The Uplift Prize – Lift a billion people out of poverty by 2020

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• Prize Specifications – The Uplift Prize

  There are two Uplift Prizes that aim to jointly improve the lives of 1 billion of the world’s poorest people by 2020, a Personal Manufacturing Prize, and a Water Liberation Prize.  The prize outlines ...

• Prize Winners – The Uplift Prize

  Interim Personal Manufacturing Prize, 6/30/2013 : I am excited to announce that the Interim Personal Manufacturing Prize, in the amount of $20,000, was won on June 30, 2013 by Quentin Harley, for his ...

• News and Updates – The Uplift Prize

  1/1/2016 : We have a decision about the Prize results. For the Grand Personal Manufacturing Prize, unfortunately, of the entries submitted, only two were sufficiently impressive, but neither of those ...

• About the ‘Uplift Prize’ – The Uplift Prize

  Uplifting 1 Billion People by 2020 Human inequality is a reality of our world, and will not change in the foreseeable future.  But why should the ‘floor’ of the human condition be so low?  If hundreds...

• Poverty Reduction Goals – The Uplift Prize

  The Uplift Prize seeks to slash worldwide poverty by 2020 through the targeted deployment of just $1 Million in incentive prizes. The following table quantifies the goals in terms of established human...

• FAQs – The Uplift Prize

  Frequently Asked Questions : Why create an ‘Uplift Prize’ if the X Prize already exists? I was in fact inspired by the X Prize.  However, note that the major prizes that the X Prize Foundation awards ...