Top Young Innovators 2025

Young minds can

Solve the Most Pressing World Problems

and they must get a global platform to showcase their innovation.

America’s Top Young Innovators is a global hunt to find the best and brightest young minds. In this competition, children from across the world will present their unique ideas and innovations to solve present-day challenges facing humanity.

At Top Young Innovators, we understand that not every young innovator begins with a big idea. What matters is curiosity, creativity, and the right mentorship. To support every child’s journey, participants will also have access to attend an optional 14-hour FREE Innovation Camp, sponsored by our partner, the DiscoverSTEM Foundation. Through expert mentoring, students will explore problems worth solving and shape their ideas into impactful innovations—whether starting fresh or building on something they’ve already imagined.

The finalists of America’s Top Young Innovators will earn global recognition, media exposure, and the opportunity to present their innovations to highly acclaimed thought leaders, industry experts, and changemakers.

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Awards For The Innovators

TYI Prize: Win The Prestigious Title Of ATYI
Cash Prize Worth USD 10K
ATYI Prize: Filing Of A US Patent
Category Award Winner

Awards For The Innovators

TYI Prize: Win The Prestigious Title Of ATYI
ATYI Prize: Filing Of A US Patent
Category Award Winner

Rules & FAQs

Important Rules

  1. Participants aged 10-22 years from across the world can participate.
  2. Entry is FREE for all.
  3. Participants must submit an original innovation idea.
  4. We strongly recommend you file a provisional or non-provisional patent application before submitting your entry to protect your innovations. If you need support in filing a patent application, please contact us.
  5. The competition reserves the right to approve or disapprove any participating entries.
  6. Each entry is judged by an elite panel of judges. The decision taken by the judges will be final.

FAQs

Yes, you can form a team and participate. Maximum of 5 members per team allowed.

Yes. A participant can submit up to three entries.

The submitted entries will be evaluated on various aspects, including the Uniqueness of Idea (Ingenuity & Innovative Thinking), Scientific & Technical Knowledge, and overall Quality of Entry and Video Presentation.

Judging Criteria

Judges will rate the submitted ideas out of 100 marks based on the following criteria.

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Unique Idea

(Ingenuity &
Innovative Thinking)

50 marks

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Scientific & Technical Knowledge

behind Idea

30 marks

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Quality of Entry and Video Presentation

20 marks

Start Your Journey to be the

America's Top Young Innovator