Hi Jared,

Thank you for your message.

Commercial entities, like all other types of organizations, are welcome to apply for the WILDLABS Awards. For instance, last year, DrivenData, a commercial entity, participated. You can explore their project here: 

Regarding your second point, I greatly appreciate your suggestion, as we are always looking for feedback to better address the needs of our diverse community audiences. 

While the idea of offering specific grants tailored to subcommunities (such as those in South America, commercial entities, or marine-focused projects, for example) is a frequent topic of discussion, for the second year of the WILDLABS Awards, we have chosen to maintain a broad focus. Our aim is to ensure that the sector's diversity is well-represented in the final selection process through the application of various judging criteria.

I hope it answers your questions!

Strange, last year if I recall correctly last year one of the requirements was that the project had to use arm processors, and yet the above project runs in the cloud so it doesn't use arm processors as all. Maybe the models that it trains in the cloud are downloadable and then runnable on arm computers?

Conversely, this year I do not see such a requirement, which is strange because it's sponsored by arm computers. Is this intentional ?

(I think I must have miss read it last year).

Hi Kim, 

Thanks for your reply. 

As for last year, Arm is looking to discover new projects and partners in the conservation tech ecosystem that could benefit from their funding, technology, or pro-bono support. Through this program, Arm is looking to support projects with their ecosystem of technology partners. From Audiomoth, Raspberry Pi and Arduino, from wearables to smartphones, sensors to supercomputers, you can find Arm technology almost everywhere. 

Does it help?

Potentially. Thanks for your response. 

Kim

Hi Andrew, 

Thank you for your question! 

Both options seem highly suitable for the awards. Unfortunately, I can't predict what the three rounds of judging (involving 20+ judges) will favour. However, I encourage you to review the assessment criteria and consider last year's awardees (who you're undoubtedly familiar with 😉).

Additionally, please note that you can submit more than one project, though the same project cannot be submitted twice.

I hope this helps!

Sounds good! Thanks Adrien!