Verizon Ignites Innovation with Kickoff of 2015 Powerful Answers Award

-- Third annual award challenge opens for submissions today, and will award $6M to powerful technology solutions in Transportation, Emergency Response, and Internet of Things

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding its ongoing commitment to innovation and social responsibility, Verizon said today it is now accepting ideas for its 2015 Powerful Answers Award program.

Now in its third year, Verizon's Powerful Answers Award offers innovators, developers and entrepreneurs a total of $6M in cash prizes, plus the opportunity for winners to participate in an Accelerator program designed to help develop their ideas and bring solutions to market faster.

The Verizon Powerful Answers Award program seeks ideas that leverage cutting-edge technology to create solutions that deliver social good. The 2015 program is seeking ideas in three core categories, each with three subcategories:

• Transportation: How can technology enable better, more efficient ways to reduce the complexities of transportation and distribution in the physical world?
  • Smarter Driving
  • Public Transport & Sharing
  • Logistics and Distribution
• Emergency Response: How can technology enable first responders and emergency crews to locate and save lives faster; what solutions can improve long-term recovery for survivors?
  • First Responders
  • Search and Rescue
  • Long Term Relief
• Internet of Things:  How can using technology behind the Internet of Things (IoT) enable new intelligent actions that will have wide-scale and beneficial impacts in the following areas? 
  • Connected Health
  • Smart Cities
  • Smart Agriculture

Ideas can be submitted beginning today through June 18, 2015, at www.powerfulanswersaward.com. Submissions will be judged by panels of industry experts, and winners will be announced in late 2015.