Free Project
An innovation- and entrepreneurship-oriented competition category where students transform their knowledge, skills, and creativity into original technology-, design-, and engineering-based projects and showcase them.
🎯 Objective
The objective of the Free Project category is to enable secondary and higher education students to develop original projects by applying innovative thinking, scientific approaches, problem-solving, and engineering skills. Students are encouraged to present their ideas as tangible products, prototypes, or functional systems.
🧠 Themes
- Manufacturing, Technology, and Engineering Systems
- Health, Science, and Quality of Life
- Art, Design, and Cultural Production
- Information Technologies, Communication, and Financial Services
- Social Responsibility, Safety, and Community Services
👥 Participation Requirements and Team Structure
- ✔ Open to high school, associate degree, and undergraduate students
- ✔ Teams consist of 2 students + 1 advisor
- ✔ Each project is evaluated under only one theme
- ✔ Projects must be based entirely on students’ original ideas
💡 Project Topics
Projects may cover a wide range of fields, including manufacturing, health, arts, information technologies, social responsibility, and security solutions. Innovative, feasible projects that provide societal benefits are prioritized during evaluation.
🏛️ Exhibition and Presentation Area
- A separate table and electrical outlet are provided for each project
- Projects are exhibited as working systems or prototypes
- Team and project names must be clearly displayed on the stand
- Presentations are delivered orally in front of the jury
📊 Competition Format and Evaluation Criteria
- Application and report submission processes are conducted digitally
- Projects go through preliminary evaluation and final stages
- Innovation, feasibility, relevance, and presentation performance are assessed
- Booth evaluation and jury scores are calculated together
- In case of a tie, the jury may request a re-presentation