Dear All, USAID recently launched the Intelligent Forecasting Competition. The competition seeks to identify and test more accurate methods of predicting future contraceptive use at health service delivery sites. There is $225,000 available in both prizes to develop forecasting models and a grant to test the model in Cote d'Ivoire. They are also hosting a webinar on 12 August to answer any questions. Please enter by 8 September 2020. More information is available on the competition https://competitions4dev.org/forecastingprize/ 1. The first awards--to generate forecasting models--are made via prizes. Prizes are no-strings-attached awards paid via a direct bank transfer that can be made to individuals and organizations regardless of their geographic location. Our prize does not include several significant barriers to entry for students and foreign competitors. 2. The prize awards are followed by a grant to socialize, deploy, and test a high performing model in Cote d'Ivoire. This is ideal for teams (unfortunately individuals cannot win the grant) who want to perform applied research and see how the model actually performs in a real life setting. I hope you find this useful Thanks Pallavi __________________________ Kind Regards, Pallavi Gupta Assistant Director of Programs Shah Family Global Innovation Lab<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/ShahLab> Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships Office: 765-496-7311 | gupta604@purdue.edu<mailto:gupta604@purdue.edu> [/Users/gupta604/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_14322567]