Applications Due May 14 for Nokia Bell Labs Prize Competition

Applications are due May 14 for the Nokia Bell Labs Prize 2021, a “competition for researchers with disruptive innovations that have the potential to change the way we live, work and communicate,” said the company Wednesday. Finalists will be given access to Bell Labs software, hardware and collaborators to bring their ideas closer to commercial fruition, it said. The competition fetches a $100,000 grand prize, plus $50,000 and $25,000 prizes for the second- and third-place finishers, said Nokia. “Up to 25 of the top submissions will be invited to work with Bell Labs researchers to turn their ideas into compelling proposals.”