“The delegates are a very strategically chosen body of individuals. Virtually everyone who attends Ocean Exchange has the capacity to open doors.”
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The Ocean Exchange award cycle is now open for 2025.
Click below to register your solution by region.
Notice there are different deadlines for where your startup is located. More than one home country? Your choice, but you must have an entity and employee within the locale.
Main Awards 2025
Neptune Awards 2025
Applications now open for the 2025 Neptune Awards of $100,000 USD each.
Deadline for Entries Varies Regionally
- Asia & Oceania: 11:59 pm GMT, May 30, 2025
- NEW DEADLINE! Europe, Middle East, & Africa: 11:59 pm GMT, June 20, 2025
- The Americas: 11:59 pm GMT, August 1st, 2025
Semifinalists will be selected to participate in an additional round of review.
Finalists (announced in late September) will present at Ocean Exchange, October 27th – 29th in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Collegiate Awards 2025
Opportunity for Graduate and Undergraduate Innovators in North America
2x The Ocean Exchange Collegiate Award, and the Guy Harvey Foundation Collegiate Award, of $10,000 USD each, will be awarded in 2025.
Deadline for Entries:
11:59pm GMT, Wednesday, September 17th
Exchange Dates:
October 26th – 28th in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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