Tech Futures Challenge

Quick Glance: STEM Challenge that fosters innovation, creativity and critical thinking amongst youth with the goal to solve a real world issue.

Key Highlights:

  • Dates: Project runs Jan-May, project showcase day in May (2024)

  • Eligibility: Students in Grades 7-12 or post-secondary students from Alberta, Yukon, BC, or Ontario.

  • Cost: Free

  • Website: https://mindfuel.ca/connect2innovate/tech-futures-challenge/

Overview:

The Tech Futures Challenge engages and inspires youth to work collaboratively with friends or classmates on a sustainability challenge in their local or broader community. Using science, technology, design thinking and mentorship support, teams will build tangible solutions to the problems identified, and showcase their projects for awards & prizes.

First, teams will select a real-world problem and develop a project pitch video. Teams will need to address their chosen problem space using biotech; and if they chose, an additional tech of their choice.

Then, youth will design, prototype & present a tangible solution using STEM tools like bioengineering, synthetic biology and more at the Prototype Showcase, May 25-26, 2024.

**Last updated July 2024 (description taken from the program’s website)

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