All proposers are invited to carefully read the Challenge description and the Regulations, in the Attachments section, before submitting a solution.
Please note that this Challenge is being managed in collaboration with Leading Edge Only (hereinafter “LEO”), Enel S.p.A.’s Challenge program partner.
BY SUBMITTING A SOLUTION, PROPOSERS AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT THE ATTACHED REGULATIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS OF USE OF THIS PLATFORM.
Please explain your proposal clearly in English, attach documents (max 5 files, 35MB total size, ZIP, JPG, PDF format), if needed.
ELIGIBILITY
THE CHALLENGE IS RESERVED TO ALL THE LEGAL ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE ENEL GROUP.
The employees of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A. who are involved in the organization and management of the Competition or who have access to the Open Innovability Portal back office, as well as their spouses or partners and their relatives up to the fourth degree, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.
The spouses, partners, and relatives up to the fourth degree of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A. employees who are involved in the organization and management of the Challenge and of all the people who have access to the Open Innovability® Portal back office, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.
Furthermore, the spouses, partners and relatives up to the fourth degree of the employees of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A. who have worked or currently work in the technical sector of grid component design and standardization are not eligible for the participation in this Challenge.
Challenge, reward, IP rights and deadlines:
This is a Call for Partners Challenge; the participants will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Challenge Owner with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership.
Moreover, Enel Grids will recognize to the Winning Solution a prize of 10.000 USD net of all taxes and charges.
Admitted participants must provide all necessary documentation and information for the disbursement of the Preliminary Prize, including any invoice, tax and financial compliance certificates as may be required under applicable laws and regulations.
See Regulation for all details.
This Challenge does not require Intellectual Property (IP) transfer. However, sometimes the Challenge Owner company requests that certain IP arrangements shall be made, should a partnership be formed.
The Winning Solution will be offered the chance to negotiate a collaboration agreement with the Challenge Owner.
The proposals will be accepted on the Open Innovability platform until 30 June, 2025 and the evaluation process will start after this date. (This deadline could be postponed)
Late submissions will not be considered.