TeenTech Awards
Rated Advanced, A year-round technology and innovation programme in which students develop original ideas, digital skills or research projects with access to mentors and structured guidance. Open to UK and Ireland students aged 11–19, working individually or in teams of up to three; international entry requires prior arrangement. Projects need sustained development, clear evidence and category-specific judging alignment, with older students expected to show stronger sector awareness and ethical reasoning.
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Advanced Level
Competition overview
Key information
Eligible ages
11–19
School level
Years 7–13 or equivalent
Registration method
School or Individual
Competition stages
Stage 1 registration; project development and mentoring; Stage 2 submission; finalist selection; TeenTech Awards Final
Fee
Free
Online / in-person
Hybrid
Dates
Competition timeline
Registration opens
Not yet announced by the organiser
Registration closes
19 Mar 2027
Competition starts
Not yet announced by the organiser
Competition ends
Not yet announced by the organiser
Editorial perspective
Our Take
TeenTech gives students unusual freedom: they may invent a product, demonstrate a digital skill or pursue a research question. Freedom is also the central difficulty. A project can become a collection of attractive features unless the student identifies one problem, one intended user and one piece of evidence that would make the proposed improvement credible. The programme is best understood as a long design conversation rather than a single submission milestone. Mentors, research guidance and category criteria give teams repeated chances to question the idea before it hardens into a presentation. The projects that benefit most are not necessarily the most technologically complex; they are the ones in which investigation changes the design and the submitted evidence shows why.
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