Global Impact Competition
Build Learning
📌 About the Event
Global Impact Competition 2026 is a virtual student competition by Build Learning where students investigate an overlooked community issue through field research and propose a meaningful solution. Designed for students who want to build a strong passion project, learn policy writing, work on real-world problems, and gain exposure to global mentors and internship opportunities.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Host: Build Learning
- Mode of conduct: Virtual
- Theme: Community impact, field research, policy writing, and problem-solving. Identify an overlooked community issue and propose a practical solution.
- Focus : building human judgment, empathy, research ability, and original thinking.
📅 Important Dates
- Individual sign-up deadline: 5 June 2026
- Launch Day: 13 June 2026, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM ET
- Policy Workshop Option 1: 14 June 2026, 2:30 AM–4:00 AM ET
- Policy Workshop Option 2: 14 June 2026, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM ET
- Submission deadline: 27 June 2026, 11:59 PM ET
- Finals: 3 July 2026, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM ET
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibility : Open to students globally.
- Experience Required: No prior technical, coding, policy, or research experience is required
- Training Support: The organizers mention that training and resources will be provided.
- Seat Limit: Spots are limited to up to 80 students
- Selection Basis: Acceptance is on a rolling basis and subject to organizer approval.
🎯 Evaluation Process
- Likely Evaluation Areas: Problem understanding, quality of field research, originality, practical solution, policy thinking, and impact potential.
- Important Note: Since the official rubric is not visible, avoid mentioning exact marks or scoring weightage in the vlog.
🎯 Constraints and Fee
- Participation Fee: USD 300 per student.
- Financial Aid: Financial aid is available; students can contact the organizer for support.
- Team Structure: Solo participation
- Mode Constraint: Fully Virtual
- Experience Constraint: No specific technical or research background is required.
🏆 Prize Details and Value
- Cash Prize: Top submission gets USD 250.
- Internship Opportunity: Top 4 finalists get a virtual internship opportunity with Quantum Consumer Solutions, a global strategic consultancy firm.
- Project Feature: Selected projects may be featured on The Global Archives.
- Learning Benefit: Participants get to build a project that shows passion, original thought, research skills, and visual storytelling.
- Networking Benefit: Students get a chance to meet global peers, academic experts, industry professionals, and mentors.