Colorado’s Platform for Challenge-Driven Innovation

Solving Real Problems,
Adding Real Value

The Colorado Impact Challenge is an innovation platform connecting organizations with interdisciplinary student teams from multiple universities to solve meaningful, real-world problems.

Fall 2026 Challenge · Oct 20 – Nov 09
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Two Ways In

Which one are you?

The Challenge is built for two groups — students who want real-world experience with real stakes, and organizations with problems worth solving. Pick your path.

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For Students

Solve something real.
Get paid for it.

Join an interdisciplinary team, work a focused sprint on a partner's real challenge, and compete for cash bounties.

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For Partners

Bring the challenge.
Back a bounty.

Put your real problem in front of fresh, motivated student teams — and stay close to the work as your challenge takes shape.

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See It In Action

This is what a challenge feels like.

Teams form, partners brief their challenges, mentors circulate — and by final presentations the room is full: judges, partners, and student teams pitching working solutions for real bounties.

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A winning student team with their bounty checksAnd the winners are…
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Students celebrating with their awardBounty winners, 2024
Get Involved · Fall 2026 · Oct 20 – Nov 09

Bring your challenge. Back a bounty.
Build Colorado’s future.

Whether you’re an organization with a problem worth solving, a student ready to build, or a mentor who wants to coach the next flagship project — registration for Fall 2026 is open now.

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