The 2026 Presidential AI Challenge is here—open to all K–12 students nationwide! National Champions win $10,000 per team, official certificates, and exclusive resources. With NAVI’s end-to-end support, you’ll be ready to compete at the highest level.
Key Dates:
Open Now → Registration
Jan 20, 2026 → Submission deadline
Spring, 2026 → State & Regional Championship
Jun 7–10, 2026 → National Finals & WhiteHouse showcase
No matter your future major, this competition is the perfect stage to show initiative, creativity, leadership, and community impact:
- STEM → problem-solving with AI tools
- Humanities & Social Sciences → tackling community issues
- Arts & Creativity → blending AI with imagination
- Business, Law, Medicine → showcasing vision and applied innovation
- Elementary (K–5): Groups/classrooms led by educators or community leaders (with adult supervision).
- Middle School (6–8): Teams of 1–4 students + one Supervising Adult.
- High School (9–12): Teams of 1–4 students + one Supervising Adult.
- All submissions: Presidential Certificate of Participation
- State Champions: Certificate + AI resources (cloud credits, web tools)
- Regional Champions: Same as above + eligibility for White House showcase
- National Champions: Certificate + resources + $10,000 per student/educator team member, or $10,000 to schools/community groups (Elementary)
- Expert coaches across AI, project design, mentoring, and college consulting
- End-to-end support: team formation, topic selection, AI tools, project build, presentation skills
- Flexible mentorship: join as a team or solo—we’ll tailor the approach
- College application know-how: learn how to frame your project for essays and applications
- 10 weeks | ~15 hours total (weekday evenings)
- Starting November 2025
- Open to Elementary, Middle, and High School students
- Guided project development: from idea to polished submission



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We're thrilled to share some exciting news from our Navi Education family! Our student Doyeong K. was accepted to Northeastern University through Early Decision!
If you're still waiting to hear back from colleges, remember that Regular Decision results will be announced in March and April. We're excited to celebrate many more acceptances with our Navi students in the coming months!