Congratulations to our 2020 Cade Prize Winners
First Place Winner – Nutrivert for its Nutrivert Antibiotic Replacement
Second Place Winner – Redhill Scientific for its all-natural, non-polluting nitrogen fertilizer
Third Place Winner – Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory for its Neural-Enabled Prosthetic Hand System
Fourth Place Winner – Covanos for its virtual cardiac catheterization
Fifth Place Winner – VetGuardian for its zero-touch vital signs monitoring for veterinarians
Five prizes totalling $50,000 were awarded, consisting of one $21,000 First Place Prize, $13,000 Second Place Prize, $8,000 Third Place Prize, $5,000 Fourth Place Prize, and $3,000 Fifth Place Prize. Each Finalist will also receive $2,000 in in-kind legal services from Saliwanchik Lloyd & Eisenschenk.
The winners were selected from our 21 Cade Prize Fibonacci Finalists:
Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory
Agriculture Intelligence
AI Metrics LLC
Aviana Molecular Technologies, LLC
BIUWAVE LLC
Cognosetta, Inc.
COMB
Connected Wise LLC
Covanos
Engineering Technologies, LLC
Lightguard
MADE Health and Fitness LLC
MARVLOUS
Nhu Energy
Nutrivert
OncoSpherix
PQSecure Technologies
Precision MedCare, LLC
Redhill Scientific
Stentiford Safety Services
Structured Monitoring Products
Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory
Agriculture Intelligence
AI Metrics LLC
Aviana Molecular Technologies, LLC
BIUWAVE LLC
Cognosetta, Inc.
COMB
Connected Wise LLC
Covanos
Engineering Technologies, LLC
Lightguard
MADE Health and Fitness LLC
MARVLOUS
Nhu Energy
Nutrivert
OncoSpherix
PQSecure Technologies
Precision MedCare, LLC
Redhill Scientific
Stentiford Safety Services
Structured Monitoring Products
The Cade Prize, and the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, are the legacy of Dr. Robert Cade, best known as the leader of the research team that invented Gatorade.
Special thanks to:
Scott Mackenzie
our Cade Prize Awards Ceremony Chair
Cade Prize Presenting Media Sponsor
Special thanks to:
Scott Mackenzie
our Cade Prize Awards Ceremony Chair
Cade Prize Presenting Media Sponsor
and added Sponsors
About the 2020 Cade Prize
Since 2010, the Cade Prize has celebrated innovation by identifying, recognizing, and celebrating Florida-based inventors and entrepreneurs, who, through an innovative invention, demonstrate a creative approach to addressing problems in their field of expertise. As one of the largest cash prize competitions for innovation in Florida, the Cade Prize has drawn hundreds of creative thinkers from diverse sectors, from Pensacola to Miami, who enter cutting-edge inventions with real market potential. In 2020, the Cade Prize will award $50,000 in seed-capital prizes and make several important enhancements:
Geography: The Cade Prize has expanded beyond Florida to Alabama and Georgia, enabling more inventors and research universities to highlight their cutting-edge inventions.
Finalists & Prizes: The number of Fibonacci Finalists (16 to 21) and cash Prizes have been increased to generate awareness of more essential innovations.
Leading Research Universities: The Cade Prize will be partnering with even more high-level research institutions across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.
Eligibility: R1 research universities from Alabama, Florida, and Georgia (13 total) are each eligible to nominate one entry for an automatic slot, as one of the 21 Fibonacci Finalists. R2 universities or other institutions without an automatic slot will automatically advance to become a finalist if they produced an entry in the previous year that made it to the final round. Research university nominations were submitted to Cade Prize by July 15, 2020 for round 1 judging.
Other Alabama, Florida and Georgia inventors and entrepreneurs completed for remaining Fibonacci Finalist slots. To be eligible, individuals or companies must have no more than $500,000 in outside investment {funding from investors received in exchange for stock, convertible note, or other similar instrument issued by the company (excluding grants, personal funds, in-kind support, competition prizes, or loans from friends and family).
Entry Categories: The Cade Prize call for applications included designated Cade Prize entry categories, to address key technology clusters and critical issues impacting the southeast: Agriculture/Environmental, Health Care/Bio, IT/Tech, Energy, plus a Wild Card category.
The Cade Prize entry period will opened on June 1, 2020, and applications were accepted through August 1, 2020. Research university nominations were submitted to Cade Prize by July 15, 2020. Round 1 judging, to determine the 21 Fibonacci Finalists, was conducted on August 11, 2020. On September 30, 2020, final judging to determine the Cade Prizewinners (five awards will be made totalling $50,000 - one $21,000 First Prize, $13,000 Second Prize, $8,000 Third Prize, $5,000 Fourth Prize, and $3,000 Fifth Prize) and a Cade Prize Awards Ceremony. Click here to read the Cade Prize announcement press release.
