The American-Made Geothermal Geophone Prize is designed to catalyze the development of high-temperature, downhole capable seismic monitoring for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) in the American instrumentation community.

Learn more about this prize in a webinar overview from the prize administrators.

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In Phase 1: Concept, competitors will propose a high-temperature seismic sensor concept and demonstrate the availability of possible high-temperature components.

The contests provide a total of $3.65 million in incentives—$2.55 million in cash prizes, $1.1 million in vouchers—to drive the development of high-temperature, downhole seismometers from concept to prototype testing in three years through an accelerated schedule.