Prize

Winners //Finalists // Semi Finalists // Award Sculpture//Promoting + Connecting


WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE 2011 CYCLE

WINNER
The Winner (individual or team) will receive a $100,000 cash prize to support the on-going development and implementation of their winning solution
Additional benefits conferred to the winning entry include:

  • Round trip airfare for the team leader or representative (accommodations included) to receive the prize at a ceremony to which the press and guests will be invited.
  • The OmniOculi sculpture created for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge by artist Tom Shannon.
  • Opportunities to present winning work at events organized by the Buckminster Fuller Institute in the United States and abroad, subject to funding.
  • Opportunities to present winning work to the international press.
  • Exposure of winning work through the Buckminster Fuller Institute's outreach programs.
  • Buckminster Fuller Challenge website, Idea Index and The Buckminster Fuller Institute’s website.

FINALIST:
Finalists in the Challenge will receive:

  • Opportunities to present winning work at events organized by the Buckminster Fuller Institute in the United States and abroad, subject to funding.
  • Opportunities to present winning work to the international press.
  • Exposure of winning work through the Buckminster Fuller Institute's outreach programs.
  • Buckminster Fuller Challenge website, Idea Index and The Buckminster Fuller Institute’s website.

SEMI-FINALIST:
Semi-Finalists in the Challenge will receive:

  • Featured recognition of work through the Buckminster Fuller Institute's outreach programs.
  • Presentation of work in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Idea Index.

ENTRY PARTICIPANTS:
Participants who 'opt-in' and whose entries meet the criteria will have their work featured in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Idea Index. Entries to the Challenge will not be published in the Idea Index until the selection process has been completed.


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Bucky had it right. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

That’s why we’re awarding a $100,000 prize each year for comprehensive solutions that radically advance human well-being and ecosystem health.


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