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Resources

Welcome to the Resources page for the $101M XPRIZE Healthspan and $10M FSHD Bonus Prize. We will be updating the contents of this page with more resources as they become available. Additional topics not covered below should be queried to [email protected].

Open Funding Opportunities & Announcements

In an effort to bring awareness to information on funding opportunities that may be applicable for any of our competing teams, we will periodically post funding announcements that are open to the public and related to healthspan and healthy aging.

Please note, XPRIZE Foundation, Inc. encourages every team to diligently review every opportunity listed on this resource page and the requirements set by these third parties. XPRIZE is listing these funding opportunities on an “as-is” basis and makes NO guarantee on any decision made for an award.



    How to Register

    Primary Registration closed in December 2024 but teams may still request to apply to join the competition through Discretionary Late Registration. The following are introductory resources that provide important information for all teams interested in competing.



    Discretionary Late Registration - NOW OPEN

    XPRIZE has sole discretion to register and qualify additional teams across XPRIZE Healthspan and the FSHD Bonus Prize from the close of their respective registrations until the Discretionary Late Registration deadline. Teams that register during this period must meet all preceding registration and submission requirements and pay a late registration fee between USD $10,000 (Discretionary Late Registration after Milestone 1; February 2025 - April 2026 ) and $100,000 (Discretionary Late Registration after Milestone 2; Aug 2026 - July 2027).
    Please follow these instructions on how to submit a late application for teams who did not complete a Qualifying Submission for Milestone 1.


    1. Submit a 1-page Letter of Intent to [email protected]. Email should be titled as “[TEAM NAME] Request for Late Registration: Letter of Intent Included" or another closely similar format.

      1. Your Letter of Intent should include a brief overview about your team, your proposed therapeutic, your rationale for its use in XPRIZE Healthspan, and any supportive data available. You may either include the Letter of Intent as a file attached, or write it out directly in the email.
      2. Clearly make mention if your team is affiliated with a University, Non-Profit, or other type of academic or public research institution. You may be eligible for a waived or discounted Late Registration Fee (teams must be able to provide proof of eligibility if requested).
    2. The XPRIZE Healthspan staff will screen all incoming requests, and the Executive Director will approve or deny the request.
    3. If your late registration request is approved, we will provide further instructions to complete a Registration Form, Registration Fee, Read and Sign the Competitor Agreement, and finally upload a Qualifying Submission on the Prize Operations Platform (POP).
    4. Once a late-registrant team has completed all of the above activities on POP, XPRIZE Healthspan will assign these ad-hoc applications to the Judging Panel to determine if the application merits them as a Qualifying Team.


    Competitor Agreement

    All teams must sign the Competitor Agreement via their legal entity’s authorized signatory in order to be fully registered in the competition. Teams competing for Milestone 1 Awards must return a signed Agreement by March 1, 2025.

    PLEASE NOTE: Signatures are required via Docusign. Competing teams must access the POP competition portal to first confirm acknowledgement of the Agreement. A Read-Only copy of the Competitor Agreement is linked above in PDF for review purposes only.


    Annual Team Summits

    The goals of the Team Summits are to gather, discuss, and review with competing teams their questions regarding eligibility and testing/study plans within the competition, as well as an opportunity to be informed of any important technical and administrative updates.


    Qualifying Submissions

    For competing Teams, please refer to the following resources for information on how to enter a Qualifying Submission for XPRIZE Healthspan and the FSHD Bonus Prize.


    IMPORTANT: All Qualifying Submissions from Teams must be submitted through the XPRIZE Prize Operations Platform (www.pop.xprize.org). We will not accept any submissions through any other form of transmission.