Microsoft Imagine Cup

Are you over 16 and keen to join an enormous competition in which teens are challenged to create tech solutions to everyday problems? Consider the Microsoft Imagine Cup!

“For nearly two decades, students from around the world have participated in Microsoft’s global technology competition, the Imagine Cup, to bring their unique tech solutions to life. But the Imagine Cup is more than just a competition—you can work with friends (and make new ones!), network with professionals, gain new skills, make a difference in the world around you, and have a chance to win travel, mentorship, and cash”

How do I get started? Click here.

How do I expand this narrative arc? Consider expanding your experience with one of these other exciting tech-related opportunities:

  • Join a global collaborative learning adventure to create a vessel that creates zero emissions and zero waste with Project Z-Nev

  • Build green technology at one of the intensive and highly rewarding summer programs at Cooper Union

  • Design a nature-inspired solution to a climate change problem in the Biomimicry Institute’s Design Challenge

  • Try to win big at Toshiba Exploravision

  • Check out the MIT BeaverWorks Summer Institute, where you’ll learn about engineering and designing autonomous systems in a variety of applications including cybersecurity, hacking, race car design, autonomous air vehicle racing, game design with AI and more!!

HOT TIP: Tech competitions are a great and engaging way to unite an academic strength with real-world experience and applications. The website for Imagine Cup also promotes the mentorship and networking opportunities available, as you may have a chance to work with professionals and academics in the field. This is a really exciting opportunity for a kid who loves. tech and engineering.

CompetitionBetsy PutnamScience, Business and Entrepreneurship, Math