Overall winners of Innovation for Impact 2026
Winner: AeroCellutions - $2500
Carolyn Denton, Cassidy Devereaux, Anisa Hashemi, Libert茅 Vaudandaine, Graham Chapman
2nd place overall: A-Levo - $1500
Julianna Farias, Jung Hao Cau, Siqi Mi, Liam Prato-Ferriet, Syphax Ramdani, Gabriel Linaje-ferrel
3rd place overall: LegUp - $1000
Brandon Greenall, Miguel Orozco Breton, Michael Zhao
Category winners ($1000 each)
Undergraduate team: AeroCellutions
Master鈥檚 team: LegUp
Special award winners ($500 each)
Impact: A-Levo
Financial Analysis of Measurable Value: REMO
Nafissatou Diallo, Noah Charron, Tracy Berbari, Nay Ezzedeen
Promising Early-Stage Innovation: REECapture
Mollee Ye,聽Salena Sun, Julia Purdue, Aditya Ranjan
About the competition
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative in partnership with the Sustainable Growth Initiative is excited to announce the 鈥淚nnovation for Impact鈥� competition 2026! This follows the success of the 2024 and 2025 editions.
Cash prize budget of $10, 000
Beyond the cash prizes, this event will be a great opportunity to interact with and showcase your talent in front of local business leaders and venture capitalists and perhaps take your idea further!
Please see the call for applications and details here:
The call for applications is open to both profit and non-profit initiatives, and projects should focus on any aspect of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles. Some examples include climate change, equal opportunities, financial inclusion, fairness, governance, fraud prevention, and democratization. The list is not limited, and other innovative ideas will be considered as well. The projects are expected to be at the ideation stage.
