CNY Innovation Challenge Open to Students in Grades 6-12

SKANEATELES, NY (January 28, 2019) – The second annual CNY Innovation Challenge is looking for students in grades 6-12 to take part in this year’s idea development challenge, which will see over $2,500 in prizes awarded for winning teams.
 
The CNY Innovation Challenge aims to spark ideas to develop groundbreaking products or services and to foster entrepreneurship.
 
This challenge is designed to help guide ideas from concept to completion.  The process includes a crucial step – documenting intellectual property to protect concepts that could be used in a patent application.  Teams will then learn strategies to advance their idea and take a product/service to market.  In addition to designing and developing an idea, students will need to have a solid go-to-market plans and a marketing pitch to sell their concept. 
 
There will be winners in two brackets: high school (grades 10-12) and middle school (grades 6-9).  Teams need to have a minimum of two students and a maximum of four.
 
Top team prize in the high school category is $1,000 and the top team prize in the middle school category is $500.
 
Judging will be held at the Academic 2 building at Onondaga Community College on March 30.
 
Teams must register online by February 15.
 
Complete rules and registration are available at www.cnystem.com/innovation.
 
Contact your guidance counselor for more information.
 
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