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$1,500 World Series of Innovation Prize

  • Organization: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
  • Type: Competition
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: December 13, 2026
  • Age: 5 to 24
  • Funding: No Funding

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) runs the World Series of Innovation, a free online competition where young people aged 5 to 24 pitch ideas that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. You enter alone or in a team of up to four, pick a sponsored challenge, and submit your idea through an online entry form. It is an ideation competition, so you do not need a working product or a full business plan. **What you get:** - Impact League (ages 13 to 24): $1,500 for 1st place, $600 for 2nd and $300 for 3rd in each of the five challenge categories, split equally among team members - A $500 People's Choice prize for the top voted innovation - Imagination League (ages 5 to 12): $200 for the 1st place team, $100 for its adult supporter and a plaque; 2nd and 3rd place receive certificates - Judges' feedback, recognition in a live virtual winners event, and free virtual office hours and Innovation Lab sessions during the season **What you'll do:** - Pick one of this season's challenges: Impact League has MetLife Foundation Good Health and Well-Being, Fifth Third Bank Skills for Success, EverBank Smart Hustle, Intuit Food Truck and EY Responsible AI; Imagination League has MetLife Foundation Good Health and Well-Being and Aflatoun Kidpreneurs - Brainstorm and write up your idea in the online entry form, covering the problem, your solution, your target market, a name and your competitive advantage - If your Impact League entry makes the Top 10 in its category, record a one minute pitch video for the final round **Key dates:** - Challenges opened September 9, 2026 - Entries close December 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time - First round judging in January 2027 - Impact League Top 10 finalists announced February 8, 2027; Imagination League winners announced February 9, 2027 - Finalist pitch videos due March 2, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time - Impact League winners announced live on April 21, 2027 **More information:** - Impact League challenges, timeline and prizes: https://innovation.nfte.com/impact-challenges/ - Imagination League for ages 5 to 12: https://innovation.nfte.com/imagination-challenges/ - Official rules: https://innovation.nfte.com/participation-agreement/ - Questions: wsi@nfte.com

Apply for $1,500 World Series of Innovation Prize

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)Competition

$1,500 World Series of Innovation Prize

Dec 13, 2026 23:59:00 ET
Opportunity type
Competition
Funding
No Funding
Location
Global
Deadline
Dec 13, 2026 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) runs the World Series of Innovation, a free online competition where young people aged 5 to 24 pitch ideas that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. You enter alone or in a team of up to four, pick a sponsored challenge, and submit your idea through an online entry form. It is an ideation competition, so you do not need a working product or a full business plan.

What you get:

  • Impact League (ages 13 to 24): $1,500 for 1st place, $600 for 2nd and $300 for 3rd in each of the five challenge categories, split equally among team members
  • A $500 People's Choice prize for the top voted innovation
  • Imagination League (ages 5 to 12): $200 for the 1st place team, $100 for its adult supporter and a plaque; 2nd and 3rd place receive certificates
  • Judges' feedback, recognition in a live virtual winners event, and free virtual office hours and Innovation Lab sessions during the season

What you'll do:

  • Pick one of this season's challenges: Impact League has MetLife Foundation Good Health and Well-Being, Fifth Third Bank Skills for Success, EverBank Smart Hustle, Intuit Food Truck and EY Responsible AI; Imagination League has MetLife Foundation Good Health and Well-Being and Aflatoun Kidpreneurs
  • Brainstorm and write up your idea in the online entry form, covering the problem, your solution, your target market, a name and your competitive advantage
  • If your Impact League entry makes the Top 10 in its category, record a one minute pitch video for the final round

Key dates:

  • Challenges opened September 9, 2026
  • Entries close December 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
  • First round judging in January 2027
  • Impact League Top 10 finalists announced February 8, 2027; Imagination League winners announced February 9, 2027
  • Finalist pitch videos due March 2, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
  • Impact League winners announced live on April 21, 2027

More information:

  • Impact League challenges, timeline and prizes: https://innovation.nfte.com/impact-challenges/
  • Imagination League for ages 5 to 12: https://innovation.nfte.com/imagination-challenges/
  • Official rules: https://innovation.nfte.com/participation-agreement/
  • Questions: wsi@nfte.com

Who can apply

  • Aged 5 to 24 (at least 5, no more than 24); Impact League entrants must be 13 to 24 as of the entry deadline
  • Open worldwide; you do not need to be a US citizen or to have taken an NFTE class
  • Teams of one, two, three or four young people; one entry per team per challenge
  • Entrants under 18 need a parent or legal guardian to accept the participation agreement; Imagination League entries are submitted with a parent or teacher
  • The idea must be original and not entered in previous contests or won previous awards
  • Free to enter

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Good to know

  • +Free to enter, confirmed on three of NFTE's own pages
  • +Open worldwide, no citizenship requirement, available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese and Hindi
  • +Established US nonprofit with named corporate sponsors (MetLife Foundation, EY, Intuit, Fifth Third Bank, EverBank, Aflatoun)
  • +Clear written rules, timeline and judging criteria for this season (agreement last updated September 8, 2026)

Worth checking yourself

  • !The home page countdown runs to 23:59 UTC on December 13 (6:59 PM Eastern), earlier than the written 11:59 PM Eastern deadline; submit before 6:59 PM Eastern to be safe
  • !Prizes are per team, split equally among members, so a four person team winning 1st place receives $375 each
  • !Entrants under 18 need a parent or guardian to accept the participation agreement
  • !Winners must be available for publicity, and entrants consent to NFTE using their name, likeness and submission worldwide and to joining NFTE's mailing lists
  • !Taxes on prizes are the winner's responsibility

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$1,500 World Series of Innovation Prize
Dec 13, 2026 23:59:00 ET