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Apply in <10 minutes | Deadline May 1

$100,000 Alive Prize

The Alive Prize provides $100k to young people to build what makes you come alive.

Selection Partners

Hooman Reza Nezhad

Solcoa Industries

American-made metals for power and motion

Saif Khawaja

Shinkei Systems

Restoring the fish supply chain

Michael Baum

Splunk

Mentoring courageous young founders

Letter

Last year, we set aside $100k to fund some awesome friends working on important problems:

Maxx is growing human brains to cure Alzheimer's. Solomon is tackling extreme heat. Julie is designing the most stable antibodies on the market. If you meet Maxx, Solomon, or Julie — and we hope you do — you'll feel that they're deeply alive.

This year, we want to help more people find that feeling. Here's a nudge (and some $) to join them.

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." — Howard Thurman.

FAQs

Prize$100k uncapped
Who can applyDropouts, recent grads, or current students from high schoolers to PhDs
Focus areasBuild what makes you come alive — and pushes humanity forwards
Apply<10 minutes
ProcessDecisions in 2 weeks

Last Recipients

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Maxx Yung

Building brain organoids for drug discovery

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