**Building regenerative economies for the Amazon through innovation, technology, and local knowledge**

Current Amazon economies are dominated by harmful extractive practices that provide short-term profits to large corporations and a few individuals, while degrading ecosystems and leaving local communities with minimal benefits.

We believe that through innovation, technology, and local knowledge, we can catalyze a paradigm shift towards more equitable and sustainable economies for the Amazon.

MEET THE WINNERS

$20,000 GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Patch Healing (Peru)
A revolutionary advancement in burn treatment that leverages the healing, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties of
Huito (Genipa americana L.) extract.

“Our inspiration arose from the critical lack of access to regenerative medicine in remote Amazonian communities.”

$5,000 PRIZE WINNERS: BioBind (UK) & Nouvtex (Peru)

READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT

THE FINALISTS

Click on each image to view the solution details

Babassu

Biotech Udea

Biotech Superfood

Bio-IKAM

BioKulture Dekode

Castañachain

EKO City

Electrobytes

Fibrambú

HOPE

iGEM Sheffield

Inbiofert

Moda que Conserva Bosques

Nanocuántica

Nativa Esencial

PaccuYacu Tex

Tekohá

TIMELINE

More details

  
        February 14
Competition Launch
      
        May 13
Submission Deadline
      
        Late July
Finalist Announcement
      
        August-October
Prototyping Stage
      
        November 21
Winners Announced

THE INITIATIVE

The Con X Tech Prize: The Amazon is a global competition that seeks cutting-edge science and tech innovations to transform the Amazon's destructive, extractive economies into modern, regenerative ones. Proposals are especially welcomed from innovators based in the Amazon region.

These solutions should protect the integrity of ecosystems, respect Indigenous peoples and local communities as well as their traditional knowledge, and support the fair distribution of the benefits generated from the commercialization of forest products and services.

THEMES

+ Replacements

Innovations for sustainable alternatives in food, feed, fiber, and materials that leverage Amazonian resources.

+ Practices & Methods

Practices and methods to support the sustainable production of replacement products in the Amazon.

For more information about the competition (proposals are closed) and its process, you can download our Innovator’s Handbook.

Download the Innovator's Handbook

Collaboration for Conservation

We want to foster innovation and ignite a dynamic synergy among participants who might not otherwise have the chance to join forces.
Through our matchmaking process, individuals and teams will meet and have the opportunity to add new team members.

We're excited for the more than 80 innovators that registered for this process, and are excited for the teams that will arise from it!