Vale will provide up to $1 million American to scale solutions in order to help combat COVID-19 in three specific categories.
Vale’s North Atlantic Operations and Asian Refineries COO, Dino Otranto, says this is an opportunity to accelerate solutions to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and win funding to do it.
He says the three categories are: risk prevention and tracking; monitoring and patient follow-up and an open section for solutions to address various areas, such as nutrition, logistics and information sessions.
Otranto adds the deadline is April 9th with the winners announced April 24th.
Assisting Vale’s leadership team in the technical evaluation of the submissions is Dr. Ken Jenkins of Horizon Occupational Health Solutions, Dr. Farrell Cahill of Medisys, Dr. Greg Ross of Health Sciences North Sudbury and Don Duval of NORCAT.
“Around the globe, industries and individuals alike are working diligently to find innovative solutions to combat this invisible enemy,” said Dino Otranto, chief operating officer of Vale’s North Atlantic Operations and Asian Refineries in a press release.
“By launching this challenge globally, we are hoping to expand its reach and accelerate the identification of solutions for our workplace and for the communities in which we live,” added Afzal Jess, Vale chief digital officer.
Solutions must meet the following criteria:
- adherence to the challenges presented
- solution maturity and development stage
- no hazardous exposure to a user’s health
- investment volume compatible with the bid
- accessible by the general population (free of charge or low-cost)
- relevant impact on the community
- scalability potential and readiness
- entrepreneurial and technical capacity of the team – multidisciplinary and complimentary
- can be deployed to the end-user within 15 days from approval
Find more information on the challenge and how to apply at https://airtable.com/shrg4BwGjFyaj6kPf