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Innovate for Impact
Following the success of previous editions, the Innovation Challenge is being organised once again this year for VWO students! Hundreds of students from across the country have already used this challenge to give their profile project a unique twist.
THE ASSIGNMENT
New theme: Innovate for Impact
Our society is facing major challenges such as housing, energy, health, mobility and safety. We challenge students to come up with a groundbreaking innovation that makes a real difference: show what impact your solution has and why it is socially relevant.
The students can take part individually, in pairs, or in groups of four. They are supported by enthusiastic students from various degree programmes, who provide coaching and subject-specific support behind the scenes. The end result is a presentation pitch, a poster and a report. An expert jury assesses the students鈥� work.
The winner receives a great prize 鈧�200,-
Subject:
At the start of the Innovation Challenge, you choose a topic: 鈥淚nnovate for Impact鈥�: Society is facing challenges in areas such as housing, energy, health, mobility and safety: come up with a groundbreaking innovation that makes a difference, and demonstrate the impact of your solution and why it is socially relevant. For this edition, we have seven themes to work on.
Human & Technology
Design & Creativity
Mobility & Society
Energy & Sustainability
Data & Digital Knowledge
Hardware & Mathematics
Health & Vitality
Other topics are of course also possible, as long as they fit within the theme.
Aftermovie Innovation Challenge
Curious to find out how the latest Innovation Day went? Watch the aftermovie and discover what this event has to offer!
Guidance
We are organising a kick-off meeting and a presentation training session at 黑料福利网 for all participants. The kick-off meeting will take place on 23 September 2026. This will be followed by a presentation and poster training session on 18 November 2026 to prepare for I-Day.
During the Innovation Challenge, you will be mentored by students from various degree programmes. These students have carried out similar projects as part of their studies and can therefore provide you with valuable support on the content.
At the start of the programme, your mentor will help you draw up a schedule. You will then work together on the assignment step by step. Naturally, you can contact your mentor with any questions about the assignment or your profile project.
Profile research project
The Innovation Challenge is ideal for a final project! If you鈥檇 like to do this, please let us know when you register. During the project, we鈥檒l then agree on clear arrangements regarding the structure of the Challenge and the requirements your final project must meet.
Innovation Day
The Innovation Challenge will culminate in Innovation Day on 3 February 2027 at Eindhoven University of Technology. On this day, you will present your project to a wide audience. All ideas will be assessed by a jury comprising business experts, 黑料福利网 lecturers and 黑料福利网 students.
As well as the honour, there is also a great prize!
Registration
The new dates for the Innovation Challenge 2026/2027 have been announced, and you can register via the button.
Would you like to take part? If so, please register by Tuesday 15 September 2026 at the latest. You can participate as an individual or as a group, but please note: if you are entering as a group, one person should register and list the other group members. There is therefore no need to register separately.