The LSE Generate Global Innovation Challenge 2026, in partnership with LSE Generate and Crimson Education, invites high-school students worldwide to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Whether it’s a product, app, service, or social initiative tackling the UN Sustainable Development Goals, you’ll learn to think like an entrepreneur through expert-led webinars and exclusive resources. Participants have the opportunity to gain international recognition and compete for prizes, including cash awards of up to US$1,000 and internship opportunities with LSE Generate founders.

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Pitch for the Future (PFF) is a competition for students (high school, gap year, and university) to pitch ideas that solve real-world problems related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It’s all about using creativity, critical thinking, and communication to imagine a better future. Participants can either compete individually or team up with 2-3 friends to create a short video highlighting a social issue in their community, and share their solution to tackle it. You can make your project on any topic, as long as it connects to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The finalists will pitch their ideas in a LIVE pitch session and Q&A, and the top 3 teams will be crowned Global Winners and get workshop, monetary and certificate prizes.

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