The Young Mind Awards (YMAs) are inspiring our youth at Middle School, High School, and Undergraduate levels to pursue their passion and bring forth Design Engineering and R&D as viable education and career options for scholars.

Entries for teams or individuals will be accepted. 

What’s required?

Each entrant must complete a competition registration form and a project submission.

Competition Registration Form Must Include:

• Name of student
• Open Source Agreement – allowing for the content to be placed within public domain (ABM website)
• Students age and education level
• Teacher Name / School Name
• Brief explanation (abstract) of project

Project Submission Must Include:

• Written report that clearly explains project, the design, the functionality, and the end result of your creation.
  
• Entry video - Build your project and demonstrate it in a three (3) minute video with an in-depth presentation and explanation of the project, fully illustrating the extent of your design and the end product.

**All students must be 13 years of age prior to Friday, November 7, 2014 to enter the Young Mind Awards using this Official Entry Form.  The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), 15 USC 6501, and the Children's Privacy Protection Final Rule, require us to obtain "verifiable parental consent" before collecting, using or disclosing individually identifiable information from children under age 13. To this end, if a child entering “Young Mind Awards” is 12 or under, we will not collect their email address and contact information, but will instead collect the email address and contact information of their parent or guardian (in addition to teacher or school).  If a child who enters is 12 or under, we will verify these entries with the parent or guardian upon receipt of the entry.