Welcome to the Nabat TerraPod Challenge
The Nabat TerraPod Challenge invites startups, researchers, established companies, and technology innovators worldwide to design a scalable, low-cost seed-carrier that can be deployed by an unmanned autonomous vehicle (UAV) to restore vegetation across the UAE’s desert and arid landscapes.
Through this challenge, Nabat, in partnership with ASPIRE, aims to:
• Identify a scalable, low-cost seed-carrier solution for UAV-assisted desert reforestation
• Improve germination, dormancy-breaking, and early-stage survival in extreme arid conditions
• Fast-track validation and a potential commercial partnership through live field testing in early 2027
• Identify world-class solutions that help fight desertification in the UAE
Participants are invited to submit seed-carrier solutions that demonstrate germination performance, environmental durability, cost-efficiency, and readiness for UAV deployment at scale.
Awards:-
Nabat needs a desert seed-carrier – US$50K for the best solution.
Nabat, in partnership with ASPIRE (Abu Dhabi), has issued an open brief for a scalable, low-cost seed-carrier deployable by drone to restore vegetation in the UAE’s desert and arid landscapes. Open to companies, researchers, and engineers in materials science, biochar, agritech, and arid-land ecology. US$50,000 paid to the winning solution.
US$50,000
+ potential Nabat partnership
Deadline:- 19-11-2026
