Dubai's Global Grad Show has announced an open call to universities and students for designs that address critical issues resulting from the coronavirus outbreak.
The call-out looks for design solutions to issues that have been highlighted by the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.
"Proposals must address collateral issues related to Covid-19," said the organisers of the Global Grad Show.
"Examples include improving the efficiency of self-quarantine, increase treatment capacity and screening methods, mitigate contagious behaviours individually and within groups, and enable collaborative efforts amongst private and public sectors."
Coronavirus is "uniting the world around a common concern"
The submissions will be assessed by a panel of experts in health, innovation and technology and those selected will each be awarded the equivalent of a year's university tuition fees. "This initiative is our attempt to channel the intelligence and imagination of our partners to address a number of urgent, interconnected problems," said Brendan McGetrick, head of curation of the Global Grad Show and creative director of The Museum of the Future, which is currently under construction in Dubai.

"The Covid-19 pandemic has wide ranging impacts, from medical to economic to social to professional," he told Dezeen.
"But one of its most striking and potentially positive effects is in uniting the world around a common concern. Suddenly, we are mor...