Impact Award

The Impact Award recognizes a product, service, or solution that positively impacts the user experience. Solutions will address three (3) categories:

Accessibility: Improves end-user accessibility either through cost, lifestyle, life events, or circumstances to positively impact breastfeeding disparities across the U.S.
Scalability: Showcase a positive impact resolution for the industry or user that is commercially viable and scalable.
Innovation: Significantly contributes to the growth of the industry, or leverages existing technology in a new, creative, out-of-the-box manner for the benefit of the end user.

Sponsored by: Medela
Judge: Deanna Gilbert, Director, User Centered Design
Award: Travel for up to 4 team members to Chicago for 1-Night Stay to learn from experts. Includes consultation with Medela and visit to Rush NICU.

Superhero Award

The Superhero Award recognizes the team that best empowers and supports breastfeeding moms in meeting their breastfeeding goals. The winning team will be featured on Breaking Through, MomsRising’s radio show that covers the top topics facing our nation from the perspective of real people and real experts.  The winning team will also be featured on MomsRising’s blog that brings the latest stories, information, and actions that make life better for women, moms, and our families--for everyone.

Sponsored by: MomsRising
Judge: Tina Sherman, Campaign Director
Award: Superhero Cape, a feature on the MomsRising blog, and an interview on MomsRising's radio show.

Media for Change Award

The “Media for Change” Award recognizes the team that is using participatory media to address systemic gaps in postpartum support. The winning team might be mounting a campaign on social media, hosting an innovative chat-group, making zines to distribute lactation information,  or otherwise involving audiences in the creation and distribution of media for making change.

By: MIT Media Lab
Judge: Ethan Zuckerman
Award: Featured in MIT Media Lab blog post, 1-hour consultation session with staff and students at the Center for Civic Media, 2 tickets and $1000 travel stipend to attend the 2018 MIT Disobedience Prize awards and accompanying conference.

Technology Frontiers Award

The Technology Frontiers Award recognizes the team that demonstrates the best application of technology that supports breastfeeding, pumping and general lactation support.  The technology could be AI, Virtual or Augmented Reality, bots, P2P, or something else as long as it's supporting innovation in the space.

Sponsored by: Lansinoh
Judge: Erin Langley
Award: Up to Five (5) Google Daydream VR Headsets

Global Mom Appeal Award
 

The Global Mom Appeal award balances quality, affordability, and convenience in breastfeeding products marketed to a global and cross-cultural audience. Global moms want high quality and stylishness at a reasonable price point. 

By: Pureen
Judge: Doreen Wang
Award: A contract to consult Pureen on product development that emphasizes Global Mom Appeal. In addition, Pureen will provide advice on digital marketing of your product.

And Still We Rise Award
 

"And Still We Rise" award recognizes the project with most potential for empowering women of color to breastfeed, either through community based advocacy, by telling inspiring stories of triumph and resilience, or working to shift oppressive structures and systems. 

By: Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE)
Judge: Andrea Serano
Award: 1 Free registration for the 2018 ROSE Breastfeeding Summit and an opportunity to display a poster presentation of their hackathon submission. The award recipient is responsible their travel and lodging arrangements. 

Start-Up Starter Pack

Start Up Starter Pack recognizes the team with the most potential to turn into a startup company. The winning team receives 15 hours of consulting, training, and feedback sessions to put together the building blocks of a fundable, scaleable company. Within 12 months, Moxxly will guide you to build your: Company formation & team (1 hours), Brand book (1 hours), Prototyping, user testing, and validation process (3 hours), Pitch deck & practice pitch (3 hours), Manufacturing & launch plan (2 hours).

By: Moxxly
Judge: Gabrielle Guthrie
Award: 10 hours of consulting over one year

Information is Power Award

The Information is Power Award recognizes efforts to improve information, education and empowerment tools that help breastfeeding moms and families. The team that wins this award will be interviewed by the Spectra Baby USA team and featured across their blogs and social media platforms.

By: Spectra Baby USA
Judge: Nadine Tanis
Award: Spectra Baby USA will interview the winning team and feature their project across their blogs and social media platforms.

The Connections Award

The Connections Award recognizes the team that seeks to foster community and support around breastfeeding including one-to-one and one-to-many support as well as fostering connections in the breastfeeding community from providers to parents. The winning team will be invited to fly to Chicago for a working session with Ameda in order to refine their offerings through technical leadership and learning how to build communities via online outreach.

By: Ameda
Judge: Vicki Twomey
Award: Round trip for two with a one-night stay to visit the Ameda headquarters located in Buffalo Grove, IL. Northwest of Chicago.

Listening by Design Award

The Listening by Design Award values the team whose work most effectively pays attention to and designs for the lived experience of one or more of the following groups: low-wage workers, LGBTQ+ parents, and/or parents of color. Award winners may have devised creative listening and reflection strategies for their design team to learn about the challenges and triumphs faced by these groups on their breastfeeding journey. Or, their prototype design may embody a keen understanding of those challenges and triumphs.

By: Continuum 
Judge: Jen Ashman
Award: Tour of the Continuum space and lunch with designers.