Challenge 2027 · Applications open November 17 · Now open to policy, research, and financial inventions Get notified →

    Track 2 · Imagine Next Global Innovation Challenge 2027

    Policy & Regulatory

    For inventions that change the rules: the laws, standards, and markets that decide what gets built.

    Apply from November 17All four tracks

    The track

    What qualifies.

    • New laws and regulations
    • Standards and certification schemes
    • Market designs and pricing mechanisms
    • Public procurement rules

    Open to

    Policymakers, civil servants, legal and policy experts, NGOs, researchers, individuals

    Finalists meet

    Policymakers, regulators, city leaders, foundations

    Path forward

    Connections with jurisdictions or agencies willing to consider a pilot

    Every entry is evaluated with the Symbiotic Matrix, where planetary benefit makes up half of every score. See your invention the way our jury will →