ANNOUNCEMENTS

Two App Challengers Among Winners Representing 43 Countries Joining the Rise Global Initiative  New Cycle of Applications Now Open for Talented 15 to 17-year-olds to Join the Rise Global Community. Washington, D.C., October 5, 2023 – Today, Schmidt Futures, in collaboration with the Rhodes Trust and the Congressional App Challenge announced the 2023 cohort of Rise Global […]

More Members of Congress are hosting Congressional App Challenges in 2023 than ever before – with dozens more expected to sign up in the coming weeks! As of today, 345 Members of Congress are actively hosting Congressional App Challenges for students in their districts, representing 79% of the House of Representatives and eclipsing the previous […]

We asked our summer interns to answer some questions regarding the 2023 Congressional App Challenge and their experiences working at the Internet Education Foundation. Make sure to click on the links and images below to learn more about past App Challenge winners and our interns!

Press Release: Congressional Internet Caucus Announces Reps. Nunn, Lieu as Congressional App Challenge’s 118th Congress Co-Chairs By Brynn Baker 

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives launched the 2023 Congressional App Challenge. Participants are now able to register for the largest competition in student computer science nationwide! Currently, 300 representatives have signed up to host Challenges within their respective districts, and we expect to see even more in the coming weeks. The deadline to submit […]

Congressional App Challenge welcomes the new cohort of Summer 2023 interns: UC Berkeley students Emma Solomon, Brynn Baker, and David Awakim, and Emory University student Gabriel Schwartz.

App Challengers on the steps of the Capitol for #HouseOfCode 2023 On April 17-18, 2023, Congress hosted #HouseOfCode, a celebration of all things STEM in the U.S. Capitol for winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge. Bringing together some of the brightest young minds in technology and STEM, the event welcomed over 300 award-winning coders […]

Join Congress for #HouseOfCode Next Tuesday! Join us next week for #HouseOfCode, the most prestigious demo day in student CS hosted by Congressional App Challenge! #HouseOfCode brings together nearly 300 App Challenge winners from across the country to the Capitol to show off their apps to lawmakers.  The App Challenge recognizes the outstanding achievements of […]