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The Coller Dolittle Challenge has revealed the winner of its first USD $100,000 annual prize – accelerating progress towards interspecies two-way communication. The winning team of researchers have discovered that dolphin’s non-signature whistles could function like words – with mutually understood, context-specific meaning. The next round of applications is open.

The Coller Dolittle Challenge has revealed the shortlist for the winner of its first USD$100,000 annual prize – with a USD$10million Grand Prize on offer for the team that ultimately ‘cracks the code’ of interspecies two-way communication. Four teams – from the USA, Germany, France, and Israel – have taken ground-breaking steps.

Call for 2023/24 submissions closes 31 July 2024. Grand Prize winner to receive up to USD10million for “cracking the code”. Annual prizes of USD100k announced for significant contributions to decipher, interface or mimic non-human organism communication. London, 30 May 2024: Today, the Jeremy Coller Foundation and Tel Aviv University announces a call for submissions for the Coller Dolittle Challenge for Interspecies Two-Way Communication.

The Jeremy Coller Foundation, a strategic grant-making organisation, today announced the appointment of Fiona Reynolds, former CEO of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) to an advisory role as President of the FAIRR initiative and the recently launched Coller Pensions Institute. Fiona will start with immediate effect.