2013 NYC BigApps

New York City is going big with the launch of NYC BigApps 2013, the fourth annual BigApps competition to promote government transparency and innovative new technologies, at an exciting New York Tech Meetup event. This year, in conjunction with DoITT, and in partnership with BMW iVentures, we are challenging mobile and web developers to create cool, free apps for New Yorkers.

This year’s cash awards total $150,000. The Grand Prize winner for NYC BigApps 2013 is eligible to win up to $60,000!

NYC BigApps 2013 Expo and Hackathon Weekend at eBay

BigIssues

This year, NYC BigApps is tapping the best and brightest minds to work together to help solve major challenges - or as we like to call them, BigIssues - affecting New York City residents, visitors, and businesses. We’ve selected four focus areas for the 2013 competition and invited experts to develop problem briefs that vividly describe BigIssues within each category.

Cleanweb

• Help New York City residents, visitors, and businesses create more intelligent, optimized, and efficient building, transit, and waste systems.

Healthy Living

• Help New York City residents, visitors, and businesses adopt healthy behaviors (e.g., fitness, nutrition), enhance health education and understanding of health trends, and/or improve access to healthcare resources.

Jobs and Economic Mobility

• Help New York City’s underserved residents find gainful employment, develop workforce skills, and/or access worker support services (e.g child care, healthcare support, education, affordable housing, etc.).

Lifelong Learning

• Help people of all ages to connect to New York City’s diverse learning opportunities and educational resources.

Learn more at nycbigapps.com

Prizes

• Grand Prize: $35,000 (only Cleanweb, Healthy Living, Jobs and Economic Mobility, and Lifelong Learning winners are eligible for the Grand Prize)
• Jobs and Economic Mobility: $50,000 in prizes ($25,000 first prize, $15,000 second prize, $10,000 third prize)
• Lifelong Learning: $20,000 prize
• Healthy Living: $20,000 prize
• Cleanweb: $20,000 prize
• Wildcard: $5,000 prize (open prize not limited to a BigIssue, not eligible for Grand Prize)

Timeline

Find out more details at nycbigapps.com

NYC BigApps Past Competitions

View the winners from past NYC BigApps Competitions.