Solve one of these Challenges for a chance to win up to $50,000!

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nature.com has teamed up with InnoCentive to offer its readers the opportunity to participate in research and development Challenges. As a Solver, you can apply your expertise to important problems, stretch your creative boundaries, and win cash awards ranging from $5,000 to $1M.                                                                                            Open Challenges include:                                              $50,000 Challenge: Measuring Weight of Live Animals $20,000 Challenge: Non-permanent Room Heating Solutions $20,000 Challenge: More Sustainable Wood-Like Materials $20,000 Challenge: Minimizing Surface Damage on a Chocolate Product $18,000 Challenge: Showcase How a Person Enjoys Using an “Augmented Camera”

Featured Nature Solver: John Lucas, Ph.D., J.D.

                                 

Challenges won ($55,000 award total):                                              Stabilizing an Oil and Food-Seasoning Suspension Control of Bubble Size in Carbonated Beverages Protecting Silage: Replacing Tarps and Tires on Cattle Farms                                              "I've won three InnoCentive Challenges and while the monetary award is nice, equally fulfilling is the satisfaction of solving a significant, real-world problem. You might find it interesting to know that you don't have to be an 'expert' in the field of a particular Challenge to be successful. Take me, for example. I have a PhD in molecular biology but my successful Challenges were in engineering." Read the full Solver story >

                                                                                                                                   Find more Challenges like these by visiting:
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                                 You can become the next great Solver!