Below is the timeline for the 2026 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize competition:

August
1
2025

Sign Up for the InVenture Prize Mailing List

 

September
8
2025

2026 InVenture Prize Kickoff Session

Cypress Theater, John Lewis Student Center

Find out what the InVenture Prize is all about! Network and hear from past participants of this Emmy Award-winning interdisciplinary innovation competition. 

January
9
2026

Registration Deadline

Registration requires you to describe your idea and provide important background information. It also lets us know that you intend to compete for the InVenture Prize. Please review the rules and eligibility requirements prior to registering. 

Click here to access the registration link.

January
20
2026

Preliminary Round

Exhibition Hall

Open only to competition participants, judges, and the Georgia Tech community, the preliminary round is an open gallery round in which inventors pitch their ideas and judges score each invention. 

February
4
2026

Semifinal Round

Exhibition Hall

A quick pitch competition where each student or student team goes on stage before a panel of judges and has 3 minutes to pitch their invention, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A and comments from the judges. 

March
11
2026

2026 InVenture Prize Finals

Ferst Center Theater

In this televised round, the inventors of the final six inventions will each give a three minute presentation of their invention to a panel of expert judges before a live audience, followed by three minutes of Q&A.