The Bell Labs Prize 2023: Will you be next?
There are only a few innovations that fundamentally shape the way we live, work and interact with each other and our surroundings. Is your innovation one of them?
Nokia Bell Labs is the world-renowned research and innovation arm of Nokia. Over its 95+ year history, Bell Labs has invented many of the foundational technologies that underpin information and communication networks, digital devices and systems and nearly 25% of the technologies that form the foundation of today’s Internet. These breakthrough innovations resulted in nine Nobel Prizes, five Turing Awards, three Japan Prizes and a plethora of National Medals of Science, as well as one Oscar, two Grammys and three Emmys for technical innovation. And Bell Labs continues to conduct disruptive research focused on solving the key challenges facing humanity in the next technological revolution.
Nokia Bell Labs are looking for disruptive innovations that could form the foundation of the next technology revolution and manifestly change the way we live, work and communicate.
Register and submit your idea in 250 words or less (Applicants are also strongly encouraged to attach additional documentation). If your innovation is among the top 20 submissions, you will be invited to work with one of the Nokia Bell Labs´ researchers to refine the proposition to maximize the potential impact. Selected finalists will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to an august judging panel of Nobel laureates and other luminaries from their fields. Three prizes will be awarded, all paid directly to the prize winners:
– $100,000 (grand prize);
– $50,000 (second place);
– $25,000 (third place).
Additionally, throughout the process, Nokia Bell Labs may engage with other contest participants who have unique proposals or ideas. The competition is open to anyone in any of the participating countries.
Contestants must own their ideas and meet the eligibility requirements. The deadline to enter the contest is April 21, 2023.
Eligibility requirements:
- Own your ideas;
- Be 21 years of age or older;
- Possess a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree;
- Employees, partners, and consultants of Sponsor and its affiliates and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in the Contest;
- Interns employed by Nokia or Nokia Bell Labs or their affiliates are eligible to participate;
- Teams of up to four are allowed to participate, provided each member of the team meets the full eligibility requirements;
- Reside in one of the following countries: United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (except Quebec), China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom
For more information, please visit the Bell Labs Prize website.