Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize

This is your final reminder that the submission deadline for the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Breakthrough Contest is Friday, August 30 at 5 p.m. ET. We encourage you to send in your final submission as soon as possible to avoid any last-minute technical difficulties. 

We look forward to reviewing your submissions!

Calling all innovators! The submission deadline for the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Breakthrough Contest is in two weeks on Friday, August 30 at 5 p.m. ET. 

Access the submission templates for Track 1: New Competitors or Track 2: Verified Competitors and read the Official Prize Rules in the HeroX Resources tab. 

Here’s what a full submission looks like:

• Executive summary
• Technical narrative
• Identified Evaluation Entity and summary of the Overview Information and Evaluation Plan for Phase IV
• Outline of team and resources
• 90-second video 

Don’t miss this chance to win up to $200,000 for your innovative idea!

The Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Breakthrough Contest submission deadline is Friday, August 30. New participants and prior winners of the prize are invited to share their innovative solutions for collecting, sorting, storing, and transporting spent lithium-ion batteries. The Breakthrough contest will award up to $2M in cash prizes, with up to ten Breakthrough winners receiving $200,000. These winners will advance to Phase IV of the competition to show how effectively their solution contributes to establishing infrastructure to move spent or discarded LIBs from consumers to recyclers across all commercial uses.

Before you submit your prize application, we recommend you:

• Read the Official Prize Rules for eligibility requirements and submission details
• Watch the Informational Webinar for more details on the prize 
• Review the Evaluation Entity information and requirements
• Download the submission templates for Track 1: New Competitors or Track 2: Verified Competitors. 

If you have any additional questions, contact us directly at

As we draw closer to the Breakthrough Contest final submission deadline on Friday, August 30, 2024, prize teams should initiate collaborations with our approved Evaluation Entities to identify a proposed validation plan for their concept solution. To learn more about the organizations who have partnered with the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize, check out these Evaluation Entity Introductory Slides.  

For even more information about Evaluation Entities, watch this recording of our informational webinar. During this webinar, the prize administration team shared an overview of the roles and responsibilities of Evaluation Entities, including Evaluation Report templates for use in Phase IV. These reports are available under the Resources tab of HeroX. Prize teams should include a summary of the Overview Information and Evaluation Plan sections for their Breakthrough Phase Submission requirements (Section 4. Evaluation Entity).

• Recycler Evaluation Report
• Second-Life Evaluation Report

If you have any questions about working with an Evaluation Entity, please contact .

Competition is heating up in these final few months of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Breakthrough Contest. We are looking forward to learning more about your innovative solutions to improve the recovery of spent or discarded lithium-ion batteries. Breakthrough Contest final submissions are due Friday, August 30, 2024. 

Prize participants are responsible for contacting Evaluation Entities to identify a proposed validation plan for their concept solution. Prize teams should complete the Overview Information and Evaluation Plan sections of the Evaluation Report (Recycler or Second-Life) for their Breakthrough Phase Submission requirements (Section 4. Evaluation Entity). For the Phase IV work, the rest of the Evaluation Entity report should be completed by the Evaluation Entity and submitted as part of the final documentation package. This document is considered business sensitive and will only be shared with the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize review committee.

We will be sharing more information about the approved Evaluation Entity options in the next few weeks. If you have any questions about the Evaluation Entity process, please reach out to .