2026
President’s Innovation Challenge
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All
92
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Aerospace and Defense
1
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Agriculture
3
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Aid and Relief
1
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Biotech and Life Sciences
1
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Biotech and Therapeutics
14
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Business Services
1
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Climate and Sustainability
2
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Consumer Products and Packaged Goods
4
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Digital Health
6
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Diversity,
Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
1
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
1
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Ecommerce
1
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Education and Learning
2
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Education Technology
1
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Electronics and Hardware
2
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Energy, Oil, and Renewables
4
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Finance and Insurance
4
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Government and Civic Engagement
3
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Healthcare Delivery
6
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Legal
1
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Medical Devices and Hardware
13
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Mentorship and youth development
3
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Public Health and Global Health
1
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Real Estate and Housing
1
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Software/App
4
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Transportation and Logistics
1
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Aperture Bio
Realizing orders-of-magnitude improvements in speed and sensitivity, Aperture rapidly analyzes proteins in whole cells to map immune interactions.
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Concerto Biosciences
Discovering microbial ensembles for health via a patented screening platform.
![Concerto Biosciences team]()
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Day Zero Diagnostics
Developing technologies to help control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), where antibiotic resistant organisms can be especially dangerous.
![Day Zero team]()
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GC Therapeutics
Using synthetic biology to program stem cells into any cell type with best-in-class efficiency, speed, and scalability.
![GC Therapeutics co-founders]()
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InGel Therapeutics
Regenerative cell-therapy biotech aiming to treat people affected by blindness.
![InGel team]()
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Kinnos
Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
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MabLab
Building five-in-one test strips to detect the five deadliest lacing agents in recreational drugs.
![Mab Lab in their white coats at the Life Lab]()
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Manifold Bio
Designing tissue-specific medicines in living systems from the start by combining high-throughput in-vivo studies with AI-guided protein design.
![Manifold team]()
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Modulate Bio
Developing therapies to treat neurological disorders, including Essential Tremor, epilepsy, and anxiety.
![Modulate team lead]()
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Radiate Biosciences
Redefining colorectal cancer screening with a blood test that delivers colonoscopy-level performance.
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Regatta Bio
Developing cellular therapies to restore immune tolerance and prevent immune system-related diseases.
![Regatta Bio pitching on PIC stage]()
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Stratagen Bio
Transforming MRI scans into a tool for objective clinical decision-making and quantitative biomarker assessment.
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Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.
Transforming the discovery of novel drugs addressing targets in the GPCR family.
![Tectonic team]()
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Transcera
Transforming chronic disease treatment through improved biologic drug delivery.
Rising to the Challenge
Now accepting student applications for the 2026 President's Innovation Challenge!
