Deadline: March 12, 2021

Registrations are open for the 2021 Technovation Girls Competition. Technovation Girls is a free technology-based program for girls ages 10 – 18. It is a movement of girls, mentors, and educators working together to learn and apply technology skills to change the world.

How it works

Working in teams (of 1 to 5), girls find a problem in their community and build a mobile app to help solve it. Along the way, they develop their collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Technovation Girls will take 30+ hours to complete (we recommend allocated about 12 weeks to finish) and is completely free. 

Benefits

Technovation Girls students create solutions to community problems using technology. As a student you will:

• Identify a problem that matters to your community
• Learn to code an app that solves the problem, and develop other skills along the way!
• Collaborate with peers and learn from industry mentors

Technovation Girls mentors guide the next generation of global problem-solvers. As a mentor you will:

• Support one or more teams on their learning journey
• Develop skills while aspiring girls to lead and make change
• Network and share best practices with peers from Salesforce, Google, Cisco, Adobe, HSBC, GM, AT&T, & more

Eligibility

• Any girl or young woman (ages 10-18) interested in Technovation Girls is eligible to participate. They welcome all transgender people and also those who identify as non-binary or gender nonconforming and want to be part of a female-identified environment, including student participants.
• To join the competition, a girl must create or join a team on our online platform, have a parent/guardian sign the consent form and meet the following Student Participation criteria:
  • All students must be between the ages of 10 to 18 as of August 1, 2021.
  • All students must identify as female, trans, nonbinary or gender nonconforming. Students who are assigned male at birth and self-identify as male cannot enter the competition.
  • Teams are composed of 1 to 5 students. Students can only join 1 team. There is no limit on the number of mentors per team.
  • Competition Divisions are based on the age of the oldest student on the team.
  • Students can participate in Technovation Girls for multiple seasons until they reach the age of 18
    • Students can work with the same team members and mentors, but they cannot submit the materials to competition over multiple years.
    • Teams can explore the same problem, but the app prototype must be different each year.

Technovation Girls is a self-select program and there is no application or selection process.

Do you want to volunteer as a mentor? Here are the eligibility details:

• Mentors must be over the age of 18
• Mentors can be of any gender 
• Mentors do not need any experience or background in technology
• Mentors can be Technovation Girls alumni
• To mentor a team you will need to register and complete the following information:
  • Consent form
  • Background Check (US mentors only)
  • Short biography about yourself
  • Participate in a 30-minute training which includes basics about the program, student safety and competition requirements

Application

Here are the important dates to remember as you complete the program.

• October 12, 2020: Registration Opens for students and mentors
• January 11, 2021:  Official Start of Season
• March 12:  Last Day to Register as a student or mentor (All members of your team must have registered and joined your team).
• March 29: Judge registration opens for volunteers who’d like to help provide feedback to teams
• April 19, 23:59 UTC : Competition Submission Deadline.
• April 22 – May 5: Round 1 Online Judging. Note: due to COVID-19, all official judging must happen online.
• June 2: We will announce semifinalists via email.
• June 2 – June 16: Round 2Semifinal Online Judging.
• Late June/Early July: Competition results released recognizing 12 finalists teams and 10 Regional Winners. Teams will be able to access their scores and certificates at this time.
• August: Technovation World Summit, where we celebrate the hard work of teams across the world!

Click here to apply. as a student or mentor.

For more information, visit Technovation Girls.