2025 BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition

The 8th BRICS Young Innovators Prize will be part of the 10th BRICS Young Scientist Forum, taking place from September 15th – 17th, 2025 in Brasilia, Brazil, under the Brazilian presidency in the BRICS group.

📖 About the BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition

Opportunity Details

• Date Published: July 31, 2025
• Application Deadline: August 07, 2025
• Category: Contest, Entrepreneurs
• Opportunity Location: Brasilia, Brazil
• Eligible Locations:
  • Brazil
  • China
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • United Arab Emirates

Thematic Area

The contest focuses on Artificial Intelligence applied to Public Service Solutions. Projects addressing other topics will not be considered.

🎁 Benefits of the BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition

Successful participants will receive the following prizes (subject to verification and compliance with rules):

• First Prize: $25,000 USD
• Second Prize: $15,000 USD
• Third Prize: $10,000 USD

📋 Requirements

Project Requirements

• Projects must be innovative.
• Must be in the pre-market stage (not available for widespread consumer acquisition or public offering). Accepted phases include limited product testing, non-serial production, certification, or preparation for market launch.
• Projects should address significant social, economic, developmental, or environmental challenges and offer innovative solutions to improve the quality of life in BRICS societies.
• Corporate innovations are not accepted (e.g., projects developed by employees of a technology company). Projects must not be merged with or in the process of merging with any technology company.

Participant Requirements

• Candidates must be under the age of 40 by December 31, 2025.
• Candidates must be the initial authors of the submitted project.
• Candidates must be affiliated with BRICS countries by nationality (born or naturalized) or residency (permanent residency visa).
• Only one project may be submitted per candidate.

Submission Requirements

• Application Form (completed, signed, and dated).
• Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae/Biography.
• Photo of the nominee (image must be larger than 250x300 pixels).
• Information and research data pertaining to the submitted innovative project (may include Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, photos, and video materials).

📝 Application Date and Process

The application form must include:

• Nominee’s details/information.
• Nomination Statement (up to 300 words).
• Innovative Project Statement (up to 300 words).
• Information on participation in innovation awards/competitions/achievements.
• All personal and project information must be submitted in English.

Important Notes

• The application form cannot be changed after submission.
• The organizers reserve the right to reject submissions without notice, including cases of false registration information or non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions.
• Selected projects will be presented to an adjudication panel during the 8th BRICS Young Innovator Prize, where winners will be chosen based on established criteria.
• Participants will be required to present their projects to an expert panel comprising jury members designated by BRICS member states.

📅 Application Deadline

August 07, 2025

🌐 Application Portal

• View details of the BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition
• Apply using the Application Form

For more information, visit the official website or contact the organizers directly. Best of luck to all applicants! 🚀

• First Prize: twenty-five thousand dollars (USD 25,000).
• Second Prize: fifteen thousand dollars (USD 15,000).
• Third Prize: ten thousand dollars (USD 10,000)