Mott Million Dollar Challenge 2026 ($1,000,000 total prize) – YOA

Deadline: February 27, 2026

Applications are open for the Mott Million Dollar Challenge 2026. The Mott Million Dollar Challenge is a nationwide innovation competitors for youths and youths in grades Ok–12 supported by funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and powered by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation helps efforts that promote a simply, equitable and sustainable society. They are working to broaden entry to youth entrepreneurship as a result of it might assist younger individuals construct mindsets and expertise — creativity, drawback-fixing, resilience and company — that promote success at school and life.

Prizes

• Across the competitors, a total of $1,000,000 (a million {dollars}) in prize cash shall be awarded to younger individuals.

Eligibility

• You are in grades Ok–12 (or in that age vary as of February 27, 2026)
• You reside within the United States (50 States and Washington DC)
• You could be in public faculty, non-public faculty, constitution faculty, homeschool, on-line faculty, or a youth program. If you’re studying and rising right here, you belong right here!

Application

Jot down your concept, file a easy 30-90 second video about it and submit by February 27, 2026. Finalists shall be invited to an epic celebration in June 2026 in Flint, Michigan, full of studying and a reside pitch occasion.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Mott Million Dollar Challenge.