Technology Innovation Institute

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a pioneering research and development hub in the UAE, committed to pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery and technological advancement.

By assembling world-class talent and fostering collaboration across academia, government, and industry, TII is a leader in the development of transformative technologies that enhance societal wellbeing and promote sustainable progress.

Your solutions will help TII to innovate, explore, and create leading technologies and approaches across a variety of domains. Get started by choosing a Challenge below, then following the links into the Innocentive platform to start solving.

What Challenge will you solve today?

Order Reconstruction Data Analysis Challenge

Status: Under Evaluation

Award: $26,000

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Gearbox Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Prediction Challenge

Status: Under Evaluation

Award: $19,000

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The Rocket Telemetry Challenge

Status: Final Evaluation

Award: $55,000

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TII CrowdLabel Challenge

Status: Development & Deployment of Solutions

Award: $50,000

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Using Open Innovation to Unlock Unique Perspectives

TII’s aim to harness the collective intelligence of the world’s brightest minds: both inside its organization and its networks, and now outside. TII’s 10 research centers have undertaken more than 100 international collaborations and, to-date, nearly 30 patents are being worked on.

As part of the Advanced Technology Research Council, TII fosters innovative solutions that address global challenges. Its research spans across multiple domains, including autonomous systems, digital security, quantum computing, and more.

“The potential to revolutionize space travel lies in our ability to bring fresh, diverse perspectives to our most challenging problems. Open innovation with Innocentive will allow us to challenge the brainpower of global innovators to accelerate our research and develop cutting-edge tech.”

In partnership with the Innocentive, TII is embracing open innovation to tap into the world’s largest science, technology, and innovation crowd. The complexities of space research and propulsion systems require diverse thinking to solve and unique perspectives to design for. Bring your expertise to bear on TII’s latest Challenges, problems, and opportunities.

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Spotlight: TII Research Areas

TII’s work spans several key focus areas, including:

Advanced Materials
AI and Digital Science
Autonomous Robotics
Biotechnology
Cryptography
Directed Energy
Propulsion and Space
Quantum
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Secure Systems

Through in-house research and development and partnerships with leading global institutions, TII’s research areas’ outputs include development of cutting-edge technologies to solve real-world problems.

TII’s first Challenge is at the forefront of propelling humanity into new frontiers of space research: with an eye on creating sustainable, cost-effective, and scalable solutions.

Could you solve the TII’s latest Challenge? Sign up to find out more!

How does the Challenge process work?

Follow these steps to participate in Innocentive challenges and potentially win awards.

Register as a Solver

To register for a Solver account and join Innocentive:

Go to the Innocentive Challenge Center registration page.
Enter an email address, which will be used to login to your account.
Complete the remaining required fields including: (1) Name, (2) Display Name and (3) Location.
Create a password. You will be guided to ensure you create a strong password to protect your account.
Click the Register button.
After you complete the registration form, you will receive an email notification confirming your registration and containing instructions to activate your account.
Click the link in the email. You will be asked to accept the Innocentive Terms of Use to complete the account activation process.

Review the Challenge Agreement

The Challenge Agreement (formerly Challenge Specific Agreement or CSA) is a legal document that outlines a Solver's rights and responsibilities if they elect to submit a solution in response to an Innocentive Challenge. The Challenge Agreement specifies if and how IP will be transferred between Solver and Seeker; it may also specify any special rules, such as exclusionary rules for categories of Solvers, that apply to the Challenge.

You must accept the Challenge Agreement to be able to submit a solution to the Challenge. Be sure to read and understand the Challenge Agreement for each Challenge because you will be subject to the applicable Challenge conditions.

Challenge Agreements provide Solvers with clear details around participation, legal IP transfer (if applicable), and details around Prize and Scouting Challenges.

Submit a Solution

To submit a Solution to an Innocentive Challenge as a member of the Solver community:

Go to the Innocentive Challenge Center.
Select a Challenge.
Click Register Interest & Accept Agreement.
Agree to the Challenge Agreement.
Click Add Solution.
Enter any required information.
Attach your solution files.
Click Publish.

You will receive an email confirmation of receipt of your solution to your registered email address.

Win

Receive cash awards or collaboration agreements if your solution or proposal is accepted by Seeker organizations.

Your solution will be evaluated following the due date for submissions. You will then be notified via email as to whether your solution has been successful. In some challenges, you will also receive feedback on your submission.

Award Potential

We've awarded more than $60 million to thousands of Solvers from around the world.

The average award amount is approximately $20,000, but some challenges come with awards of over $100,000 or collaboration agreements.