BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition 2025 for Young Entrepreneurs and Researchers (USD 50,000 Prize)

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About BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition

The planned thematic area of the contest is: Artificial Intelligence applied to Public Service Solutions. How can emerging technologies improve the lives of citizens in BRICS countries? Projects on other topics will not be considered.

• Sponsor Organisation: BRICS

Benefits of BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition

Successful participants will receive the following prizes after applicable verification and subject to compliance with the rules and conditions of the BRICS Young Innovator Prize:

• First Prize: twenty-five thousand dollars (USD 25,000).
• Second Prize: fifteen thousand dollars (USD 15,000).
• Third Prize: ten thousand dollars (USD 10,000)

BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition Requirements

Project Requirements

The submitted projects must be innovative.

• Projects must be in the pre-market stage, meaning they are not available for widespread consumer acquisition and are not offered to the public, even in local markets. We accept projects that are in the phases of limited product testing, non-serial production, certification, or preparation for market launch.
• The BRICS Young Innovator Prize focuses on projects that should/could be used to improve their respective sectors/ industries. The projects should address significant social, economic, developmental or environmental challenges and offer innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life in contemporary BRICS societies.
• Corporate innovations are not accepted (e.g. projects developed by the employees of a technology Company). Also, the project should not be merged with any other technology company and not be in the process of being merged at the time of participation in the Prize

Participant Requirements

• Candidates must be under the age of forty (40) by Dec 31st, 2025.
• Candidates must be the initial authors of the submitted project.
• Affiliation Candidates must be affiliated with BRICS countries by nationality (born or naturalized) or residency (permanent residency visa).
• Only one project may be submitted per candidate.

Submission Requirements

Application form (completed, signed and dated).

• Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae/Biography.
• Photo of the nominee (image must be larger than 250*300 pixels).
• Information and research data pertaining to the submitted innovative project (may be provided in various formats, including
  Microsoft Word Documents, PowerPoint presentations, as well as photo and video materials).

Application Date and Process

The application form must contain the following:

• Nominee’s details/information.
• Nomination Statement (up to 300 words).
• Innovative Project Statement (up to 300 words).
• Information on the participation in innovation awards/competitions/achievements.
• All personal and project information must be submitted in English.
• The application form cannot be changed in its respective contents after being sent to the Ministry.

The organizers of the BRICS Young Innovator Prize reserve the right to reject submissions without notice, including the cases supplying false registration information and/or non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the BRICS Young Innovator Prize. The selected projects will be presented to an adjudication panel, during the 8th BRICS Young Innovator Prize, which will choose the winners based on the established criteria.The participants will be required to present their projects to an expert panel comprising jury members designated by the BRICS member states

Application Deadline

07 August, 2025

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