It's time to announce our Members of the Month! Each month, members from our community are spotlighted for their accomplishments. Please congratulate the following winners for the month of December, winning for their accomplishments in October!
Design:
Ten wins earning over $10K
in design challenges
Development:
Six wins earning over $4K in
development challenges
Algorithm:

It's a Sunshot weekend here at Topcoder! Right now we have 10 development challenges open, with over $28,000 in prizes! Sounds like an excellent way to spend your weekend earning some cash right before the holidays if you ask me!
The best part about the Sunshot challenges...there is a little something for everyone! We're talking, Angular, Node, MongoDB, API integrations and more. We even have a

The SunShot Series is running at full speed with nearly 30 challenges running, with many of those being UI Prototypes. Come show off your HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript skills by competing on these challenges now!
We expect many FTF challenges to follow these prototypes as well, so there are plenty of opportunities to show off your skills on this very high visibility program. Check out all of the

Earlier this year, we helped 17 teams from the Department of Energy's SunShot Catalyst initiative each spend up to $25,000 on the topcoder platform. These teams are pioneering new ways to lower the soft costs of solar adoption.
This time we are back with 19 new teams, 19 new ideas, and 19 x $25,000 to spend on challenges over the next 9 weeks. Like last time, there will be an initial focus on

"I love doing yard work!" ... said no one ever
Keep that lawnmower in the shed this weekend and compete in some of these awesome topcoder challenges. There are a lot of great challenges to choose from but here are some interesting ones that I think you may want to take a peek at.
If PHP with Angular is your cup of tea, check out the SunShot series challenge AngularJS

Topcoder is hosting the SunShot Catalyst initiative from February 13 to April 17th. SunShot teams participating in the DOE/NREL sponsored initiative have $25K each for a total of $500k in 8 weeks. During the first two weeks of competition we will have nearly $100k of prize money to be won.
Designers Needed!
We are increasing prize money for checkpoints! Be sure to check the specifics on each.

Topcoder is hosting the SunShot Catalyst initiative from February 13th to April 17th. SunShot teams participating in the DOE/NREL sponsored initiative have $25K each for a total of $500k in 8 weeks. During the first two weeks of competition we will have nearly $100k of prize money to be won. This update, is about where you come in.
Calling All Designers!
As we begin our kickoff meetings

SunShot Catalyst is an open innovation program that aims to catalyze the rapid creation and development of products and solutions that address near-term challenges in the U.S. solar marketplace. Through a series of prize challenges, SunShot Catalyst makes it faster and easier for American innovators to launch cutting-edge solar companies, while tackling time-sensitive market challenges.
Topcoder

Welcome to SunShot!
SunShot Catalyst is an open innovation program that allows you to rapidly create and develop products and solutions that address near-term challenges in the U.S. solar marketplace.
What does this mean for you?
The SunShot Catalyst Program is a series of contests designed to address time-sensitive market issues in the solar industry. The Catalyst Program consists of four