Why should I participate in your challenges?

Challenge:Future is a great opportunity for you to explore your creativity by collaborating with peers. Your ideas will be evaluated by world renowned experts and might even end up changing the future. Oh, and let’s not forget that you also have the opportunity to attend a global youth forum in Bled and be in the winning team that will be awarded 20.000 EUR (approx. 28.000 USD).

How can I participate?

First, make sure you read the entry details and register on this website. Then, check out the list of open challenges and pick one or more challenges that are interesting for you. After you find an interesting challenge, go to the challenge page to create your own team, find and join an existing team or mark yourself as interested in the challenge, so you can be invited or assigned to a team.

If you don’t want to participate in any challenge, you can still register at any time and make your contribution by commenting and voting on other participant’s challenges.

What are the eligibility criteria?

Challenge:Future is open to all undergraduate and graduate level students from any accredited university or college or organization in the world (proof of enrollment will be requested of all semi-finalists). You also have to be born after 4 March 1979 and before 4 March 1992 to be eligible for the competition. You can only participants in team consisting of 2 to 4 members.

How many challenges and teams can I participate in?

You can participate in as many challenges as you want, but you can only be a member of one team on a single challenge. You can be a member of several teams if they are competing on different challenges.

Can I apply for more teams in the same challenge?

Yes, but you can only be accepted into one of the teams on the same challenge. When one of the team creators accepts your request, all your other requests will be deleted.

Can I participate on different challenges with the same team?

Yes, but you will still have to create a new team with a new name for each challenge.

How many members can a team have?

Teams may consist of 2 to 4 members.

Can I participate in the challenges without a team?

No, only teams of 2 to 4 members can participate in the challenges. If you’re having problems finding the right team, just mark yourself as interested in the challenge, and you may be invited to a team or assigned to an open team after team formation is completed.

How much time do I have to form a team and work on the challenges?

As a registered user, you will always see a counter for the current phase of Challenge:Future in the upper right corner. You can also find the full timeline on the Entry details page.

Can I participate in the challenges if I’m currently not a student?

Sorry, no. Challenge:Future is a competition for undergraduate and graduate level students from any accredited university or college or organization in the world. Also note that semifinalists will have to provide proof of enrollment to advance to the next stage of the competition. Click here to view full entry details.