Registration Begins: October 24, 2024
Interest Kick off Session: November 9, 2024
Old Town Civic Center
136 Old Street
Petersburg, Virginia
Application Deadline: January 6, 2025
Project Submission Deadline: March 21, 2025
Activity: Regional STEM Collaborative challenge for middle and high school students. The team and their advisor select an area of community interest (climate change, stormwater management, manufacturing workforce, renewable energy, health and welfare, etc.) and the design and reasonable solution to be presented to and judged by a panel of industry professionals. The competing projects will be displayed for the community. Each team has to opportunity to win:
$1,000 First Prize
$ 750 Second Prize
$ 500 Third Prize
$ 250 Honorable Mention
$ 125 Community Choice Award*
* The community determines the Community Award winner with their voting dollars. Each vote is one dollar ($). The team with the most votes receives half of the voting receipts. For example, 500 votes are casted (or $500 received ).The team with the most votes will receive $250, at the very least, they will receive $125.