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The LSE Generate Global Innovation Challenge (LGIC) is a global, fully virtual innovation and problem-solving competition for high school students (ages 13–18). This competition empowers young minds to become change-makers, by forming a team of 2-3 students to create a video addressing a social issue in their community they care about as well as providing solutions to this issue. The top 3 teams from each region will be invited to represent their region in the Finals. Finalists will proceed to a live pitch session and Q&A. The top 3 teams globally will be announced as the Global Winners of LSE Generate Global Innovation Challenge !

Early Bird registration fee is $15 USD per student. Regular registration fee is $20 USD per student.

LGIC is open to individuals as well as team participation. While participants are required to register individually for the competition, participants can compete individually or can create teams of 2 to 3 students to compete in the Global Sustainability Challenge. If chosen to compete in a team, after students have registered individually, they must nominate a team leader who will then fill in a “team registration form” (which will be emailed to registered participants at a later date). This form will ask who the team members are and which category your team is competing in.

To apply, you must be in high school, currently on a gap year, a college freshman, or a college sophomore.

All team members MUST sign up and pay individually BEFORE filling in the team registration form. If your team progresses to the regional or global round, and your teammates are not registered individually, your team will automatically be disqualified.

Please join the region in which you reside: (NOTE: The region you select must be the region you reside in or study in and must not be selected based on nationality or place of birth if it differs from the aforementioned.) APAC (including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, NZ & AU): Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, China (including special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau), Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam. North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America. Europe + Central Asia: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.   Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, México, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.   MENA + Africa + Russia: Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Rwanda, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Yes, team members can be from different countries. Teams may choose to represent any one member’s region for the regional round.

1st Winner: Virtual internship with LSE Social Enterprise Founders, $1000 cash, mentorship hour with experts, exclusive access to LSE Generate events, Certificate of Achievement, Global Publication on the website & social media 2nd Winner: Virtual internship with LSE Social Enterprise Founders, $750 cash, mentorship hour with experts, exclusive access to LSE Generate events, Certificate of Achievement, Global Publication on the website & social media 3rd Winner: Virtual internship with LSE Social Enterprise Founders, $500 cash, mentorship hour with experts, exclusive access to LSE Generate events, Certificate of Achievement, Global Publication on the website & social media

Webinars will be available post registration (information on access will be sent to participants only). While it is not mandatory to attend, we highly encourage participants to attend in order to gain useful insight on how to create an effective pitch and video submission from our expert presenters.

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All deadlines are in 11:59pm GMT+0  1st April : Early-Bird Registrations open  31st May : Early-Bird Registrations close  1st June : Regular Registrations open  4th August : Regular Registrations close  18th August : Regional Round Submission  25th August : Regional Winners Announcement  30th August : Live Global Finals  3rd September : Global Winners Announced

Every participant will receive a confirmation email post registration. Please check your junk email. If you still have not received, please email info@globinnovation.org.(mailto:info@globinnovation.org)(mailto:info@globinnovation.org) Please send your query on time. As the deadline grows closer, it might take longer for us to respond.

In the regional round, submissions will be evaluated with the other submissions in each regionThe top 4 teams from each region (North America, South America, Europe/Central Asia, APAC, and Middle East/Africa/Russia) will advance to the Live Global Finals. In the global round, top 20 global finalists will pitch their solution with a presentation to a global panel or expert judges. The top three (3) winners from each category will receive incredible prizes! To know more, click here. (/timelineandguidelines)