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The prize of Helsinki Challenge idea competition was divided between two teams

Teams iCombine and HeatStock were chosen as the winners of the science-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge and both will receive a prize of 187 500 euros. Team iCombine is working on a decision support systemwhich will enable doctors to easily search for the best possible personalised treatment for each cancer patient. Team HeatStock has developed a new kind of composite material which will allow for the long-term storage and controlled release of heat energy. Read more »

The search for digital emotions continues: Helsinki Challenge 2015 winner NEMO

Winning solution of Helsinki Challenge 2015 led the team members Katri Saarikivi and Valtteri Wikström to an even bigger research project. Read more »

Gemma Milne: Visiting Helsinki Challenge

”At Helsinki Challenge, I’ve seen a very interesting appetite for doing science in a different way,” describes Gemma Milne, science journalist and co-founder of Science Disrupt. She visited the Helsinki Challenge Experimentation Clinic in the beginning of October. Read more »

Solving global challenges requires co-operation within and beyond science

The Global Impact Camp in Brussels was a two-day intensive co-creation with international experts and EU decision-makers. The first day of the camp included two keynotes and a panel discussion focusing on societal impact of research. Read more »

Helsinki Challenge teams visited Brussels to get networked

Team POCKit received the Impact Prize acknowledgement of the MEPs at Global Impact Camp in Brussels. Read more »

Global Impact Camp speakers and mentors

Who did the finalists meet in September in Brussels? The Global Impact Camp offered Helsinki Challenge teams an opportunity to impress and co-create with high-level international experts. Read more »

Setting the course for global impact

In September, the finalist teams of Helsinki Challenge took their solutions to Brussels to meet decision-makers, mentors and possible collaborators at Global Impact Camp. Read what MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen had to say just before the Camp. Read more »

Seven Helsinki Challenge finalists offer groundbreaking solutions for UN’s sustainable development goals

Seven teams have been selected for the final stage of the science competition intended to develop new solutions for the challenges of our changing world. The teams’ ideas would boost cancer treatment, revolutionise the use of heat energy and protect the mental health of new parents. Read more »

Meet the finalists: Parental Box

Supporting the well-being of children and families by giving the parents a mental health toolkit. Team Parental Box is entering the final stage with enthusiasm. Read more »

Meet the grand jury

Meet our Grand Jury! The jury’s task is to select the best teams and ideas from among the Helsinki Challenge semifinalist teams that will advance to the final of the accelerator program in 2017. Read more »

Teija Lahti-Nuuttila: How do great ideas get funded?

Teija Lahti-Nuuttila is the Executive Director at the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Tekes. She gave a keynote speech at Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp on funding research and innovations. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers and mentors

During the next stage of the accelerator programme, our 20 amazing Helsinki Challenge teams will take part in a co-creation and brainstorming boot camp in Långvik, Kirkkonummi. Over the course of just two days and with the help of innovation investors, politicians, communications professionals and design thinkers, teams will define the societal impact of their solutions. Read more »

On the Roadmap to Impact

"Your solution will be different after these two days." This is how the 20 semifinalist teams were welcomed to Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp. The 20 semifinalists of Helsinki Challenge 2017 gathered to experience this intense two-days of co-creation and co-development last week. The aim was to refine the problem to be solved, and understand, and find ways to verify and measure, the potential impact of the solution. Read more »

A quest for life-changing solutions

Helsinki Challenge teams are heading for the next stage! “Impact” is the driving force of the Helsinki Challenge. At the Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp, 6-7 April, 2017, teams will be given a tricky question to answer: What is the intended impact of the solutions they come up with? Read more »

Justification of the jury

The pre-qualification stage jury chose 20 semi-finalist teams for the Helsinki Challenge accelerator programme. The ideas had to be science-based, solution-oriented, impactful, novel and creative to proceed to the semi-finals. Read more »

Meet the jury: Marja Makarow

"Helsinki Challenge encourages researchers to develop a personal interest in the impact of their work and how their own research findings could change the world." Read more »

More than 100 teams solving planet-sized challenges

The jury will select a maximum of 20 teams for the accelerator programme that will take place during 2017, where the teams’ ideas will be developed in cooperation with domestic and international mentors. The jury will evaluate competition entries based on the following criteria: how science-based and solution-oriented they are, and their impact, novelty and creativity. Read more »

Meet the jury: Timo Ahopelto

"For a scientist founding a company is a great opportunity to get their own scientific research out of the lab and into the world, where it might help solve some big problems." Read more »

Meet the jury: Anneli Pauli

"Helsinki Challenge is an excellent way to implement and concretize the UN’s Agenda 2030 goals. Research teams have to be able to collaborate across the different scientific disciplines, and interact with key stakeholders. It is necessary to look at the whole world beyond our little nest, because the problems are truly global. But at the same time you have to be able to divide vast challenges into smaller parts which can be solved." Read more »

Recognize the impact of your research

Consultant and last year’s Helsinki Challenge mentor, Ferdi van Heerden, believes that the best results are born through cooperation. One part of van Heerden’s work is to translate "design thinking" into an operational model for innovation teams. Here are three reasons why he thinks researchers should join Helsinki Challenge. Read more »