Diamond Challenge 2025 - Horn Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Program Starts: February 18, 2025

Program Ends: May 02, 2025

Competitions

Business Plan Creative Ideas Conferences

Location(s)

Online
United States of America

Overview

The Diamond Challenge is the catalyst that propels high school entrepreneurs to the next level through meaningful connections, resources and transformative feedback.

Details

The Diamond Challenge is offered as a philanthropic education initiative by Horn Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware. As such, it provides free, open-access resources for students, educators and practitioners of entrepreneurship. Participation in the Diamond Challenge involves learning from the pursuit of new ideas. It also involves the creation, submission and presentation of original content in the form of business and social venture concepts. All submissions and presentations are granted consideration by the Diamond Challenge leadership team under the basic understanding that:

Each Diamond Challenge submission and presentation represents an original work that has been created by a team of 2-4 high school students;
Team members have the authority to submit/present their original work by virtue of their ownership of the content (or the expressed permission of any non-participating content owners);
The submission/presentation does not disclose any third party intellectual property or violate any existing copyright protections;
The Diamond Challenge leadership team maintains sole discretion to interpret, modify or eliminate any of the competition’s rules, terms and conditions at any time and without notice.
That said, the primary purpose of the Diamond Challenge’s rules, terms and conditions is to provide equality of opportunity while also promoting a positive and impactful learning experience for all participants.

THE DIAMOND CHALLENGE DIFFERENCE

Differentiate yourself from your peers
Cultivate skillsets attractive to employers
Identify and pursue your passions
Build a life-long global support network

Tracks

Business Innovation track

Select if your primary purpose is to solve a customer problem that by doing so will generate revenue and profit.

Social Innovation track

Select if your primary purpose is to solve a social problem and make a positive impact on people or the environment.

COMPETITION TIMELINE

Beginning in September, teams develop their concepts and leverage resources throughout three rounds culminating at the Limitless World Summit in May.

September 18 - January 16 - CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Series of Diamond Challenge events to support students crafting their submission.
Submission Deadline: January 16 at 5:00pm EST

January 16 – February 14C - SUBMISSION ROUND

All submissions will be evaluated and receive feedback from multiple judges.
Advancing Teams Announced: February 18

February 18 – March 16 - PITCHING ROUND

Live pitch events hosted around the world (pre-recorded virtual option available)
All Advancing Teams Notified By: March 16

May 1 - 2C - FINAL ROUND

Finalists will compete at the in-person Limitless World Summit conference

Opportunity is About

Administration Chemistry Computers & IT Economics & Business Education Energy Engineering Environment Human Rights Media, Marketing & PR Medicine, Nursing & Psychology Society

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo: Democratic Republic Congo: Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kosovo UN1244 (*not recognized by majority of countries) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Authority Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Description of Ideal Candidate

Student and Team Requirements

Teams must be comprised of 2-4 high school students typically between 14-18 years of age at the time of the submission deadline, and must be enrolled in an official high school/secondary education institution or program for the duration of the Diamond Challenge.
Teams require one adult advisor (21 years of age or older) who is in a position to provide the opportunity to participate and broadly available to offer support to the team. Teams may have more than one advisor, however, only one may be included in your official team submission. The advisor you include will be considered a main point of contact for the competition.
Any given student may participate on just one team (and therefore submit just one concept) per competition cycle/year.
Teams may be comprised of students from more than one school.
Only concepts that have been conceived by the members of the team may be submitted to the Diamond Challenge. If a submission has also been conceived by members not participating in the Diamond Challenge, their full legal names must be disclosed during submission so as to avoid potential conflicts of interest and/or potential legal challenges at later stages of the competition.
Businesses and social concepts must NOT have generated more than $100,000 in total revenue prior to the submission deadline.