Worldwide Assistive & Accessibility Technology Awards

A powered prosthetic that responds intuitively to movement. Software that makes visual information understandable without sight. A communication system that gives someone a faster, more natural way to express themselves. The impact of assistive technology can be immediate and profoundly practical.

The DaVinci Awards® celebrates products created to increase capability, personal autonomy, and access.

Entrants may be developing mobility technologies, sensory aids, adaptive computing, alternative communication systems, inclusive learning products, accessible interfaces, or intelligent solutions for homes, workplaces, and public environments.

Innovations do not need to be medically complex. A redesigned everyday object, a novel interface, or an elegantly simple piece of engineering can be just as impactful.

If your innovation enables someone to do, experience, or access something that was previously out of reach, submit your nomination today.

The DaVinci Awards recognizes outstanding feats of human ingenuity, and product innovation. Entries are welcomed from individuals, teams, startups, or established enterprises based anywhere in the world. Areas of interest include, but are certainly not limited to:

Show how you approached the needs of your users differently, whether through inventive engineering, alternative interaction methods, intelligent adaptation, or exceptional inclusive design. Judges will want to see evidence that accessibility shaped the product from the beginning, with lived experience and genuine user needs informing the choices made throughout its development.

Describe what users previously found difficult, inaccessible, uncomfortable, or dependent upon others to accomplish - then demonstrate what has changed because of your product. Evidence of increased independence, faster communication, improved mobility, greater participation, reduced reliance on assistance, or access to previously unavailable activities can provide a powerful measure of the innovation's real-world significance.

Can the technology accommodate different abilities, environments, languages, or stages of life? Could its underlying design principles influence mainstream products or encourage more inclusive standards elsewhere? Judges will be interested in innovations that can reach wider communities while preserving affordability, usability, and the individual flexibility that effective assistive technology often requires.

Winners may make full use of The DaVinci Awards® hallmark of excellence, linked to your level of accreditation, on all relevant materials.

All winners also receive a DaVinci Awards® trophy, and substantial press opportunities working in partnership with our editorial team. Find out more.