A total of eight prizes awarded will be awarded in 2017, worth up to $10k-$15k, is open to teams of 2-5 undergraduate students and individual graduate students attending university in the US who have inventions in categories that represent significant sectors of the economy: healthcare, transportation, food and agriculture, or consumer devices. (**Patents are encouraged but not required**)

Competition
QPrize by Qualcomm Ventures
Investment competition in 2015 for first level of funding to launch ideas into successful start-ups. Regional winners receive US$100,000, and