Nonprofits can now apply for technology help from Imagine Cup, Microsoft's student technology competition.
Microsoft launched Imagine Cup Solve This on Monday. The Imagine Cup competition brings together student teams from around the world who build software. In the past few years, Microsoft has asked students to build software that helps advance the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
The company called Solve This a crowdsourcing solution for technology challenges faced by nonprofits and NGOs, or non-government organizations.
"We often hear from all the NGOs and nonprofits that they would love to have our help in thinking through the application of technology to some of the very challenging issues they?re working on," said Pamela Passman, corporate vice president for Microsoft corporate affairs. "What we?ve done with Imagine Cup Solve This is provide a platform for our NGOs and U.N. organizations so they can submit applications for what they think can help them."
The U.S. Agency for International Development is looking for technology to promote early literacy among young kids, Passman said. The United Nations Development Program wants help building a knowledge management system, an online campus where teachers can collaborate and share information with students, Passman said.
Microsoft posted seven requests from nonprofits and NGOs on Monday. In the next few months, the company will open up the process so any nonprofit can submit proposals.
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