Unleash your inner innovator.
Turn a real problem into a technology-powered solution. Build your idea, create your prototype, pitch it in under five minutes, and compete for prizes, recognition, and the chance to go even further.
One big idea can start small.
Complete an Innovation Nation course, identify a meaningful problem, and show how your solution can help people, make sense, and create impact.
Video Pitch
Submit a video link with your prototype evidence and idea overview.
Top 10 advance
Five finalists per category pitch live after refinement and coaching.
A competition built for bold ideas.
Power Up! challenges students to solve real problems using technology, creativity, and what they learned through the Innovation Nation Programme. This is not just about having an idea. It is about showing your thinking, building something original, and pitching it clearly.
A clear path from course to competition.
Keep the process simple: learn, identify the problem, design your solution, build your prototype, record your pitch, and submit your entry.
Complete a Course
Register for and complete an Innovation Nation online course, then keep your certificate ready for submission.
Identify the Problem
Choose a problem in your school, community, country, or the wider world and think through Purpose, People, Profit, and Planet.
Design a Solution
Use technology to explain how your solution works and how it addresses the problem in a realistic, original way.
Create a Prototype
Show your solution through a digital or product prototype. Original work is required even where AI tools are used.
Record Your Video Pitch
Create a pitch video not longer than five minutes and include evidence such as links, photos, or footage of your prototype.
Submit Your Entry
Fill out the official form with participant and parent details, explain your idea clearly, and include your video link and prototype evidence.
Think beyond the idea.
Your entry should show why the problem matters, who it affects, how your solution works, how it can be sustained, and how it creates positive impact.
Know the dates. Plan ahead.
A quick view of the major milestones for Power Up! 2026.
Submit your idea, video pitch, and prototype evidence during the official submissions window.
Entries are reviewed and scored by the competition judging panel.
All participants are notified of their application status by email.
Finalists pitch, refine their pretotype, and present again for final judging.
Two rounds. Ten finalists. One big finish.
Submission & Screening
Eligible entries are prescreened by CARIRI and acknowledged within three business days by email from the CARIRI domain.
Top 10 Advance
At the end of Round 1, five finalists in each category move forward to the next stage.
Refine & Pitch Live
Finalists receive pitch support, refine their pretotype, and present to a judging panel including sponsors and stakeholders.
Recognition for every ranked finalist.
Each category awards five placements with a school trophy and an RBL starter account prize.
Category 1
Category 2
How submissions are scored.
Round 1 entries are judged on clarity, originality, feasibility, responsibility, application of concepts, and the strength of the digital presentation.
Problem & People
How clearly is the problem defined, who is affected, and how meaningful is the real-world impact?
Purpose & Innovation
Does the idea feel meaningful, well-motivated, and creatively different from what already exists?
Profit & Feasibility
Can the solution realistically be implemented and sustained with current tools, technology, and resources?
Planet & Responsibility
Does the solution consider social or environmental responsibility and create a positive long-term effect?
Programme Concepts
Were ideas and concepts from the Innovation Nation Programme clearly and effectively applied?
Digital Presentation
Is the pitch video clear, structured, engaging, on time, and well prepared?
Your ideas stay yours.
Participants retain ownership of their original work. By entering, they grant the organizers and sponsors a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display and publish submissions for judging, marketing, and exhibition purposes, with proper attribution.
Original work matters
AI tools may assist in the process, but a solution or prototype created entirely from a prompt will not be accepted. Entrants must declare AI use where applicable.
Important things every participant should know.
For the complete competition terms, eligibility requirements, submission rules, and conditions, view the full official rules document.
One entry only
Participants cannot submit multiple entries. If more than one is submitted, the first recorded entry is the one considered.
Video link required
Your entry must include a video link. Participants may host their videos on any platform of their choice.
Original content only
Entries must be original, in English, and must not infringe copyright, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property rights.
Content guidelines apply
Submissions must be suitable for a youth-facing educational competition and cannot include offensive, unsafe, political, or prohibited branded content without permission.
Build something real. Show us what you can do.
Complete your course, shape your idea, and submit your Power Up! 2026 entry before the deadline.
Learn.
Build.
Shine.
Get ready to ignite your imagination. The Power Up Competition invites students to think big, collaborate boldly, and bring brilliant ideas to life for prizes, recognition, and national excitement.
