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Community College Innovation Challenge

Seeking community college student innovators to develop STEM solutions to real-world problems

National Science Foundation

Type of Challenge: Ideas, Scientific
Partner Agencies | Non-federal: American Association of Community Colleges
Submission Start: 02/18/2021 09:00 AM ET
Submission End: 04/20/2021 11:59 PM ET

Description

The Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) is led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It is a national, two-phase competition where community college student teams, working with a faculty or administrator mentor, use science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to innovate solutions to real-world problems; participate in a Virtual Innovation Boot Camp; and compete for cash awards.

The Virtual Innovation Boot Camp provides professional development, mentoring, and coaching designed to build strategic communication and entrepreneurial skills to help students advance their innovations in both the private and public sectors. The Boot Camp culminates in a virtual poster session and engagement opportunity with STEM leaders and Congressional stakeholders, and a pitch presentation in front of a panel of industry professionals to determine the first, second, and third place winning teams.

The national CCIC is designed to enable community college students to discover and demonstrate their capacity to use STEM to make a difference in the world and to translate that knowledge into action.

How to Enter

For full challenge details and instructions for how to enter, visit www.aaccinnovationchallenge.com.

Point of Contact

Have feedback or questions about this challenge? Send the challenge manager an email