$250,000 Awards Advance Disaster Resilience Solutions

Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize

Application deadline: June 13, 2025
Grant amount: Four awards of $250,000 will be made.
Description: The Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize, a collaboration between Verizon and MIT Solve, seeks technology-driven solutions that strengthen disaster resilience in U.S. communities. The Prize has a particular interest in innovations that enhance early warning systems and disaster preparedness, improve emergency response and resource coordination, strengthen infrastructure and protect vulnerable communities, and support long-term recovery and community resilience after weather-related disasters. Four selected solutions will receive $250,000 in funding to advance their initiatives.​ Solutions can be for-profit, nonprofit, and hybrid organizations.