The Colorado Impact Challenge is more than a project —
it’s a platform for connecting talent, organizations, and communities
around the challenges that matter most.
A challenge-driven innovation platform connecting talent, organizations, and communities to solve real-world problems.
Face increasingly complex challenges that outpace internal capacity.
Are seeking meaningful real-world experiences beyond the classroom.
Are looking to strengthen connections between education, industry, and community impact.
Rarely come together around shared problems in ways that generate actionable outcomes.
The Colorado Impact Challenge connects organizations with interdisciplinary student teams from multiple universities to solve meaningful real-world problems — through a structured, supported, time-bound process. A statewide innovation event co-hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines.
Organizations bring forward their most pressing challenges for student teams to solve.
Students from multiple disciplines collaborate, bringing diverse skills and perspectives.
A structured, time-bound process that guides teams from challenge to solution.
The Colorado Impact Challenge is more than a project — it's a platform for connecting talent, organizations, and communities around the challenges that matter most.
"By transforming real problems into real solutions,
CIC helps build a stronger, more innovative,
and more resilient Colorado."
Join as a student, bring a challenge as a partner, or connect your university to the platform.