Competition
Technovation Girls
Technovation
Recognition
Grand Prize winners (1 per division, 3 total): $750/person educational stipend. Finalist teams (15 selected globally): $500/person educational stipend plus travel/accommodations (~$10,000/team value) to the in-person World Summit in Bengaluru, India. Regional Honors teams (15 selected): $250/person educational stipend. Semifinalists are also eligible for non-monetary Special Prizes (Climate Prize, EmpowerED Excellence Award, Break the Scroll Prize).
Deadline
~Mar 18, 2026
Estimated; confirm on sponsor site
Technovation Girls is a free, global technology and entrepreneurship competition in which teams of girls, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming youth ages 8-18 build a mobile/web app or AI solution to a real-world problem in their community. Teams submit a pitch video, technical video, source code, and supporting materials for judging, with top teams advancing to an in-person World Summit.
Eligibility
- Grade levels
- Middle school, High school
- Citizenship
- Any
- Fields of study
- Technology, Computer science, Business
Application requirements
- Register a team of 1-5 students (girls, nonbinary, trans, or gender-nonconforming) during the season registration window: Registration for the 2025-2026 season ran Aug 13, 2025 - Mar 18, 2026 at my.technovationchallenge.org. All team members need individual profiles (name, age, location) and parental consent.
- Use the free Technovation curriculum to build a tech solution (app/AI project) addressing a real-world community problem
- Prepare required submission materials: project description, ethics/safety statement, pitch video (max 3 min), technical video (max 3 min), source code, and...: Prepare required submission materials: project description, ethics/safety statement, pitch video (max 3 min), technical video (max 3 min), source code, and learning journey Senior Division additionally requires a Business Canvas and bibliography; Junior Division requires a User Adoption Plan and bibliography; Beginner Division has a shortened (200-word) learning journey. All written items must be in English.
- Agree to the Technovation Honor Code confirming the submission was created by the students on the team: Mentors may help teams develop skills but cannot create, design, develop, or write any part of the team's submission deliverables.
- Submit all deliverables by the season submission deadline: For the 2025-2026 season: April 20, 2026 at 5pm PDT.
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