IdeAction Global Student Pitch Competition
- Organization: Leadership & Innovation Lab (LIL Venture Fund)
- Type: Competition
- Location: Global
- Deadline: September 30, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
The Leadership & Innovation Lab runs the IdeAction Global Pitch Competition twice a year, giving high school students anywhere in the world a chance to win funding for a business, organisation or other project they have started. Entrants email a completed registration form and a recorded pitch video of 10 minutes or less, and winners receive money directly from the LIL Venture Fund, which says it offers more than $10,000 in funding a year across its two cycles. **What you get:** - Funding for your project from the LIL Venture Fund, amount decided per project (the May 2026 cycle split USD 6,000 across 13 projects) - Ongoing support and project monitoring after the award - A complimentary videography service for promotional clips and social media content - Professional feedback from LVF expert partners on your venture's expansion possibilities and pitfalls - Winners announced at the biannual Student Research and Innovation Showcase **What you'll do:** - Complete the registration form, describing your project, what it has achieved, its challenges, its six-month plan, and how much funding you need and how you would use it - Record a pitch video of 10 minutes or less, using any format you like: slides, infographics, photographs, re-enactments or skits - Email both to mingming.gobert@leadershipinnovationlab.org by 30 September 2026 - Use the free pitch deck template and crash course the organisers provide on the competition page **Key dates:** - Entries due 30 September 2026 - Winners announced at the Fall Student Research and Innovation Showcase - The funding cycle runs November to April; the competition runs again in spring **More information:** - Questions go to mingming.gobert@leadershipinnovationlab.org - Winners are judged holistically on the project's current scale (people involved, funds raised, events run) and its growth potential - Awarded projects submit monthly reports and are monitored by LVF Limited Partners
