GLOBAL INNOVATION AWARD
The FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award is a competition designed to showcase the real-world, innovative solutions that FIRST LEGO League teams create as a result of their Project.
FIRST LEGO League trains kids to think like innovators. The Award encourages and assists teams to further develop solutions to real-world problems that demonstrate originality and have the potential to add significant value to the world.
For many teams, their innovative solutions created through the FIRST LEGO League Project have led to some amazing opportunities, like receiving local and national media attention, meeting government leaders, and seeing their invention be brought to market. For some, their inventions have changed lives. Want to know more? Find additional information here.
FIRST LEGO League trains kids to think like innovators. The Award encourages and assists teams to further develop solutions to real-world problems that demonstrate originality and have the potential to add significant value to the world.
For many teams, their innovative solutions created through the FIRST LEGO League Project have led to some amazing opportunities, like receiving local and national media attention, meeting government leaders, and seeing their invention be brought to market. For some, their inventions have changed lives. Want to know more? Find additional information here.
gLOBAL iNNOVATION aWARD (Gia) IN mISSISSIPPI
One FIRST LEGO League team in Mississippi will be the Global Innovation Award nominee that will represent Mississippi at the global level of competition.
How does it work?
There are nine qualifiers in Mississippi this CITY SHAPER season. The team with the most innovative project solution at each qualifier will receive a Global Innovation Award nomination. A team receiving the Global Innovation Award nomination at its qualifier can do so whether it has or has not received a judged award. Also a team may receive this nomination even if it does not advance to the state competition.
What happens after winning the GIA nomination at the qualifier level?
The team that receives the Global Innovation Award nomination at the qualifying level has until the following Friday to complete and submit a form for further review. Nominees that fail to submit the form within this time frame will be excluded from further review - no exceptions.
global innovation award submission deadlines
Tournament Date |
GIA Submission Due Date by 5:00 PM |
December 14, 2019 |
December 20, 2019 |
January 11, 2020 |
January 17, 2020 |
January 18, 2020 |
January 24, 2020 |
January 25, 2020 |
January 31, 2020 |
When will the Global Innovation Award Nominee for Mississippi be announced?
The team that receives the Global Innovation Award nomination for Mississippi will be announced at the Mississippi FIRST LEGO League Championship on February 15, 2020. Global Innovation Award nominees are not required to attend the Championship.
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