Evalu-AIde, MD wins Rep. Josh Riley’s 2025 Congressional App Challenge in New York’s 19th District
Rep. Josh Riley has named Andrew Appleman of Maine-Endwell High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in New York’s 19th District. Their app Evalu-AIde, MD uses a specially designed artificial intelligence model to diagnose health issues.
When asked what inspired the creation of Evalu-AIde, MD, Andrew Appleman said, “The inspiration for this app was the artificial intelligence age and how it is sweeping the news, and how important and new it is. Artificial intelligence will soon change many aspects of life, and I thought it would be good for me to try a bit of it. Also, medicine is a wide field and one that could be made easier with the use of AI to speed up the process and make doctors’ jobs easier. I also heard that hospitals were a bit understaffed in my area, so I thought it might apply on a larger scale, so I wanted my app to address that issue.”
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge marked another record-setting year for the program. A total of 394 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted App Challenges in their congressional districts, the highest level of participation in the program’s history. More than 13,800 students from across the country participated, submitting over 4,600 original apps focused on real-world challenges ranging from health and accessibility to education, sustainability, and civic engagement.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives that encourages middle school and high school students to learn to code, explore computer science, and build practical technology solutions for their communities. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and winning teams are invited to showcase their projects to Members of Congress, staff, and industry leaders at the annual #HouseOfCode celebration on Capitol Hill.
The Challenge is proudly bipartisan and reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to STEM education and preparing the next generation of American innovators for the future workforce. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from the Broadcom Foundation, AWS, Infosys Foundation USA, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2026 Congressional App Challenge will launch in May, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.