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Water Resistant Technologies for Synthetic Fabrics

40 Submissions
$15,000 USD
Challenge closed

Challenge overview

This Challenge is seeking water-repellent technologies or treatments for synthetic fabrics.  The Seeker is soliciting these new approaches for use in rain-shedding outerwear. The current industry standard, long chain poly(fluoroalkyl acrylate) based coatings, are being phased out due to environmental and safety concerns, and high performing alternatives are needed. 

This is an ideation challenge and only requires a written solution.

 

This Challenge is seeking water-repellent technologies or treatment for synthetic fabrics.   The Seeker is soliciting new approaches for use in rain-shedding outerwear. The current industry standard, long chain poly(fluoroalkyl acrylate) based coatings, are being phased out due to environmental and safety concerns, and high performing alternatives are needed. 

This is an Ideation Challenge, which has the following unique features:

  • There is a guaranteed award.  The awards will be paid to the best submission(s) as solely determined by the Seeker. The total payout will be $15,000, with at least one award being no smaller than $7,500 and no award being smaller than $2,500. 
  • The Solvers are not required to transfer exclusive intellectual property rights to the Seeker.  Rather, by submitting a proposal, the Solvers grants to the Seeker a royalty-free, perpetual, and non-exclusive license to use any information included in this proposal.

After the Challenge deadline, the Seeker will complete the review process and make a decision with regards to the Winning Solution(s). All Solvers that submitted a proposal will be notified on the status of their submissions; however, no detailed evaluation of individual submissions will be provided.

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