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 next level of competition.
How does it work?
There are seven qualifiers in Mississippi this INTO ORBIT season. The team with the most innovative project solution from 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 another award at its qualifier. These seven teams will move onto the next level of judging.
What happens after winning the GIA nomination at the qualifier level?
The team that receives the Global Innovation Award nominee recognition at a qualifier has 2 weeks to complete and submit a form for further review. Teams not submitting their forms within the 2 week window of time will be excluded from further review. All teams, no matter the date of their qualifiers will have 2 full weeks from the date of their qualifiers unless the 2 weeks is interrupted by a school break or holiday.
global innovation award submission deadlines
Tournament Date |
GIA Submission Due Date |
Notes |
November 10, 2018 |
November 30, 2018 |
Deadline extended due to Thanksgiving holiday |
December 8, 2018 |
December 21, 2018 |
None |
December 15, 2018 |
January 18, 2019 |
Deadline extended due to Christmas/New Years break |
January 12, 2018 |
January 25, 2019 |
Hard deadline. Several weeks are needed to ensure that a nominee is announced at the Championship on 2/16/19. |
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 16, 2019. Global Innovation Award nominees are not required to attend the Championship.
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