InnoCentive Announces Enhanced Collaboration Tools for Problem Solvers

TAGS: Crowdsourcing

Waltham, Mass. – April 2, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, today announced the release of several new tools that empower the diverse and global community of over 250,000 problem Solvers to form specialized teams to tackle some of the world’s toughest Challenges.

InnoCentive and The Economist Announce the Winner of a Challenge to Promote Transparency in Governments

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. - March 28, 2012 - InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, along with The Economist, today announced the winner of The Economist-InnoCentive Transparency Challenge. Ben Skowera, an Associate at SEI Investments presented his solution at the Ideas Economy: Innovation event on March 28th in Berkeley, California.

InnoCentive and the Sandler-Kenner Foundation Join Forces to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

TAGS: Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. – March 6, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and the Sandler-Kenner Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer today announced the launch of a Challenge seeking new approaches for diagnosing pancreatic cancer in its early stages, when the likelihood of patient survival is highest.

CEA, EDF and InnoCentive Announce Winners for Open Innovation Eco-Challenge to Tackle Leaded Glass from TVs, Monitors

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. February 28, 2012 - The Consumer Electronics Association® (CEA), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and InnoCentive, the pioneer in crowdsourcing and open innovation, today announced the winners of an Eco-Challenge to develop compelling economic and environmentally preferable solutions for recycling old cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and monitors.

InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and Rockefeller Foundation Advance Open Innovation Solutions to World’s Water Challenges

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – February 7, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, today announced the final phase of the “Global Giveback Challenge Series,” a collaboration launched two years ago between InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and the Rockefeller Foundation to find solutions to dire water-related problems in developing countries.

InnoCentive Acquires OmniCompete Limited

Waltham, Mass. – February 6, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, today announced its acquisition of UK-based OmniCompete Limited. Best known for its annual Global Security Challenge, OmniCompete has executed nearly two dozen high-profile Challenges throughout its history in the areas of security, energy, healthcare, and cloud computing.

InnoCentive and the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Collaborate to Advance Research in Childhood Obesity

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. – December 20, 2011 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research, today announced a Challenge seeking novel avenues for research into hyperphagia, or unregulated appetite, common in children with Prader-Willi syndrome.

InnoCentive and Booz Allen Hamilton Form Strategic Alliance

TAGS: Best Practice, Government, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – December 15, 2011 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and Booz Allen Hamilton, a world leader in management and technology consulting services, today announced a strategic alliance to help commercial and government organizations harness the power of prize-based Challenges, open innovation, and crowdsourcing to solve critical mission issues faster and more effectively.

InnoCentive and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Partner to Improve Sanitary Conditions for Millions in Developing Countries

TAGS: Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – December 15, 2011 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine today announced a Challenge seeking designs for a system to incorporate waste-consuming black soldier fly (BSF) larvae into pit latrines. By consuming waste, the larvae help tackle the problem of latrine pits filling up, which causes health risks and expense to poor families.

InnoCentive and BeyondPolio Launch Initiative to Help Support the Eradication of Polio in Low and Middle Income Countries

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – November 10, 2011 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and BeyondPolio, an initiative of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation and the investment firm Spencer Trask, today announced the first in a series of Challenges designed to help support the global eradication of polio.