Awarding over one million dollars to tech-driven organizations that are reinventing the future of work.

Introducing the 2017 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Winners!

Meet the Winners

The Process

A Quick Guide to Participating

FAQ

Questions and answers about the IIC

What are the 2017 Award Categories?

What is the prize?

Are there any guidelines about how the prize purse can be spent?

Is my organization eligible to apply for the IIC?

What is the difference between the registration deadline and the submission deadline?

I missed the registration deadline. Can I still apply?

I have an idea about how to make the economy work for more people - can I apply as an individual?

Will my application be made public?

IIC in Action

Learn about the 2016 IIC Winners

Meet The Judges

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Timeline

Trait Scoring Rubric

News & Updates

Supporters & Partners

Rules

By participating in this Challenge and in accordance with these Rules, you are eligible to receive various forms of recognition and a possible cash Prize of up to $150,000.00. Please read the following Rules and Terms & Conditions carefully.

As you participate, you may periodically be asked to recognize your acceptance of these Rules and the Terms & Conditions ("Terms") by clicking "accept" at various pages on this website, but by continuing any use of this website you expressly consent to all of these Rules and the Terms. The Rules governing this Challenge are stated here as an extension of the Terms for use of this website. The full Terms are available for your review by accessing them at the foot of various pages on this website. The Rules constitute "Challenge Terms and Conditions" under Clause 2.3 of the Terms. Capitalized words used but not defined in the Rules have meanings given to them in the Terms.

Subject to the limitations set out herein and in the Terms, any organization and/or business entity (such as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, nonprofit agency, etc.) may participate (“You”); except that employees of the Challenge Sponsor, RAMPIT, and any of their subsidiaries and/or affiliates of those entities and immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees from those entities, are not eligible. You must complete registration to participate. Individuals must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry to participate by representing an organization. You cannot reside in nor be governed by countries that are prohibited by law, regulation (including United States or other applicable export laws and regulations), treaty or administrative act from entering into trade relations (including export of technology) with the United States of America or its citizens.
Your Entry should meet the application requirements stipulated on this website. You are required to register in advance of any deadlines for the submission of an Entry, and You must comply with all other deadlines posted on this website. Your Entry may not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Challenge Sponsor and RAMPIT, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. Challenge Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the CHALLENGE in whole or in part without liability to You (a) if it determines that the number of registrants is insufficient to warrant holding the CHALLENGE, (b) in the event of fraud, technical or circumstances beyond Challenge Sponsor’s reasonable control or (c) if Challenge Sponsor in its sole discretion concludes that the integrity of the CHALLENGE is compromised. Challenge Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify You from participating in its sole discretion.
The Content created or provided by You must be your own. You represent and warrant that your Entry is an original work created solely by You, that You own all Intellectual Property in and to the Entry, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Entry, except as expressly identified by You to us in writing. You retain all right, title and interest in any inventions, software or work of authorship You invent or create during the CHALLENGE, but grant Challenge Sponsor the right to distribute and display Your CHALLENGE entry.
You may participate by registering, and You may not register more than one true and uniform identity; multiple registrations for a participant using multiple identities are not allowed. Applicants who have applied previously but have not been awarded a prize are allowed to reapply. We reserve the right to disqualify any Entry made by a participant violating this limitation, regardless of whether all of the respective parties had knowledge of such violation.
The application requirements for your Entry are clearly described on this website. Your Entry will be reviewed by five Judges, who will be assigned to score your Entry either randomly or after considering any potential conflicts of interest, using the scoring rubric and judging criteria that are also described on this website. In cases where a Judge indicates any potential conflict of interest, the Entry will be assigned to another Judge. Those Judges, each of whom is named on this website, will be responsible for scoring your Entry. Judges are permitted to communicate with Participants solely for the purposes of carrying out due diligence for evaluating your Entry and assigning a score during the review process, but those Judges are not required to contact directly any individual.
Once a rank order of Entries has been calculated, the top Applicants will be presented before the Champion Committee. Champion Committee members will meet to review and discuss the top Entries and will determine all Winners using judging criteria that may incorporate the same scoring rubric employed by previous judges, but they are not limited solely to using that criteria. At least one of the initial Judge assigned to score the total pool of Applicants will be independent of the Challenge Sponsor. If the Champion Committee determines that an event should be hosted, where the top Applicants may be required to attend, then You may be asked to attend that event and to prepare additional materials in advance or upon the date of the event. You will be required to respond to any invitations to attend any events as promptly and clearly as possible.
Should Your organization be selected as the Winner of any Award(s), various cash payments may be provided (subject to terms specified in a separately executed agreement with the Challenge Sponsor (each a “Separate Agreement”)). Some of the Award amounts available through this Challenge are described on this website, but others may be bestowed by the Challenge Sponsor, based solely on their prerogative to select additional Award winners. You may not submit any petitions for a division of any Award(s). All Winners will be announced on this Website. If you or your team has a winning entry in the CHALLENGE, and do not enter into a Separate Agreement, you or your team may be unable to receive an Award. If you win and receive an Award, you will be responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, if any, that apply to your Award.
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The Challenge Sponsor, reserves the right to disqualify any participant who violates these Rules, the Terms and any standards of behavior expressed or implied in them. We look forward to receiving your most thoughtful and creative Entry.

Contact Information:

You may contact us with any questions or comments about these Rules. Please enter “MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge” in the subject line of your email. You may reach us at: iic@mit.edu

The Challenge Sponsor is represented by:

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Devin Cook, Executive Producer, MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge

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A Level Playing Field

Once a valid application has been submitted, a minimum of five Core Judges will be assigned to score each submission. Those judges will offer both scores and comments against each of four distinct traits. Each trait will be scored on a 0-5 point scale, in increments of 0.1. Those scores will combine to produce a total normalized score. Examples of possible scores for a trait are: 1.4, 3.7, etc.

The most straightforward way to ensure that everyone is treated by the same set of standards would be to have the same judges score every application; unfortunately, due to the number of applications that we may receive, that is not possible.

Since the same judges will not score every application, the question of fairness needs to be explained carefully. One judge scoring an application may take a more critical view, giving any assigned candidate a range of scores only between 1.0 and 2.0, as an example; meanwhile, another judge may be more generous and want to score every submission between 4.0 and 5.0.

For illustrative purposes, let’s look at the scores from two hypothetical judges:

The first judge is far more generous, as a scorer, than the second judge, who gives much lower scores. If your application was rated by the first judge, it would earn a much higher total score than if it was assigned to the second judge.

We have a way to address this issue. We ensure that no matter which judges are assigned to you, each application will be treated fairly. To do this, we utilize a mathematical technique relying on two measures of distribution, the mean and the standard deviation.

The mean takes all the scores assigned by a judge, adds them up, and divides them by the number of scores assigned, giving an average score.

Formally, we denote the mean like this:

The standard deviation measures the “spread” of a judge’s scores. As an example, imagine that two judges both give the same mean (average) score, but one gives many zeros and fives, while the other gives more ones and fours. It wouldn't be fair, if we didn’t consider this difference.

Formally, we denote the standard deviation like this:

To ensure that the judging process is fair, we rescale all the scores to match the judging population. In order to do this, we measure the mean and the standard deviation of all scores across all judges. Then, we change the mean score and the standard deviation of each judge to match.

We rescale the standard deviation like this:

Then, we rescale mean like this:

Basically, we are finding the difference between both distributions for a single judge and those for all of the judges combined, then adjusting each score so that no one is treated unfairly according to which judges they are assigned.

If we apply this rescaling process to the same two judges in the example above, we can see the outcome of the final resolved and normalized scores. They appear more similar, because they are now aligned with typical distributions across the total judging population.

We are pleased to answer any questions you have about the scoring process. You are able to ask questions related to the scoring process on the discussion forums once you register and begin developing your application.

Application

You will select one Award Category in which to be considered. Your application will be reviewed relative to the other applicants in your Category. The 2017 IIC Categories are:

Skills Development & Opportunity Matching: How do we enable workers to succeed in and access the work opportunities of the future?
Income Growth & Job Creation: How do we ensure that workers earn sufficient and growing incomes to achieve satisfactory quality of life and living standards? How do we reimagine struggling industries and create new opportunities for work?
Technology Access: How do we connect more people with internet and technology access, regardless of age, location, education, or ability?
Financial Inclusion: How do we ensure financial security and stability for more people? How do we enable more people to access the benefits of financial services?

Judges will score and comment on submissions that satisfy the guidelines below. To be considered for an IIC Prize, you will be asked to answer the following application questions.

A. Your Quick Pitch (25 words)

Provide a clear and succinct explanation of your organization’s approach to empowering people who seek to work and financially thrive in the digital economy. Your Quick Pitch is a brief statement that each assigned Core Judge will read to develop an initial understanding of your solution. This is your opportunity to make a strong first impression.

B. Your Executive Summary (150 words)

In one paragraph, provide a brief summary of the challenge that you are committed to solving and the solution that you are proposing. Your Executive Summary should be contained in a single paragraph. Focus on delivering a compelling overview so that the Core Judges assigned to score your application will want to read more. Your Executive Summary, along with other portions of your application, may be extracted and revealed to the public. Therefore, the paragraph should not require any other context to explain clearly the problem and your proposed solution.

C. The Challenge (100 words)

Explain the challenge related to the future of work and economic inclusion that your organization addresses. What obstacle to working and financially thriving in the digital economy do you seek to eliminate? Who currently faces this obstacle?

D. Your Solution (250 words)

Describe your organization’s approach and solution. What do you do? How do you address the challenge that you described above? How is your organization positioned and prepared to create positive impact?

E. Your Vision (250 words)

What is your long-term vision? Why is this vision bold, innovative, and transformative in its approach to shaping our economic destiny?

F. Your Organization (100 words)

Describe your organization and your operations. When was your organization established? Where do you operate and work? How many people work at your organization?

G. Your Leadership Team (100 words)

Who is on the leadership team for your organization? Why are these individuals uniquely qualified to lead? If the leaders themselves faced obstacles to engaging and working in the digital economy, please describe. How does the makeup of your leadership team contribute to increased participation in the digital economy?

H. Your Technology (200 words)

The use of technology must be integral to an Inclusive Innovation. Describe how your organization leverages technology or has created technology to empower people to actively engage and work in our rapidly evolving digital economy. How does your use of technology contribute to your overall success?

I. Your Impact: Evidence (200 words)

Please provide clear and compelling evidence that your organization’s solution has proven to be measurably effective. Make the case that your organization achieves the outcomes you selected above. Show specific and quantifiable evidence that your organization directly empowers people to engage and/or work in the digital economy.

J. Your Impact: Beneficiaries (200 words)

Discuss the people that your organization empowers to participate and work in the digital economy. Who are these people? Why have they previously been excluded from the benefits of the digital economy? What are the obstacles they face to achieving economic inclusion? Explain how your solution contributes to greater participation in the digital economy.

K. Your Scalability (250 words)

Explain how your organization and your solution will grow over time and increase in effectiveness. How will you impact a greater number of people over time? How will your ability to achieve enhanced performance and value increase? How does your technology lend itself toward this scaling up?

L. Your Financial Health & Funding Model

Provide a narrative description of the financial status and funding model of your organization. Explain why you are positioned for long-term stability and expansion. Include any explanation of your funding status. (200 words)

M. Other Considerations (100 words) (Optional)

If there is any other information you would like the judges to consider, please include it here.

Video Pitch Requirements

All Finalist organizations will be asked to prepare a video for submission. Videos will be used by the Champion Committee as one consideration when determining winners and will be shared with our community of Inclusive Innovators.

Goals: the video should...

Explain your organization’s approach to empowering people who seek to work and financially thrive in the digital economy. What are you committed to solving and what is your solution?
Be evocative of your organization's mission and reason for being. In what way is your vision bold, innovative, and transformative in its approach to shaping our economic destiny? How do you use technology in your solution?
Showcase the people that your organization empowers to engage and work in the digital economy. Who are these people and why have they previously been excluded from the benefits of the digital economy?
Be inspirational and tell a story.

Guidelines: the video should...

Be no more than 3 minutes.
Introduce you and your organization.
Focus on providing a personal connection; it is not necessary to produce a sophisticated video. Keep your descriptions and language simple. Demonstrate passion through your words and enthusiasm.
Be in English.

Video submissions that do not follow these general guidelines may be removed.

For examples of past IIC Finalist video submissions, please visit: https://mit2016.carrot.net/#winners

Privacy

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About

The Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) is the flagship initiative of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE). We award over one million dollars in prizes to Inclusive Innovators: organizations around the world that are using technology to solve a grand challenge of our time — to create shared prosperity by reinventing the future of work.

More than 70 Core Judges and an expert Champion Committee will select 16 winners from the applying organizations.

More than $1 million will be awarded to these Winners, in the following amounts:

Four grand prize winners each receive $150,000.
Twelve winners each receive $35,000.

Grand Prize Winner 99Degrees receives their prize at the IIC Celebration at the MIT Media Lab in 2016

2017 IIC Award Categories
We will continue to celebrate tech-driven organizations that create economic opportunity in the digital era in the second year of the IIC. This year’s award categories are:

Skills Development & Opportunity Matching: How do we enable workers to succeed in and access the work opportunities of the future?
Income Growth & Job Creation: How do we ensure that workers earn sufficient and growing incomes to achieve satisfactory quality of life and living standards? How do we reimagine struggling industries and create new opportunities for work?
Technology Access: How do we connect more people with internet and technology access, regardless of age, location, education, or ability?
Financial Inclusion: How do we ensure financial security and stability for more people? How do we enable more people to access the benefits of financial services?

Call for Entries
The second annual IIC launches on March 22, 2017. For-profit and non-profit organizations of any size, age, or type and from any nation are encouraged to apply.

The IIC celebrates Inclusive Innovators - the heroes of the Second Machine Age.

Devin Cook

IIC Executive Producer

Why Inclusive Innovation?
We live in perhaps the greatest age of technological innovation in human history. Yet many people are not experiencing the benefits of this progress, despite actively seeking to more fully participate in and benefit from new educational, financial, and work opportunities.

Many jobs that were once pathways to guaranteed prosperity have dramatically changed or disappeared. The IIC believes that Inclusive Innovators, wielding technology as a tool, are creating solutions to this challenge today. By reinventing the future of work, Inclusive Innovators are empowering people to improve their income and participate more fully in our rapidly evolving digital economy.

MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) is led by Professor Erik Brynjolfsson and co-director Andrew McAfee. The IDE explores how people and businesses will work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital transformation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee launched the IIC in 2015 to ensure that the benefits of digital progress are shared by all.

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3.8 Your User Account is personal to You and may not be sold, assigned or transferred to a third party. If You attempt to sell, assign or transfer Your User Account to a third party, RAMPIT may suspend or terminate Your participation at its sole discretion.

3.9 RAMPIT may communicate with You through the username/email that You provide at registration. You agree to notify RAMPIT within a reasonable time if there are any changes to Your details. If You fail to notify RAMPIT of any changes to Your details, You agree to waive any objection, claim, defense or recourse You might have had as a consequence of RAMPIT failing to communicate with You. If You change Your email address and fail to notify RAMPIT of the change, RAMPIT will be deemed to have communicated with You on the date on which it communicated with the email address most recently provided by You.

3.10 You warrant that any Content provided or posted by You (through registration or otherwise):

is not false, inaccurate, misleading or fraudulent;
does not infringe any third party's Intellectual Property Rights or other rights arising at law or otherwise;
is not obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening or harassing;
does not violate any applicable law;
does not contain or describe pornography and is not otherwise harmful to persons under the age of 18 years;
will not create liability for RAMPIT or cause it to lose the services of its internet service providers or other suppliers (in whole or in part);
will not create liability for the Competition Sponsor of any kind.

3.11 If RAMPIT believes that any Content contravenes Clause 3.10 (or any other provision of this Agreement), it may remove that Content and/or take any other steps as it deems necessary to protect itself or third parties against any Loss. To the maximum extent permitted by law, RAMPIT will not be liable for any Loss to any person arising from the removal of Content under this Section.

4. Terminating Your Participation

4.1 Subject to Clause 4.2, You may terminate Your participation at any time and without cause by notifying RAMPIT through this Website.

4.2 If You terminate Your participation, this Agreement and any other applicable terms and conditions will continue to apply to any Postings made by You prior to giving the notice described in Clause 4.1 above.

4.3 RAMPIT may, in its absolute discretion, terminate or suspend Your participation at any time and without notice if it believes that:

You have breached this Agreement or any other applicable terms and conditions;
You have acted in a way which is unlawful, or which may create liability for You, RAMPIT, our Users, our internet service providers or any other supplier, or the Competition Sponsor;
RAMPIT is unable to verify any information provided by You;
Other Users give negative feedback about You which RAMPIT determines in its absolute discretion is worthy of termination;
You have acted or represented Yourself in any way that RAMPIT or the Competition Sponsor deems that your termination is necessary.

4.4 If RAMPIT terminates Your participation, RAMPIT may in its absolute discretion withdraw any Postings submitted or made by You. If RAMPIT terminates Your participation, RAMPIT may, at its sole discretion, immediately withdraw Your Entries, which will have no force and effect from the date on which Your participation was terminated.

4.5 Subject to Clause 4.4, if RAMPIT suspends Your participation, any entries or other Postings submitted or made by You may be suspended for the period in which Your participation is suspended.

4.6 If Your participation is terminated, either by You or by RAMPIT:

You are no longer authorized to access this Website;
all restrictions imposed on You, licenses granted by You and all indemnities, disclaimers and limitations of liability set out in this Agreement, including clauses 11 (Limitation of Liability) and 12 (Indemnities), will survive, along with clauses 14 (Intellectual Property), 16 (Arbitration) and 18 (Miscellaneous).

5. Use of this Website

5.1 You must not use the Website to facilitate or participate in any illegal activity or engage in any activity which RAMPIT, in its absolute discretion, considers inappropriate. RAMPIT reserves the right to terminate or restrict Your access to this Website immediately and indefinitely if it suspects that You are engaging in any such behavior or are in breach of any terms of this Agreement. You agree that You will only use Your User Account and this Website for the purposes of using the Services and for no other purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, in using Your User Account and accessing the Website, You agree not to:

use Your User Account in a fraudulent or illegal manner, or email or otherwise send any materials from Your User Account which are offensive, unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable;
use Your User Account to stalk or harass another person;
use Your User Account to impersonate any person in any way whatsoever;
use Your User Account to infringe the copyright, trademark, patent or other Intellectual Property Rights of any person or entity;
use Your User Account to send advertising, chain letters, junk mail, spam or any other type of unsolicited electronic communications;
use Your User Account to send or distribute any Content of any kind which contains a virus, spyware, malware or other harmful, disruptive or destructive component;
intentionally or negligently use Your User Account in a way that degrades performance of this Website to other persons;
manipulate, or attempt to manipulate, any Competition;
use Your User Account or any mechanism, software or other scripts in relation to the Website which could disrupt or interfere with the Website or any servers, software, hardware or equipment connected to or via the website;
restrict or inhibit any other User from using or enjoying the Website;
distribute any pornographic, extremist or racist material or any material which might otherwise be harmful to persons under the age of 18 years;
violate any applicable law relating to Your use of the website.

6. Terms specific to the Competition Sponsor

6.1 If You are registered as a Competition Sponsor, when You post a Competition on the Website or have RAMPIT run a Competition for You on Your behalf, You warrant that any Content provided by You has not been knowingly obtained:

by fraud;
in breach of any copyright, trademark or other Intellectual Property Right;
in breach of any right of privacy or other right arising under applicable law or any agreement entered into by You;
without limiting any of the foregoing, in breach of any other applicable law; or,
in any way that may create liability for RAMPIT, its Users, its internet service provider or any other suppliers.

6.4 If You are registered as a Competition Sponsor, You further agree when posting to a Competition:

to be bound by this Agreement and all Competition Information (including the Competition Terms and Conditions) relating to the Competition;
to be bound by any representations made in relation to the Competition (including the Competition Information and Competition Terms and Conditions), whether made directly or indirectly, in writing or orally, by or for You;
that You may only post Competitions that are skills-based challenges to resolve bona fide problems and not, for clarity, games of chance;
that You will select the Winner according to the criteria set out in the Competition Information;
that RAMPIT does not guarantee the quality of Entries or any minimum number of Entries, nor the Competitors' title to the Intellectual Property Rights therein;
to inform RAMPIT of any additional Competition Terms and Conditions that will govern the relationship between You and Competitors; and,
that RAMPIT may at its sole discretion republish or make available the Competition Information through this Website.

6.5 You agree and warrant that You will not cancel a Competition initiated by You for the purpose of contracting separately with any User or Competitor or to avoid paying any Award(s).

6.6 If You wish to withdraw from a Competition, You must notify RAMPIT in writing. RAMPIT will in its sole discretion decide whether to withdraw the Competition from the public by choosing whether to terminate the website and related Competition information.

7. Terms specific to Competitors

7.1 If You are registered as a Competitor, You agree and acknowledge that:

in making an Entry, to be bound by this Agreement and all Competition Information (including the Competition Terms and Conditions) relating to the Competition;
RAMPIT does not guarantee the accuracy of the Competition Information (or other Content posted on the Website), ownership of any Content, or the availability of any Award(s);
any leader board appearing in connection with a Competition is indicative only and makes no representations and creates no entitlements in relation to any Award(s);
RAMPIT does not control the decisions of the Competition Sponsor and You release RAMPIT from any claims You may have in relation to the decisions of the Competition Sponsor (including the selection of the Winner and ranking of Competitors), including any defamation or other claims arising from its ranking of Competitors;
RAMPIT is not responsible for any Postings provided by other Users or for the accuracy of Content provided by other Users;
RAMPIT is not liable to pay any Award(s), and You will look solely to the Competition Sponsor for payment of any Award(s);
in the event that You have any dispute with another User, You release RAMPIT from all claims of any kind arising from that dispute;
You will not initiate contact with a Competition Sponsor for the purpose of contracting separately with the Competition Sponsor to circumvent any Competition; and,
an Entry will be deemed to have been lodged at the time that it is received by RAMPIT. You agree that neither RAMPIT nor the Competition Sponsor is responsible for any Entry not being received due to technical reasons or otherwise.

7.2 Judges are permitted to interact with Competitors to carry out due diligence, as necessary to evaluate Entries against the judging criteria. It is the responsibility of each Competitor to respond to inquiries from Judges in a timely manner.

7.3 The Competition Sponsor reserves the right to conduct an administrative review of any Entry or any team in order to screen for completeness and other Entry Content requirements (as described in the Competition Terms and Conditions) before distributing approved Entries to Judges.

7.3 Competitors permit RAMPIT and/or the Competition Sponsor to publish any Entry, Entry Content, or Content to other Competitors, Judges or other designees, as necessary, to promote greater transparency, collaboration, and follow-on investment for Competitors during the Competition. For further information regarding the sharing of Entries, Entry Content, and Content, please refer to the Privacy Policy.

8. RAMPIT's relationship with Competitor and Competition Sponsor

8.1 RAMPIT is not involved in any way in the formation of any contract between the Competitor and the Competition Sponsor. RAMPIT at no time acts as an agent for a Competitor or Competition Sponsor.

8.2 RAMPIT will not be liable to You in any respect if a Competition Sponsor or Competitor fails to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Competition.

8.3 The Competition Sponsor will at all times be liable to pay Award(s) to the Winner(s) in accordance with the Agreement and the Competition Terms and Conditions. RAMPIT will have no liability whatsoever in respect to the failure of a Competition Sponsor to pay Award(s) to Winner(s), and You acknowledge and agree that You will not take action of any kind against RAMPIT in respect to any claim for any Award(s) that You may or may not have or wish to make.

9. Terms specific to the Winner and Competition Sponsor

9.1 The Winner agrees that payment of any Award is conditional upon receipt by the Competition Sponsor of any Entry Content used or consulted by the Winner in generating the winning Entry and that any Award(s) will not be paid until this condition has been satisfied.

9.2 The Winner and the Competition Sponsor acknowledge and agree that once the Winner has been chosen and notified, each Winner will enter into a separate agreement with the Competition Sponsor (each a “Separate Agreement”). RAMPIT and its third party providers will not be a party to this Separate Agreement and will have no responsibility or liability whatsoever in relation to the performance or failure to perform under the Separate Agreement.

9.3 The Competition Sponsor acknowledges that RAMPIT does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or utility of any Entry or associated Entry Content from a Winner.

10. Taxes on Awards

10.1 You will be responsible for any tax, levy, or other charge that may arise under any applicable law from the use of this website, including from receiving any Award(s). You acknowledge that You will not be entitled to demand any additional payment by reason of any Award(s) being subject to any tax, levy, or other charge in any jurisdiction.

11. Limitation of liability

11.1 THIS WEBSITE AND SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, RAMPIT AND COMPETITION SPONSOR AND THE OWNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS OF EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. RAMPIT DOES NOT WARRANT THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES AND THE CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH IT, INCLUDING THE ENTRIES AND ASSOCIATED ENTRY CONTENT, TO BE AVAILABLE, ACCURATE, USEFUL, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING THE SERVICES).

11.2 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL RAMPIT OR COMPETITION SPONSOR OR THE OWNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS OF EITHER BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OR RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, EVEN IF RAMPIT OR COMPETITION SPONSOR OR THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EITHER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You agree that neither RAMPIT NOR COMPETITION SPONSOR is responsible for any Loss arising out of, or in any way connected with:

delay or inability to access or use this Website;
reliance on any Competition Information or other Content;
the transmission of any computer virus, however occurring;
any unauthorized access to, modification or alteration of Content;
any Content sent or received or not sent or received;
any transaction entered into through this Website;
any infringement of rights, including Intellectual Property Rights;
any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive, harmful, inappropriate or illegal Content or conduct of any party;
any Content sent by any third party using and/or included in this Website;
termination of Your participation; or,
any delays, interruptions, inaccuracies, errors, omissions or cessation of services.

11.3 For the avoidance of doubt, You acknowledge that RAMPIT is a provider of an interactive computer service and that neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR is a publisher under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, and therefore not responsible for any of the Users' Postings. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Clause 11.3, a court of competent jurisdiction holds RAMPIT or COMPETITION SPONSOR liable in respect of any matters arising under or incidental to this Agreement, RAMPIT'S AND COMPETITION SPONSOR’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE) WILL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR USING THIS WEBSITE DURING THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING YOUR CLAIM, OR, IF NO AMOUNT WAS PAID, SUCH LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO $100.

11.4 You agree that neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR nor the third party providers of either will be liable or responsible for any failure in, or delay to, the provision of the Services or in RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR complying with its obligations under this Agreement where such failure or delay has arisen as a direct or indirect result of:

fire, earthquake, storm, flood, hurricane, inclement weather or other act of God, war, terrorism, explosion, sabotage, industrial accident or industrial strike;
telecommunications failure, hardware failure or software failure;
the failure of any third party to fulfill any obligations to RAMPIT or COMPETITION SPONSOR; or
any other circumstance or event which is or is not within the reasonable control of RAMPIT or COMPETITION SPONSOR.

12. Indemnity

12.1 You agree to indemnify and hold RAMPIT and the Competition Sponsor, its owners, officers, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless from all claims and Losses (including legal fees) due to or arising out of or in connection with Your Postings, Competition, Competition Information and other Content (as applicable), Your use of this Website, or Your breach of this Agreement.

13. Access to the Site outside of the United States

13.1 Neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR represents or warrants that the content on this Website complies with the laws of any country outside of the United States. If You access this Website from outside the United States, You do so at Your own risk.

14. Intellectual property

14.1 You acknowledge that, as between the parties, RAMPIT is the owner of all Intellectual Property Rights in and to this Website (excluding Postings). You acknowledge that You have no Intellectual Property Rights in or to this Website or to any Postings not made directly by you except for a limited license to use this Website as necessary to participate in a Competition or evaluate the possibility of such participation.

14.2 You acknowledge that all text, graphics, user interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos and artwork, including the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, 'look and feel' and arrangement of such Content, provided by RAMPIT or its licensors on this Website is owned or licensed by or to RAMPIT and is protected by applicable copyright, patent and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. No such Content can be copied, publicly displayed, modified, sold, licensed or distributed in any way by You without RAMPIT's prior written consent. You shall not use the name “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” or “MIT” or any variation, adaptation, or abbreviation thereof, or the name of any of MIT’s trustees, officers, faculty members, students, employees, or agents, or any trademark owned by MIT, in any promotional material or other public announcement or disclosure, nor copied, publicly displayed, modified, sold, licensed or distributed in any way by You without the prior written consent of MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, which consent MIT may withhold in its sole discretion.

15. Third party sites

15.1 From time to time, RAMPIT may provide, or any Content may contain, links to Third Party Sites and resources (e.g., www.youtube.com). You acknowledge that:

Neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR has any control over Third Party Sites and resources;
Neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR is responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources; and
Neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR endorses nor is either responsible for any content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.

15.2 You acknowledge and agree that neither RAMPIT nor COMPETITION SPONSOR will be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any Loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with Your use of or reliance on any Content or material available on or through any Third Party Sites or resource.

16. Arbitration

16.1 In the interest of resolving disputes between You and RAMPIT or COMPETITION SPONSOR in the most expedient and cost effective manner, You and RAMPIT and COMPETITION SPONSOR agree that any and all disputes arising in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by binding arbitration. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, may allow for more limited discovery than in court, and can be subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. Our agreement to arbitrate disputes includes, but is not limited to all claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of this Agreement, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory, and regardless of whether the claims arise during or after the termination of these Terms. You understand and agree that, by entering into these Terms, You and RAMPIT and COMPETITION SPONSOR are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.

16.2 Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection (a), You and RAMPIT and COMPETITION SPONSOR each agree that nothing herein shall be deemed to waive, preclude, or otherwise limit any of our rights to (i) bring an individual action in small claims court, (ii) pursue enforcement actions through applicable federal, state, or local agencies where such actions are available, (iii) seek injunctive relief in a court of law, or (iv) to file suit in a court of law to address intellectual property infringement claims.

16.3 Any arbitration between You and RAMPIT or COMPETITION SPONSOR will be governed by the Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, "AAA Rules") of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), as modified by these Terms, and will be administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules and filing forms are available online at www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.

16.4 A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send a written notice of the dispute to the other, by certified mail or Federal Express (signature required), or in the event that we do not have a physical address on file for You, by electronic mail ("Notice"). RAMPIT's address for Notice is: Rampit, LLC at 805 2nd Avenue South #3, Nashville, TN 37210 or support@rampit.com. COMPETITION SPONSOR’s address is Office of the General Counsel, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02142. The Notice must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and, (b) set forth the specific relief sought. We agree to use good faith efforts to resolve the claim directly, but if we do not reach an agreement to do so within 30 calendar days after the Notice is received, You and/or RAMPIT and/or COMPETITION SPONSOR, as pertinent, may commence arbitration proceedings.

16.5 Any arbitration hearings will take place at a location to be agreed upon by the parties to the arbitration or, if a location cannot be agreed upon, then it will be agreed upon by the arbitrator(s), provided that if the claim is for $10,000 or less, You may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a non-appearance based telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules. Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the decision and award, if any, are based. The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees or expenses at any time during the proceeding and upon request from either party made within 14 calendar days of the arbitrator's ruling on the merits.

16.6 YOU AND RAMPIT AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, unless both You and RAMPIT agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

16.7 If only Clause 16.6 is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Section 16 shall be null and void and, in such case, the parties agree that the exclusive jurisdiction and venue described in Section 18 shall govern any action arising out of or related to the Agreement.

17. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

17.1 If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing RAMPIT's copyright agent (the "Copyright Agent") with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

17.2 RAMPIT's designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is Copyright Agent, Rampit, LLC at 805 2nd Avenue South #3, Nashville, TN 37210, email: support@rampit.com. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 17, your DMCA notice may not be valid.

17.3 If you believe that your Content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your Content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent:

Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the Content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the Content; and
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

17.4 If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, RAMPIT may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed Content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the Content provider, member or user, the removed Content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at RAMPIT's sole discretion.

18. Miscellaneous

18.1 As defined in Clause 1.1, this Agreement is the entire agreement between You and RAMPIT relating to the subject matter herein, and supersedes all previous communications, representations, understandings and agreements, either oral or written, between You and RAMPIT with respect to said subject matter. This Agreement shall not be modified except in a writing signed by both parties, or by a change made as provided in Clause 2.2. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of this Agreement, which is severable from said provision and will remain in full force and effect.

18.2 If You breach any provision of this Agreement and RAMPIT has knowledge (either actual or constructive) of that breach, a failure to pursue legal action or to enforce any remedy against You will not constitute a waiver of its legal rights. Any waiver of rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by RAMPIT.

18.3 All matters relating to this Website and this Agreement are governed by and are to be construed according to the laws applicable in the state of Tennessee, United States (without regard to any rules governing choice of law). If one or more of the exceptions from arbitration expressly set forth in Section 16 above apply, You agree unconditionally to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Davidson County, Tennessee, in relation to all matters arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or this Website.

18.4 RAMPIT may assign its rights and novate or transfer obligations which arise under this Agreement. You must not assign, novate or otherwise transfer Your rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of RAMPIT. Any assignment attempted in violation of this Clause 18.4 shall be void.

18.5 The parties agree that no rule of construction applies to the disadvantage of a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or part of it.

18.6 Unless otherwise requested in writing by You, RAMPIT may refer to You and Your corporate identity (if applicable) as part of promoting this Website and RAMPIT in the marketplace.

18.7 RAMPIT accepts content uploaded from Users in good faith and on the basis of warranties provided by Users. It is Your responsibility at all times to investigate and become satisfied as to the accuracy of the information provided by any other party (including all Users) on this Website. RAMPIT at no time makes any representations as to the accuracy of any information provided on this Website.

18.8 You acknowledge and agree that to the extent that this Agreement relates to a Competition, a prospective Competition or any Posting, this Agreement is intended also to be for the benefit of the Competition Sponsor, the Competitors and other Users, who are entitled to enforce the provisions of this Agreement against You.

18.9 All notices, requests, demands, consents, approvals, offers, agreements or other communications given by You to RAMPIT must be emailed to RAMPIT at support@rampit.com

18.10 In the interpretation of this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:

the words 'includes' or 'including' mean 'includes without limitation' or 'including without limitation';
a reference to a 'person' or 'entity' includes a reference to an individual, group of individuals, corporation, firm, association or other entity;
the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
an agreement, representation or warranty made by two or more persons is made by them jointly and by each of them severally; and headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

18.11 This Competition is a skills-based challenge to resolve bona fide requirements and not, for clarity, any game(s) of chance.

Meet the Winners

Introducing the 2017 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Winners

The MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge has concluded our judging of Inclusive Innovation organizations from across the globe. Nearly 160 expert Core Judges scored and commented on each completed application assigned to them. Our 16 top scoring Finalists will soon advance to our Champion Committee, who will select four Grand Prize Winners to each receive $150,000. The remaining 12 Finalists will each receive $35,000. On October 12, 2017, the IIC will announce and celebrate the Winners at a gala event at HUBweek.

2017 Awards Celebration

On October 12, 2017, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) awarded over $1 million in prizes to Inclusive Innovators, organizations from every region of the globe that are harnessing technology to create increased work opportunities and more widely shared prosperity for people at the bottom and middle of the economic pyramid. Four Grand Prize Winners were chosen from 16 Finalists celebrated at a gala festival in Boston after months of judging; nearly 1,000 global organizations responded to this year’s challenge. Each of the four Grand Prize Winners received $150,000. The remaining 12 Winners each received $35,000. Whether they are providing easier access to financial loans, offering coding classes or college-entry support, or skilling and matching workers to new work opportunities created by the Second Machine Age, the winning global entrepreneurs earned their awards by using technology to include thousands more people in the digital economy.