CHALLENGE FORMAT
The challenge will consist of three phases as follows:
Phase 1 – Registration, Application and Evaluation (June 24 – November 23, 2021)
At the end of this phase the judging panel will select the most promising submitters who will progress to the next phase.
Please notice: application period end on October 4, 2021 at 11:59PM Israel time.
Phase 2 – Virtual/Physical Test Bed (November 24, 2021 – April 6, 2022)
Submitters that best meet the criteria of the challenge will be invited to further demonstrate their solution either in a virtually or physically representative environment.
Phase 3 – Final Conference and Award Ceremony (April 7, 2022)
All Candidate who participated in Phase 2 (either virtual or physical track) will be invited to participate in a final conference and award ceremony for the winners and runners up. The winners and runners up from each mini-challenge will present their submissions to an audience of international government representatives, investors, and other stakeholders. Select participants will present their technologies at an exhibition that will take place during the final event.
First and second place in each mini-challenge will receive a prize of $5,000-$75,000.
The three top finalists in each mini-challenge will be automatically accepted into the prestigious Merage Institute Innovation Bridge Program in California (all expenses paid; flights are excluded).
MoSAIC Challenge Schedule
| Event | Date | Comments |
| Challenge Launch | June 24, 2021, 10am (IST) | Registration Opens |
| MoSAIC Information Session Webinar # 1 | July 12, 2021, 7PM (IST)/ 9AM (PST) | On-line |
| MoSAIC Information Session Webinar # 2 | July 26, 2021, 7PM (IST)/ 9AM (PST) / Noon (ET) | On-line |
| MoSAIC Information Session Webinar # 3 | September 2, 2021, 7PM (IST)/ 9AM (PST) / Noon (ET) | On-line |
| Phase 1 – On-Line Submissions Deadline | October 4, 2021, 11:59pm (IST) | Application period ends |
| Phase 1 – Results Notifications & Invitations to phase 2 | November 19, 2021 | On-line |
| Phase 2 – Virtual Test Bed Information Session Webinar | December 14, 2021, 6PM (IST) / 11AM (ET) | On-line |
| Phase 2 – Virtual Test Bed training set distribution to semi-finalists | January 31, 2022, 5PM (IST)/ 10AM (ET) | On-line |
| Phase 2 – Physical Test Bed Information Session Webinar #1 | February 1, 2022, 6PM (IST) / 11AM (ET) | On-line |
Virtual Test Bed – Execution | February 21 to March 4, 2022 (SGT) | On-line |
| Phase 2 – Physical Test Bed Information Session Webinar #2 (updates) | March 7, 2022, 6PM (IST) / 11AM (ET) | On-line |
| Phase 2 – Physical Test Bed – Live Demo in Israel | April 4-6, 2022 | Yeruham, Israel |
| Final Conference and Award Ceremony | April 7, 2022 | Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| Merage Institute Innovation Bridge Executive Leadership Program in California, U.S. | May 2022 | Newport Beach, California |