| 2012 | Networked Irrigation | Plastic pipe, with data network on embedded wires, lowers cost and simplifies installation. Remote moisture sensors and valves supply water only where needed |
| OpenIR | web application for saving lives in disasters, offering geo-located infrared data as on-demand map layers and translating the data so that anyone can read it easily |
| SchoolHousePotential | Implementation of a bio-digestion process at the secondary school built in Lenana, Kenya. Methane is for the school’s kitchen and fertilizer is sold to local farms |
| Shared Water for Shared Health | Several households share one large rainwater harvesting system for improved water access and reduced cost in Uganda |
| Wecyclers | Establishing a recycling program in Lagos, Nigeria that emphasizes community participation and implements bicycle transportation |
| 2011 | Brundt Rainwater Purification System | Utilizing Harar, Ethiopia’s natural resources to make clean water available for all the people, including rainwater harvesting and filtration systems |
| GrubCycle | Conversion of organic waste into a value-added commercial animal feed using a type of grub, Black Soldier Fly larvae, in Kibera, Kenya, one of the world’s largest slums |
| Renewable H2All | Slow sand filter adjusted to the customs of the community of Tamahula, Mexico and a for-profit enterprise which includes a low-cost dry season irrigation system |
| Zacatech | A unique approach to educating rural subsistence farmers in Zacatecas, Mexico, about low-cost agricultural technologies |
| ZimbaPlus | A small-volume dispenser for hand pump chlorinators |
| 2010 | Comunidea! | Student-based initiative to establish IDEAS-like competition at Loja Universityu, Ecuador |
| My City, My Future | Youth in the slums of Rio mapping their world |
| Piecemeal | Improved, modular, hygienic, lightweight and affordable food carts for street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand |
| The Grease Project | Biodiesel retrofit for waste pickers in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2009 | Global Citizen Water Initiative | Coupling of inexpensive water quality test kits with open source spatial mapping for community water quality monitoring |
| Global Cycle Solutions | Bicycle-Powered Businesses (Tanzania, Peru) |
| NutriV | System to help health institutions keep track remotely of the progress of nutritional programs for undernourished children |
| Plastic Bag Recycling | A simple device to turn waste plastic bags into plastic yarn |
| SolSource | Rural Energy Product Distributor (Greater Himalayas) |
| Urban Agriculture | Low-cost household hydroponic system to produce higher yield crops |
| 2007 | Biogas Nicaragua | Alternative biogas energy solutions for rural and urban populations |
| ECVO | Water distillation unit running off of excess automotive engine heat |
| Learn TB | 3-week educational curriculum to teach the school population about the TB disease, contraction, prevention, and treatment |
| Mapping Disease | Publicly-accessible, continuously-updated database to map disease outbreaks in specific geographical locations |
| New DOTS | Solution for monitoring TB drug adherence paired with economic incentives |
| Sustainable Shelters | Appropriate, innovative and affordable housing design to facilitate owner-driven reconstruction in disaster relief |
| Vac-Cast | Human-powered, low-cost vacuum device used for sand-casting (SC) fitting to make prosthetic limbs |
