Empowering Student Changemakers: Apply to the Student Impact Challenge by October 25

Calling all high school changemakers! Are you a student on the front lines of change, working to solve an important problem in your community? Apply to showcase your innovative ideas or current projects at SXSW EDU 2025 at the Student Impact Challenge, now through October 25, 2024.

The Student Impact Challenge champions student accomplishments and their proactive role in addressing urgent social, economic, and environmental issues, providing a platform for high school students from across the nation and around the world. Learn more about this year’s Student Impact Challenge.

Competition Eligibility Requirements

• You must be a currently enrolled high school student and 13 years or older in order to be considered.
• Both U.S. and international applicants are eligible.
• Solo and team applicants qualify.
• Proposed solutions must be past the ideation stage and must be in active development.
• Proposed solutions must be seeking to solve social challenges that resonate in communities at a local, regional, national, or international level, regardless of project scale.

Selected finalists will take the stage at SXSW EDU 2025 and pitch their ideas to a panel of judges and a live audience. This is a chance for these budding visionaries to step into the spotlight and share their talents, validate and refine their ideas, and gain invaluable experience.

Complete the online application process to be considered as a finalist for the 2025 Student Impact Challenge.

Apply Now

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