The Paradigm Challenge is the largest youth innovation and kindness competition in the world. Youth aged 4 to 18 are inspired to use kindness, creativity, and collaboration to solve real-world problems. Students from 173 different countries have participated in The Challenge. Each year, we offer $250,000 in prizes to students and their inspiring teachers. The top 100 entries win cash prizes of up to $100,000. Teachers win too. We offer more than $50,000 in grants to the teachers and others who are associated with the top 100 teams. More than 15,000 teachers have signed up to use our free video and print lesson plans. The award-winning teen inventors who star in the video lesson plan will engage and inspire your students to make a difference in the world. Project Paradigm, a private foundation based in Los Angeles, Califronia created, funds, and runs The Paradigm Challenge.