The Rockefeller Foundation and InnoCentive Renew Partnership Linking Non-Profit Organizations to World-Class Scientific Thinkers

Companies Build on Momentum of Previous 10 Challenges Resulting in 80 Percent Success Rate

June 23, 2009

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“We are excited to continue our great work with the Rockefeller Foundation. Time and again, our Solvers tell us that the opportunity to be involved in Challenges for the betterment of humanity is the greatest possible motivation for what they do,” said InnoCentive CEO Dwayne Spradlin.

To receive more information about the Rockefeller Foundation/InnoCentive partnership, please visit http://www.rockfound.org/initiatives/innovation/innocentive.shtml or email innovation_dev@rockfound.org.

About the Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation works around the world to ensure that more individuals, institutions, and communities can tap into growth and opportunity while strengthening resistance to risks and challenges, affirming its founding mission to “promote the well-being” of humanity. The Foundation today supports initiatives to mobilize an agricultural revolution in sub-Saharan Africa, bolster economic security for American workers, inform more equitable, sustainable transportation policies in the United States, assure access to affordable, high-quality health systems in developing countries, and help vulnerable communities cope with the impacts of imminent climate change. For more, visit www.rockfound.org.

About InnoCentive, Inc.
Founded in 2001, InnoCentive built the first global web community for open innovation, enabling scientists, engineers, professionals and entrepreneurs to collaborate to deliver breakthrough solutions for R&D-driven organizations. InnoCentive Seekers, who collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, submit complex problems to the InnoCentive Marketplace where more than 175,000 engineers, scientists, inventors, business people, and research organizations in more than 175 countries are invited to solve them. Solvers who deliver the most innovative solutions receive financial awards ranging up to US$1,000,000. InnoCentive’s Seekers include commercial, government and non-profit organizations such as Avery Dennison, SAP, Procter & Gamble, Pendulum, Eli Lilly and Company, Janssen, Solvay and The Rockefeller Foundation. For more information on InnoCentive, go to: http://www.innocentive.com/.