Submit Your Application

Deadline: February 3, 2025 (11:59 PM EST) 

Evaluation Period: February 4 through February 16, 2025
Winners Notified: Week of February 17, 2025

Have you developed a technology or application that solves an existing problem or unique approach?  Does it have potential to serve a large or niche market?  Tell us more! 

If your company has been registered to do business within the last 3 years and you are attending RAPID + TCT 2025, then you are eligible to apply. Applicants should provide a 300-word summary about the technology and how it is or can be used, market potential, and basic company information. Finalists will be scheduled (in-booth or elsewhere) to meet prior to RAPID + TCT with a panel of judges.  The winning technology will be announced, and physical award provided to a company representative. A representative of the company must be in attendance at RAPID + TCT 2025. (Note:  Exhibition in the event is NOT a requirement for eligibility)

Criteria

Technical Feasibility (25%)
The technology has been demonstrated or is feasibly sound

Uniqueness (25%)
Technology or application of the technology solves an existing problem or a unique approach

Market Potential (25%)
Technology has potential to serve a large or niche market

Writeup Quality (25%)
Writeup is well-written, and all questions were answered.

Start-Up Winners