Students

Innovation Challenge 2014

Pictured above: Chancellor Martin speaks with two of the winners of the 2012 Innovation Challenge at the Research Excellence Awards luncheon.

Do you have an idea about creating something new and different?

A product, a device, a new way of doing something?

The Innovation Challenge is an annual, team-based competition in creativity and ingenuity for all students at N.C. A&T.

Describe your innovation ... explain it ... tell us how it would work ...

... and how it would make a difference.

Entries will be judged on how innovative they are, the quality of presentation, and the practicality and benefits of the solution.

Entries are due via email only Friday, February 21, 6 p.m. Finalists will present their innovations to a panel of judges on Thursday March 20 to determine this year's winner.

Prizes

1st Place – iPad Minis!
2nd Place - Pocket Projectors!
3rd Place – $75 Visa Gift Card!
Poster Competition - 1st Place only - $50 Visa Gift Card!

A few basic rules

The Innovation Challenge is open to undergraduates enrolled at N.C. A&T for Fall 2013 (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors).
Each team member must be currently enrolled as a student. Each team can include one to three members. Students can be a member of only one team.
Each team’s submission must be the original work of its members and no one else.
Teams selected as finalists must participate in the final round of the competition.

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N.C. A&T Aggies earned their first-ever NCAA men’s basketball tournament victory in 2013
Freshman Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
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Redshirt freshman Eboni Ross of the women’s basketball team was named MEAC Rookie of the Year
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The University Choir has performed twice at the White House
The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
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Eight students nominated for the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship
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