GRAND PRIZE ($60,000) - Solar Conduction Dryer

Solar Conduction Dryer provides solar-powered food dehydrators to rural farmers to curb food spoilage and generate additional income from preserved produce.

Second Place ($40,000) - Foot Soldiers

Foot Soldiers works to reduce rubber tire pollution by recycling disposed tires into handcrafted rubber shoes given to low-income rural people.

Third Place ($20,000) - Good Benefits

Good Benefits helps companies streamline corporate giving programs by enabling employees to make payroll contributions over time to tax-exempt “micro-foundation” accounts.

Finalist ($10,000) - Semka Biomedical Technologies

Semka is developing a device that allows doctors to perform low cost, non-invasive tumor biopsies through blood extraction to target metastatic cells.

Finalist ($10,000) -  Citizen Power | Sunriding 

The Sunride platform enables ordinary people to team up, organize, and build sustainable community solar panels together in urban areas.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD ($1,000)

Solar Conduction Dryer

OUTSTANDING INNOVATION AWARD ($5,000)

The prizes for SSTM Fellows will vary depending on the scope and scale of each project. SSTM Fellows will receive an official email during the week of May 20th, 2013 with further details.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD ($2,500)