The following are the requirements for each individual:

• 8th - 12th graders during the 2019-2020 school year
• Must work as an individual, not as a team
• An individual can only submit one project

Students will receive the problem prompt on June 15. This will allow all participants to start on the same day.

Yes.  We will have an email inbox monitored by tech professionals and Nextech staff that can answer any questions participants may have.

Each submission must include the following elements:

• Project name
• Individual name and grade level
• Name of school
• A brief description of the project (maximum 350 characters)
• A short narrative (no more than 2 pages) on the process that the individual took to develop the solution.  It should address the following:
  • The process you used to come up with the project
  • The explanation for how the project addresses the challenge and provides a solution 
• A video (maximum 5 minutes) showcasing the solution. The production quality of the video will not be taken into consideration; what will differentiate each submission is the social relevance of the challenge identified and the creativity in the proposed solution

Submissions are due July 3, 2020 by 11:59pm.

Submissions will be evaluated on a rubric by an impartial group of evaluators. This rubric will be provided at the kick-off meeting on June 8, 2020.

Winners will be announced July 27, 2020.

There will be more than one winner per level.

No, a student can only submit one project.

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