Mott Million Dollar Challenge: A Pitch Competition for Kids and Teens

Join the Mott Million Dollar Challenge — a pitch competition for kids and teens. This is the place where your best ideas come to life. 

Kids and teens grades K-12, from any U.S. state or the District of Columbia can enter solo or with a team of up to three. Just jot down your idea, record a simple 30-90 second video about it and submit by February 27th, 2026.

Kids and teens will compete for prizes throughout the competition, with a total prize pool of $1M.

The Mott Million Dollar Challenge is a national innovation competition for kids and teens in grades K–12 supported by funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and powered by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Across the competition, a total of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) in prize money will be awarded to young people. Submission Deadline: February 27, 2026

You can enter if:

• You’re in grades K–12 (or in that age range as of February 27, 2026), and

• You live in the United States (50 States and Washington DC)

• You can be in public school, private school, charter school, homeschool, online school, or a youth program. If you’re learning and growing here, you belong here!

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