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2025 NFTE World Series of Innovation First Round Judging (Virtual)
NFTE’s World Series of Innovation (WSI) is a global educational experience that invites young people ages 5-24 to get involved in solving the biggest challenges facing humanity today and help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
NFTE is pleased to offer challenge partners and other volunteers in the NFTE community the opportunity to participate at this level of the World Series of Innovation. Volunteers are invited to judge student submissions and determine the top solutions for the challenge.
Judges are tasked with reviewing the submissions and providing evaluations based on the NFTE WSI rubric. Each submission will be evaluated by multiple judges to ensure parity and all scores will be averaged to establish the ranking of entries and determine the ten finalists.
See additional details on the judging opportunity below:
- Watch this 2-minute overview to learn more about the role of a virtual judge
- International Volunteers: When creating a new volunteer account to register, please use "00000" as the zip code.
- Judging Window: Monday, January 20, 2025 through Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM US EST
- Time Commitment: Up to 3-3.5 hours: you will have from January 20, 2025 through January 26, 2025 to evaluate the submissions at your own pace.
- Preparation: The NFTE Team will provide a judging prep video explaining how to use the WSI Judging/Platform.
**IMPORTANT NOTE: Although judging may take you to 3.5 hours total, it does not need to be done all at once. You can save your progress as you work; you will have the entire judging window days to complete your scoring. First round judging begins on January 20 and ends on January 26. Once you have registered as a judge, NFTE will send you prep materials, a confirmation email, and calendar invite. A few days before the judging window opens, the NFTE Team will send you login credentials for the judging platform.
Children & Youth Education
Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+
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