Applications Invited for Sustainable Cities Challenge Varanasi

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About the Organization

The Toyota Mobility Foundation was established in August 2014 to help create a better, more mobile society.

We share our know-how and work in partnership with universities, government, non-profit organizations, research institutions and other organizations.

By applying Toyota’s expertise in technology, safety, and the environment, we seek to resolve urban transportation challenges, expand options and access for personal mobility, and design human-centered mobility solutions for the future.

About the Challenge

Create innovative, data-driven solutions that make crowded areas of Varanasi's old city of Kashi safer and more accessible for religious tourists, local residents and vulnerable populations (such as elderly people and people with disabilities).

Successful solutions might include:

• Tools that support the city to better manage overcrowding events 
• Interventions that improve citizen decision-making 
• Services that support vulnerable groups

Benefits

We are supporting innovators to develop solutions by providing: 

• Up to ten $50,000 implementation grants in the semi-finalist stage
• Up to five $130,000 implementation grants in the finalist stage
• $1.5 million final implementation funding, to be shared among up to 3 winners
• The opportunity to engage directly with city leaders
• Access to city stakeholders including problem-holders, end users and beneficiaries
• Access to a network of like-minded innovators
• Access to capacity building support in user-centred design and other related areas

All funding must be used to develop, test, demonstrate, and implement solutions in the City of Varanasi.

Eligibility

Entries that do not meet the below criteria are not eligible for the Challenge.

• The solution must be tailored specifically for and implemented within Varanasi's old city of Kashi.
• Entrants can be single organizations or consortia. ​ 
• Teams that enter as a consortium must nominate one organization as the lead entrant. The lead entrant will enter into contracts and receive funding from the Toyota Mobility Foundation. 
• Entrants must be established as a legally incorporated organization to enter.
• Entrants must have a presence in India (if a consortium, at least one company must have a presence in India)
• The Challenge is open to innovators worldwide, but entries must be in English.​ 
• Successful entrants must be willing and able to travel to the city of Varanasi as there will be expectations for on-the-ground presence during the next stage of the Challenge.​
• Entrants must be able to work with local government.

How to Apply

Innovators should enter by 13:00 UTC on Thursday 5 September 2024.

Enter the Varanasi Challenge

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