What will you build with AI + Medicine?

Student

Each applicant must be a student in an educational institution and enrolled in grades K–12 at the time of qualification. Students participate in different divisions based on their grade level: Grade K–3, Grade 4–6, Grade 7–8, and Grade 9–12 Senior Division. The division for team projects with students in different grades is determined by the highest grade represented.

Limited to One Entry

Each student is limited to one entry per year. Teams may consist of up to five participants. Team projects compete with individual projects in the same categories. Keep in mind that for team projects, the judging panel will have higher expectations commensurate with the number of students on the team.

Projects must be produced by the participants and the participants only. If a project submitted under an individual's name is discovered to have been prepared by a team of more than one student, the participant will be disqualified.

New Project

Students are allowed to enter the IgniteAI Expo using projects submitted to any other science fairs or competitions.

However, any project re-entered from a past IgniteAI Expo must show substantial new development and extension to be eligible for an award. Final determination shall be made by the category judges.

Supervision

Students not accompanied by their own parent(s) must be under authorized supervision by an adult escort, teacher, or administrator. The IgniteAI Expo is not responsible for the supervision of any participant.

Submission of an application to the IgniteAI Expo does not guarantee acceptance. The Expo can reject applications on the basis of inappropriate content or for violations of Expo regulations.

Students, parents, and advisors should be aware that these acceptance criteria are not intended to limit the number of participants but rather, by requiring higher standards for project abstracts, to improve the quality of the Expo and to ensure that all participants are able to effectively communicate their projects to the judges.

The official list of acceptance criteria

1. Applications without a Project Summary will be rejected without recourse to appeal. Each student on a team project must complete their own personal application, but the Project Summary need only be supplied by one member of the team. As long as the Summary is provided by at least one member, other members of the team may choose to provide or omit the Summary without penalty.
2. Projects may be based on existing ideas and examples, but students must add their own new extensions and improvements. Projects that merely follow existing tutorials, code, or lessons are generally not acceptable.
3. The project must be a working, technology-driven build, implemented using programming, AI, data, or hardware techniques. You are required to show a live demo of the project during your interview, and be able to explain the implementation details to the judges.
4. Acceptance to present a project at the IgniteAI Expo requires the approval of an application submitted by the student(s) or their parent(s)/guardian(s).
5. Application fees are not refundable. The only exception is for multiple payments for the same application.
6. Applications may be rejected for failing to satisfy the rules of the Expo.
7. Project Summaries must communicate ideas effectively and use standard English.

No. Students enter at every level, from a first Scratch project to original research, and are judged within their own grade division. What matters: it works, you understand it, and you can show it live.

Yes — that's the point of AI + X. Bring your biology, music, economics, history, sports or art, and enter whichever track fits what you built.

Yes. The Expo is entirely online. Applications and interviews are in English, and this page shows every date in your local time.