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Are you interested in becoming a Student Mentor? Please submit the registration form. If you have questions, contact us at [email protected].

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The materials are hosted on Scoutlier.com a software with funding from ONR STEM: you can access this year's materials as well as past design challenges with a free teacher account.

MS Challenges Fall 2024

HS Challenges Fall 2024
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Challenge Opens: Sept 3

Challenges Open: September 3rd

Date: September 3rd

Solutions Due: November 22

 Date: November 22th

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Judging Period: Dec 4

Judging Period Closes: December 4th

Date: December 4th

Award Ceremony

Date: December 13th

Location TBD

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Rapid Innovation Design Challenge

Wade into the future of innovation with the 2024 Rapid Innovation Design Challenge! Hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School in collaboration with the NPS Foundation, CRUSER, Western Flyer Foundation, Scoutlier, and ONR, this opportunity is targeted at all 9-12th grade students!

Explore education and research across diverse disciplines through hands-on learning activities. This year, our Design Challenge empowers student groups to unleash their skills and tackle real-world climate change challenges in their communities.

Partner up with NPS student mentors, brainstorm solutions, and pitch your ideas to a panel of judges. Challenge students to think creatively as they develop autonomous solutions, focusing on water quality monitoring during floods or ocean and atmospheric measurements during storms. All resources are free and funded for you through our sponsoring organizations.

Ready to be part of the change? Register here.

If you have any questions, please contact the design team at [email protected]

 

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Volunteer to be a Mentor!

NPS Students, partner with local high school students and explore how an application enginge can help your team rapidly build, test, and deploy applications that can help address challenges they experience in their neighborhoods and communities. No coding experience necessary.