NEW YORK: The Verizon Innovative App Challenge is back, to encourage students nationwide to organize their teams and submit their cool app ideas now. Absolutely no coding or technology skills are necessary to win.
In its fourth year, the App Challenge calls students to gather teams, dream up ideas and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve problems in their schools and communities. And for the first time this year, the App Challenge will be open to teams representing non-profit organizations in addition to schools, and even more students will earn free tablets and cash awards for the groups they represent.
Best in Nation App Challenge winners will receive a total of $20,000 for their school or organization and the chance to turn their app idea into a real working app available for download. Best in State winners will earn $5,000 grants for their school, club or group, as well as tablets for each winning team member.
The deadline for submission is November 24 and the winners will be named in January 2016.
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