Submission Guidelines
Deadline: April 24th, 2024 at 5pm PDT | April 25 at 1am WAT | 2am CEST | 5:30am IST
This page lists everything you need to do to successfully submit to Technovation Girls. We recommend you read it carefully! Please also read the rules at the bottom of the page.
Review these guidelines at the beginning, middle, and end of your project to make sure you are on track and ready to submit everything in April. Good luck!
In order to submit, you will need to be registered as part of a team.
A team can have between 1-5 members who identify as female, trans, nonbinary or gender nonconforming.
Your team will be automatically placed in either the Beginner, Junior, or Senior division to compete, based on the age of the oldest member of your team.
- Beginner Division: 8-12 years old as of August 1, 2024
- Junior Division: 13-15 years old as of August 1, 2024
- Senior Division: 16-18 as of August 1, 2024
Each team member will need to complete their profile which includes:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Parental consent form
- Media consent form (optional)
What materials will each team submit?
*Major changes for the 2023-2024 season: The pitch video maximum length has been decreased to 3 minutes and the technical video length has increased to 3 minutes. Note some elements of the pitch video have moved to the technical video.
Below are the submission requirements. We also invite you to review the judging rubric.
Please note that our judges will only score materials submitted in English or that include English subtitles. We recommend all teams use English subtitles.
Submission Requirements
1. Project Name & 100-Word Description
2. Pitch Video
- Maximum of 3 minutes
- Share via Youtube or Vimeo. The video must be uploaded as unlisted or publicly viewable. We cannot guarantee videos without these credentials will be judged.
- Should show viewers why the problem is important to you, how you approached your solution, why it’s the best solution and how it will have positive impact.
- If you are not speaking English in the video, you must include English subtitles. And we highly recommend that videos have English subtitles even if English is spoken in the video.
3. Technical Video
- Maximum of 3 minutes
- Share via Youtube or Vimeo. The video must be uploaded as unlisted or publicly viewable. We cannot guarantee videos without these credentials will be judged.
- Should show viewers how your project works, how you coded or built it, about user feedback, and what future features you’re planning to implement.
- We highly recommend that videos have English subtitles even if English is spoken in the video.
4. User Adoption Plan (Junior Teams) or Business Plan (Senior Teams)
- Your plan must be in English.
- Junior teams: Use the template (also provided in the curriculum) to complete your User Adoption Plan.
- Senior teams: consult the guidelines in the curriculum for a 5-10 page Business Plan.
5. Technovation Learning Journey
- 200 words about your learning journey, must be in English
- What did your team learn (technically or otherwise)?
- How did you overcome challenges?
- What resources did you use to build on (examples, tutorials, open source code)?
- 2-6 pictures that describe your journey
- Images of your user research results, survey results, etc.
- Pictures or screenshots of prototypes or previous versions of your project
6. Mobile App Source Code or AI Training Data
- Mobile App source code should be submitted depending on the language used:
- MIT App Inventor - .aia file OR
- Thunkable - Project Detail Page Link (to find it, from your Projects page click on 3 dots next to your Technovation project) OR
- Other Languages - zip file
- Recommended bonus: Include basic instructions on using the app and demo user login information (username/password if needed) for judges to test within the .zip file or via comments in App Inventor or Thunkable
- AI Projects should include 1 zip file that contains:
- Screenshot of dataset training (ML4Kids, TeachableMachine, App Inventor, etc.) or spreadsheet or link to images/sounds folder.
- Picture(s) of prototype (cardboard model, drawings, devices)
- (For online inventions) Any link with demo login information
7. Team Photo and Summary (Optional)
- Write one paragraph about your team and share a photo of you all to help judges get to know you
- All written submission items (learning journey, business plan, 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.
For more questions about rules, submission, or judging visit our FAQ.
To learn how your submission will be judged, read the judging rubric.
Key Dates for 2023-2024 Season
Registration Opens: October 11, 2023
12 weeks to submission: January 31, 2024
This is the latest we recommend starting the program
Registration Deadline (Students and Mentors): March 13, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
The last day to formally register a team.
Please note: we recommend starting your project in January, not March.
Submission Deadline: April 24, 2024 at 23:59 UTC (4:59pm PDT—convert to your timezone with a tool like this one)
Judging: May - June 2024
Virtual Celebration and Finalists & Regional Winners Announcement: July 9
World Summit: To be announced in 2024
