Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Program

Smarter Cities Challenge is a 100-city, three-year, $50 million competitive grants program -- IBM's single-largest philanthropic initiative. The grants, each valued at $400,000, fund teams of six IBMers who live in a winning city for three weeks. There, they study a locally important issue of the city's choosing, then make detailed recommendations to the city in an effort to solve the challenge. Issues studied include jobs, health, finance, public safety, food, transportation, housing, social services, education, and sustainability.

To view the news of the 2013 Smarter Cities Challenge winners, please visit the Citizen IBM blog.

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To view a video from the successes of cities who participated in the 2012 grants, click below

*News releases*
Date	Title
14 Nov 2012	IBM Names Worldwide Recipients of 2013 Smarter Cities Challenge Grants to Improve Urban Life
03 Aug 2012	IBM Plan Seeks To Map Growth and Optimize Revenue Collection In Accra, Ghana
15 Mar 2012	IBM Names Worldwide Recipients of 2012 Smarter Cities Challenge Grants to Improve Urban Life
12 Jan 2012	City Of Philadelphia, IBM Announce Efforts To Improve Workforce Development
24 Oct 2011	IBM Opens $50 Million Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Program To 2012 Applicants
09 Mar 2011	IBM Names First Recipients Of Smarter Cities Challenge Grants
09 Nov 2010	IBM Pledges $50 Million To Create 100 Smarter Cities

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Mayor Nutter at IBM Smarter Cities

Date added: 15 Nov 2012

In Palisades, New York, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania speaks about how he is transforming the city of Philadelphia at the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Summit. Nearly 30 global mayors convened at the IBM event to discuss urban challenges. (Michael Pollio/Feature Photo Service for IBM)

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Smarter Cities Challenge 2013 Winners

Date added: 15 Nov 2012

In Palisades, New York, Stanley Litow (left), Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs of IBM names the new recipients of the Smarter Cities Challenge grants at the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Summit. (left to right) Winning mayors include: Mayor Miro Weinberger of Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Jose Fortunati of Porto Alegre, Brazil, The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Alderman Gavin Robinson of Belfast, United Kingdom, Mayor Madeline Rogero of Knoxville, Tennessee and Mayor Dwight Jones of Richmond, Virginia. IBM’s single largest philanthropic initiative, the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge, is a three-year, 100-city, US$50 million competitive grant program that assigns a team of six IBM experts to each winning city to study a key issue identified by the city's leadership. (Courtesy: Feature Photo) Contact: Lisa Lanspery, lisalanspery@us.ibm.com, 1-914-499-6532

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