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Information session for the Grainger Computing Innovation Prize: 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025  
12:45–1:45 p.m.  
Hermann Hall Ballroom 

There will be an opportunity to ask questions, mingle with other students and mentors, and form teams for the competition. Lunch will be provided.

About the Grainger Computing Innovation Prize

The fifth annual Grainger Computing Innovation Prize calls on Illinois Tech students across campus to develop creative technology solutions to the most challenging problems facing our society today. The “Computing with Data and AI for Social Good” theme for this year's competition aims to tackle real-world problems in education, health, energy, public safety, transportation, economic development, sustainable smart infrastructure, and climate change.

Students are encouraged, through interdisciplinary teams, to leverage their skills in computing, big data, data science, and artificial intelligence toward creative and impactful uses of technology to improve the world. This competition targets innovation for societal good and is not a business plan competition. Successful entries must include some aspect of computing and demonstrate the work’s potential societal impact. We encourage this year’s teams to interface with new generative AI technologies to take their projects to the next level.

The competition will take place over the fall semester.

Tackle these challenging problems to win your share of a total of $30,000 in prizes:

• First place team: $15,000
• Second place team: $10,000
• Third place team: $5,000

The Grainger Computing Innovation Prize was established through a generous endowed gift from the Grainger Foundation, an independent, private foundation based in Lake Forest, Illinois, that provides substantive support to a broad range of organizations, including educational, medical, cultural, and human services institutions.

If you have any questions about the Grainger Computing Innovation Prize competition, please contact graingerprize@iit.edu.