AwardX is LaunchX's free global entrepreneurship competition for high school students. Participants submit a real business or business idea and are evaluated on problem articulation, solution innovation and feasibility, unique value proposition, market analysis, and revenue model viability. An initial round of judging selects 10 finalists, who pitch live before a panel of industry experts and investors on Demo Day.
The winner receives $5,000 in cash plus a full scholarship to the LaunchX Online Flagship Program, and every finalist receives a $3,000 scholarship to the same program. The audience vote winner, determined by community engagement with a 60-second pitch video submitted to the AwardX YouTube channel, automatically becomes one of the 10 finalists. AwardX runs regional competitions throughout the year (including AwardX East Africa) with separate application windows per region.