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, 2027
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
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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.
Essay prompts
- Describe your project. 100 words or less
- Senior & Junior Divisions Ethics Statement: Explain how your team considered ethics when developing your app. 150 words or less
- Beginner Division Safety Statement: Explain how you made sure your app was safe for all people and the planet 150 words or less
- Senior & Junior Divisions Learning Journey: Share what your team learned, technically or otherwise, and how your team overcame challenges, both technical and non-technical. Maximum 100 words
- Beginner Division Learning Journey: Try to answer these questions: What did your team learn (technically or otherwise)? How did you overcome challenges, both technical and non-technical? What resources did you use to build on (examples, tutorials, open source code)? What did you learn about AI and how did you use it in your project (if relevant)? Maximum 200 words
- 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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