Genius Olympiad
GENIUS Olympiad is an international high school project competition geared towards solving environmental issues. Students can submit projects in five different categories: 1) Science, 2) Visual and Performance Arts (VPA), 3) Business, 4) Writing, and 5) Robotics. Category 3 (Business) and 5 (Robotics) are the most entrepreneurial-like. For Category 3, students write a business plan outlining their entrepreneurial, pro-environmental venture. In the Robotics category, students are presented a Robotics Master Challenge, in which students design a robot that can autonomously place “waste” in the correct “waste collection bins”. Further guidelines for each category’s submissions are provided on the Genius Olympiad website. Participants who become finalists are invited to attend the Genius Olympiad event at SUNY Oswego NY. Genius Olympiad also offers three-day NYC trips, a three-day Ivy League college tour after the finalists Olympiad event, and more.
Award(s): Five tiers of awards are given. Top Grand Gold Award is given the the top winning project in each category. The following four tiers are Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention. Several Special Awards are given as well. One in particular, the Genius Scholarship Certificate, provides up to $10,000 of SUNY Oswego University Scholarship.
Registration fee: $40 per project. Finalists pay a $125 fee to attend the Genius Olympiad event.
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