Deadline: April 26, 2017

Applications are now open for the 2017 Technovation Challenge. In partnership with Google’s Made with Code and UN Women, Iridescent has launched the 2017 Technovation season to encourage young women around the world to code for change. Every year, Technovation offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders.

Girls ages 10 to 18 learn to identify a problem in their community and create a mobile app solution to address that problem, and then learn how to communicate these ideas and translate them into a fully launched business. Join the competition now to code for change, and develop an app to change your world for the better, inspired by the United Nation’s Global Goals.

Program Details

Since 2010, more than 10,000 girls from 78 countries have participated in Technovation. With the help of volunteer mentors, they’ve produced mobile “startups” that have helped address problems in local and global communities the world over. And while each year more and more girls take up the challenge, we know that there are always more problems to solve … and that there are girls from every part of the world ready to solve them.

Competition Divisions, Awards and Benefits

Ten (10) finalist teams will be selected to attend the World Pitch events taking place from July 10th to 17th 2016 in San Francisco, CA.

1. Primary School Division: Girls who are 14 years old and younger.
   • For 2016, four teams will be invited to present at World Pitch in San Francisco.
   • One team will win $10,000 in seed funding to help them launch their app.
2. Secondary School Division: Girls who are 14 -19 years of age.
   • For 2016, six teams will be invited to present at World Pitch in San Francisco.
   • One team will win $10,000 in seed funding to help them launch their app.

Eligibility

You’re ready to change the world through technology. You are curious, creative, and determined. You’ve got big ideas and the courage to explore them.

• Participants must be young women 18 years or younger, who are students enrolled in Primary or Secondary School or an After School Program on the day of the submission deadline.
• University students are not eligible.
• Each Technovation Team includes from 1 to 5 participants. Teams consisting of more than 5 participants are ineligible for their respective division prizes.
• In addition to the Participants, Technovation Teams may also include one or more Technovation Teachers and Technovation Mentors.
• No prior coding or app development experience is necessary to be a student, coach or mentor.

How It Works

1. You’re ready to change the world through technology. You are curious, creative, and determined. You’ve got big ideas and the courage to explore them.
2. You will join a team to create, build, and sell an app that addresses a problem in your community — or support a team that does.
3. Select the role that makes the most sense for you — student, mentor, or ambassador — and then register. They’ll help you figure out the rest.
4. You can register here to get started with forming a team and finding a mentor, and working through the updated curriculum.

Key Dates:

Registration: March 8
Submission Deadline: April 26
World Pitch Summit: August 7-11

For more information, visit Technovation Challenge.