WEGE PRIZE 2022 , Grand Rapids, Michigan / Vereinigte Staaten

 

Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University‘s Wege Center for Sustainable Design 

with the support of The Wege Foundation

 

Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries to redesign the way economies work. Participants contend for $65,000 (USD) in total cash prizes, all while learning—and helping to show the world—what the future of problem solving looks like.

 

Each team must leverage its transdisciplinary makeup to collaboratively design and propose a product, service, business model, or other solution to a wicked problem of their choosing that can help us transition from a linear economic model to a circular economic model.

 

College/university students from all over the world will compete in transdisciplinary teams of five, representing different academic disciplines and different academic institutions.

 

Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level student are eligible to compete.

 

Team Application and Research Plan: November 01, 2021

Project Summary 1st Draft: January 10, 2022

Project Summary 2nd Draft: March 14, 2022

Final Project Sumary / Final Presentation Materials: May 15, 2022

 

Winning teams will split the following awards evenly between their five members:

First Place: $30,000 (USD)

Second Place: $20,000 (USD)

Third Place: $10,000 (USD)