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Team Innersolace identified a growing issue: increasing isolation among humans on Earth and on the Moon, leading to early threats of disrupted sleep, low mood, and slowed thinking, well before physical health decline; setting the stage for a key approach for the 2027 Mental Health Xperience.
Rutgers University
$2,040
This Horizons Challenge, in collaboration with NASA, focuses on identifying problems that need solving now for a future in space. Topic areas are Predictive User Interfaces, Human Performance Monitoring, Autonomous Asset Inspection, and Adaptive Learning.
Set the stage for future innovation and compete for the $2,040 grand prize. Form your team, choose your focus area(s), and tell us why your topic deserves to be solved. Finalists pitch live in person for hundreds of industry experts at the NEXPLORE Summit. Teams can submit for multiple focus areas, with more chances to win.
Focus areas
$2,040
April 2027
This Horizons Challenge, in collaboration with NASA, focused on identifying problems that need solving now for a future in space. Topic areas were Safe & Sustainable Food, Off-Grid AI, Peak Human Performance, and High-Tech Health.
Awarded
$2,040
September 2025