On the last day of March, winners of the 1^st Polish edition of Solve for Tomorrow were announced.
The pilot edition of the program kicked off in September 2021. Secondary school pupils, as well as 1^st and 2^nd year undergraduate students were invited to participate.
Solve for Tomorrow served as a great venue for expanding their knowledge and allowed them to propose specific solutions focusing on three key challenges of today: climate, health and safety.

The winners of the 1^st edition of the contest are :

First place - a team from 1^st Tadeusz Kosciuszko High School in Bielsk Podlaski, for the project titled “Safe return home, any time of day or night”

Second place - a team from Akademia High School in Warsaw, for the project titled “Seaweeds versus CO2”  

Third place - a team from 1st Aleksander Omieczynski High School in Gryfino, for the project titled “Fertilizer needed now” 

The audience award went to the team of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, for its “MASK off” project(currently MindMatch).

SRPOL’s participation
SRPOL was also engaged in the organization of the first Polish edition of Solve for Tomorrow.
At the last stage of work on the final projects the teams could count on the support of nine mentors-volunteers who during almost 40 online meetings shared their technical knowledge, as well as the knowledge in the field of graphics, UI and testing. VP Adam Ros represented SRPOL in the 9-member Jury, which assessed the final projects and selected three winning teams. The final gala was attended by MD Yuna Kim, who delivered the diplomas to SRPOL volunteers.

Summary of the winning projects
[safety] First place – “Safe return home, any time of day or night”
Secondary school students from Bielsk Podlaski designed an innovative phone app sending location messages to the loved ones of those returning home late. The app is also capable of finding the safest route home and allows to quickly alert the emergency services. The Jury has appreciated the simplicity and functionality of the winning project. 

[climate] Second place – “Seaweeds vs. CO2”  
Students from Warsaw have been distinguished for their climate-related project. The device they designed relies on AI and seaweeds to clean the air at home and recover material used for manufacturing bioplastics. The project was standing out thanks to its innovative nature and a mature business approach adopted by the participants.

[climate] Third place – “Fertilizer needed now”
Secondary students from Gryfino impressed the Jury with their design of a simple, low-budget machine used for making fertilizer at home. The device relies on bio-degradable household waste and speeds up the process of producing high-quality fertilizer, thus reducing the use of its artificial equivalent.

[health] Audience award – “MASK off”
The all-female Jagiellonian University team received 1,180 votes. Their “Mask off” project highlights the problem of mental disorders and stresses the need to create an anonymous app that will meet the needs of those suffering from such problems.