Tools for a Successful Submission
Submission is an exciting and busy time that reflects your team’s dedication and hard work in creating their app. Below is essential information to review as your team prepare to submit.
Important to Note:
☑️ Plan ahead based on your local calendar
- If your students have holidays or other school breaks on or around the submission deadline, make sure they submit before they go on break.
☑️ All Team Members Must be Registered
- All students on a team must be onboarded for that team to be able to submit their project. This includes completing name, age, location & parental consent.
- Mentors must be fully onboarded and matched with the team on the platform in order to be recognized as part of the team.
☑️ We will not make any edits to submissions after judging starts.
- Make sure your team ensure that all of their submission materials have been uploaded and submitted correctly.
- Example: Your team submits a link to their pitch video and it is set to private, and therefore is unviewable by Judges. We will not update the link once Judging starts.
Beginner Division
What They Submit:
- Project Name & Description
- Pitch Video
- Technical Video
- App or Project Source Code
- Learning Journey
- Team Photo and Summary(optonal)
Junior Division
What They Submit:
- Project Name & Description
- Pitch Video
- Technical Video
- App or Project Source Code
- Learning Journey
- User Adoption Plan
- Team Photo and Summary(optonal)
Senior Division
What They Submit:
- Project Name & Description
- Pitch Video
- Technical Video
- App or Project Source Code
- Learning Journey
- Team Photo and Summary(optonal)
- Business Canvas
Submission Rules
Language Requirements
- All written submission items (learning journey, business canvas, team summary) must be in English; it is highly recommended that videos have English subtitles even if English is spoken in the video.
- However, projects can have buttons, logos, and labels written in other languages.
Original Code
Your team is encouraged to use publicly released libraries, example code, and tools with proper attribution, but your team must also develop original code [cite your sources in the Learning Journey section of your submission]. You may not have your Mentor or people not on your team code or build your project.
Plagiarism
- Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
- Plagiarism means knowingly reproducing/copying other people’s exact ideas, code, apps, and business plans and submitting them as your work.
- All submissions suspected of plagiarism will undergo a review process by the Technovation staff.
- If you are caught plagiarizing another team’s work, you will be disqualified.
- It is acceptable to use code from open-source databases and libraries.
- Always cite references (give credit) for research, facts/statistics in your work. If you aren’t sure, ask the owner for permission.
- For more information, watch this video.
Ownership of Submissions
- All submissions are the property of the submitting team; students have full ownership over their source code, user adoption plan, business plan, technical video, and pitch video.
Tips for a Quality Submission
Start Early
Use Subtitles
Be a Video Pro
Use the Rubric
Work as a Team
Book a Coach
How To Submit
All projects are to be uploaded on the platform. Only one student or the Mentor on the team needs to upload the materials. View how to submit a project from the Mentor dashboard here.
Time To Celebrate
Use our season wrap-up guide as a tool to:
- Discuss the Judging process with your team
- Share opportunities for students to stay involved with our Alumnae program and/or future seasons of Techonvation Girls
- Encourage students to attend our Global Celebration
- Set expectations around your future participation as a Mentor
Judging and Awards Structure
All teams who submit a complete project will have their submission scored by ourJudges.
Click on each tab below to see how the judging process works:
All project components created by the teams, including their app, pitch video, business canvas / user adoption plan (if applicable), and technical documents, are submitted through the official platform: mytechnovationchallenge.org
The first round of judging involves:
- Online Judging: Teams’ submissions are reviewed digitally by assigned judges.
- In-Person Regional Pitch Events (RPEs): If your Chapter hosts a Regional Pitch Event (RPE), teams will present their projects live to a panel of judges, gaining valuable experience and networking opportunities. Check out the RPE guidelines here [Link to RPE guidelines or resources]
Semifinalists are selected through online judging. Becoming a Semifinalist is a significant achievement for the girls! From this pool, Finalists, Regional Winners, and Special Award recipients will be identified and later announced.
Final judging takes place at the World Summit, where girls present their pitches and compete for grand prizes. The event may be held includes workshops, networking with global tech leaders, and highlights shared with the entire Technovation community.
The graphic on the right highlights the judging stages for all Technovation Girls teams.
Awards Overview
🏆 Finalists
15 teams globally receive a $500 stipend per person and participate in the World Summit. 3 Grand Prize Winners receive a $750 stipend.
🌍 Regional Honors
15 teams across 5 world regions receive $250 stipend per person.
✨ Special Prizes
1. EmpowerEd Excellence Award for innovative education solutions.
2. Climate Award for apps tackling local climate challenges.
For more details, visit the Judging & Awards Structure page.
I still have a question
You can always reach out to Technovation’s Volunteer Engagement Team on Slack or at volunteers@technovation.org.
