IBM Names First Recipients Of Smarter Cities Challenge Grants

IBM selected 24 cities worldwide to receive IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grants. The grants provide the cities with access to IBM's top experts to analyze and recommend ways they can become even better place in which to live, work and play.

The grant winners:

Antofagasta, Chile

Boulder, CO

Bucharest, Romania

Chengdu, China

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Delhi, India

Edmonton, Canada

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Glasgow, UK

Guadalajara, Mexico

Helsinki, Finland

Jakarta, Indonesia

Milwaukee, WI

New Orleans, LA
Newark, NJ

Nice, France

Philadelphia, PA

Providence, RI

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sapporo, Japan

St. Louis, MO

Syracuse, NY

Townsville, Australia

Tshwane-Pretoria, South Africa