Creative Opportunities & Competitions

ACSA is pleased to announce the 21st Annual Steel Design Student Competition for the 2020-2021 academic year. Administered by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the program is intended to challenge undergraduate and graduate students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Steel must be used as the primary structural material and contain at least one space that requires long-span steel structure, with special emphasis placed on innovation in steel design.
Registration deadline occurs in early April each year.

 

CEC is a part of the Entrepreneurship Campus and was initiated to empower entrepreneurs all around the world to create innovative answers to global and/or community challenges and to engage in a more peaceful and sustainable world.
You are invited to submit your innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact, which champion and implement one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs and 169 related targets address the most important social, economic, environmental, health and governmental challenges of our time.

 

This is a launch of the agency’s first-ever competition among teams of university and college students to address questions concerning the U.S. banking sector. The topic for this inaugural challenge is “The Effects of Community Banks on Local Economic Development.”

 

This competition is intended to highlight projects conducted by students from all areas of the textile/apparel supply chain. Projects submitted may include academic research, technology and/or process investigations, and literature reviews.  This competition is designed to enhance the textile education experience for student members of AATCC.  The intent is to encourage independent student projects both within the USA and internationally.

 

These competitions fuel innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, and technology prototyping by bridging gaps through university engagement. RASC-AL is open to undergraduate and graduate university-level students studying fields with applications to human space exploration (i.e., aerospace, bio-medical, electrical, and mechanical engineering; and life, physical, and computer sciences). RASC-AL projects allow students to incorporate their coursework into real aerospace design concepts and work together in a team environment. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.

 

The SIAM sponsors several different competitions for undergraduate college students:

Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for recent grads who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities. Fellows learn important startup skills at our monthlong Training Camp, apply for jobs within our company network, and work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 14 cities. When Fellows are ready to start a company—be it two years after college or ten—VFA has the resources (like prize competitions, an accelerator, and seed fund) to help make that dream a reality.

This is a green infrastructure design competition for American colleges and universities that seeks to engage with the next generation of environmental professionals, foster a dialogue about the need for innovative stormwater management techniques, and showcase the environmental, economic, and social benefits of green infrastructure practices.

 

The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges sponsors regional contests in two main categories: Research Paper & Poster Contests; Programming Contests.

 

GSEA is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university. Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local and/or national competitions in hopes to qualify for GSEA Finals. Founded in 1998 by Saint Louis University, GSEA is now an Entrepreneurs’ Organization program. Undergraduate and graduate* college/university students who own and operate a business for at least six months are eligible to compete. Qualifying competitions are held in cities and countries worldwide, with the 2020 Global Finals competition being held in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

JUMP into STEM is an online competition focused on engaging university and college students in challenges related to building technology.
University and college students must participate in teams of 2 – 4. Team submissions will be evaluated for technical potential, innovation, diversity, and applicability. Team members must either begin their internship application or decline internship consideration when the idea is submitted. During the fall semester, JUMP into STEM will open three challenges for students to compete for awards. Read each current challenge to consider the specific questions and review the response criteria. Student teams select one challenge to respond to. The judging process begins after the JUMP into STEM challenges close, the judging process will begin. Final event is typically held in late January.

 

Funded by Principal, The Social Changemaker Challenge uses higher education’s human capital to create innovative solutions to complex social problems. It helps students gain experience addressing complex social problems by demonstrating highly sought-after workforce skills like leadership, problem-solving, critical thinking, adaptability, and teamwork. The challenge is open to teams of current college students in business or related majors interested in using emerging business skills to address complex social problems. Teams will work with a local community or campus partner and be supported in taking a systems-level approach to understanding a problem, identifying gaps, and proposing solutions. Teams will then deliver their pitch to a panel of Principal staff members and community judges and be eligible for project implementation prizes of up to $10,000. All events will take place online.Faculty, staff, or student leaders can submit an application on behalf of a team.

 

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The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is a highly challenging, proof-oriented mathematics competition for undergraduate students in North America. Top scoring students on the Putnam exam are named Putnam Fellows. The Putnam Exam is a 6 hour undergraduate exam usually held the first Saturday in December. The test consists of two 3 hour sessions of six problems each with 2 hour lunch break between them. The problems are proof-oriented and written in roughly the same style as high school olympiads are, although they include more advanced mathematics. The top five scorers (or more if there are ties) on the exam are named Putnam Fellows.