Chancellor Martin speaks with two of the winners of the 2012 Freshman Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge 2013

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 first- and second-year 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 Thursday, January 31, 2013.  Winners will be announced in February 2013 and will be invited to present their research poster at the Research Excellence Awards luncheon on Thursday April 4.

Prizes

Cash prizes will be announced soon.

A few basic rules

  • The Innovation Challenge is open to undergraduates enrolled at N.C. A&T for Spring 2013 who are first- or second-year students. 
  • 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.

Complete rules, application form, 2012 winners

Points of Pride
  • Engineering Lab
    The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
  • Research
    U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
  • ERC Research
    N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
  • Ag Research
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  • Webb Hall
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  • F.D. Bluford Library
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