Do you think you have what it takes to build an innovative technology solution to a critical problem in the information and technology, energy, health, or agriculture sector in your country? Apply to the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative's competition and win a grant of up to $20,000 USD. Read the details below, download the rules in English or in Arabic, and apply at http://gist.crdfglobal.org/

Overview:

The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative is seeking innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs to participate in this first-ever, multinational technology idea competition.

Apply today at GISTInitiavive.org and be part of a whole new experience!

- Upload your idea as a 2-minute video
-  Semifinalists will be selected by online peer vote on YouTube

Why You? Because we think you are
- curious
- original
- open to new discoveries & new opportunities

AWARDS:
First Place (one award): $20,000
1st Runner-up (one award): $10,000
2nd runner-ups (four awards): $5,000
Honorable Mentions (five awards): $2,000

The competition launches July 1 and closes October 31, 2011