February 24, 2021
The Hult Prize Foundation has officially announced the locations and co-hosts of its 2021 Impact Summits. This year’s summits will take place across 50 different cities around the world, each hosting the regional final round of the Hult Prize flagship one-million-dollar startup challenge.
University of Massachusetts Amhersthas been selected as a co-host for one of the 50 summits happening in March and April. In its 12th year, the Hult Prize Foundation received a record number of city-wide bids from over one-thousand applicants across the world, representing more than 3,000 organizations including private foundations, NGOs and higher education institutions.
“We are grateful and excited to host the Hult Challenge Regional competition. The University of Massachusetts is a significant intellectual and economic driver for New England, with a top food science program in our College of Natural Science and strong social entrepreneurship and social justice roots. Our