West Lafayette Smart City Challenge – Proposals Due

The Innovation Partners Institute at the Purdue Research Foundation, in partnership with the City of West Lafayette, the Indiana 5G Zone, and US Ignite, created the West Lafayette (WL) Smart City Challenge. The challenge seeks to empower innovative teams to:

Develop a scalable IoT solution and/or software application by leveraging the City of WL’s existing IoT infrastructure and data inputs and the Discovery Park District’s NineTwelve 5G/IoT Lab to improve safety for vulnerable road users who navigate high-traffic corridors and intersections during major seasonal events.

Successful proposals can win up to $15,000 and:

• Engage with Purdue Research Foundry
• Pilot solution for the city
• Gain access to potential investors
• Receive a one year membership to NT Convergence

Proposals are due by December 3, 2021.