers, designers and entrepreneurs
• Applicants must be over the age of 18 or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is greater
• Employees of IBM, DCC and governmental agencies are not eligible to participate
• All participants must accept the terms of the Participation Agreement upon submission. Full details on eligibility can be found in the Participation Agreement

Judging Criteria:

• Completeness and transferability
• Effectiveness and efficiency
• Design and usability
• Creativity and innovation

Prize:

Grand prize winner –

• $200,000 USD cash price
• Invitation to the Call for Code Global Award Announcement
• Open source project support from the Linux Foundation
• Opportunity for mentorship and investment in the solution
• Solution implementation support through Code and Response

First and Second runner up –

• $ 25000 USD cash prize
• Invitation to the Call for Code Global Award Announcement
• Open source project support from the Linux Foundation

Third and Fourth runner up –

• $ 10000 USD cash prize
• Invitation to the Call for Code Global Award Announcement
• Open source project support from the Linux Foundation

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