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ODP uses Challenges and Prize Competitions to spark new ways of thinking, solve tough problems, accelerate innovation, stimulate interest in prevention science, and ultimately advance NIH’s core mission of turning discovery into health.
Through its Challenges, ODP awards cash prizes and other incentives for the most promising solutions and creative ideas from students, entrepreneurs, communities, and other groups who don’t typically participate in NIH research activities.
Learn more about Challenges across the federal government.
Past Challenges and Prize Competitions
Beauty + Health: Youth Graphic Medicine Challenge
Teens and young adults, create comics that tell stories about beauty standards and health!
Quit & Thrive Challenge: Community-Derived Solutions to Reduce Menthol Cigarette Smoking
ODP encouraged submissions from local and state organizations and agencies to highlight successful community-led solutions that address menthol cigarette smoking.
ODP Art Challenge: How Prevention Can Create Better Health for Everyone
ODP encouraged teens and young adults to share their ideas—through art—about how prevention can help improve the health of people in the United States, no matter who they are or where they live.
The winning artwork provides insight into some of the pressing health and equity issues young people are thinking about in their lives. Topics range from the importance of social support and community connections, vaccinations, and heart-healthy habits, to the benefits of community gardens and multilingual, inclusive health care.