Poreva Open 2026 – Global AI Protein Design Challenge

The Poreva Open 2026 – Global AI Protein Design Challenge is an international scientific competition that combines artificial intelligence and biotechnology. It invites research teams, universities, and specialized companies worldwide to develop innovative protein designs using AI, with laboratory testing of designs at Megalaxy Lab and multiple stages of scientific challenges focused on designing interactions with biological targets.

Total cash prizes of about $250,000 USD, with top prizes of up to 1,000,000 CNY; additional laboratory testing credits worth about $150,000 USD; potential investment offers for top teams; access to experimental results; some results may be published under IP terms.

Open to research teams, university laboratories, biotechnology companies, and AI teams from around the world; each team must have at least 3 members and use a professional institutional affiliation.

Teams must register with a professional institutional affiliation and submit original protein designs meeting challenge requirements; teams must disclose models and methods used.