An annual national invention competition for high school students, where young inventors from Ukraine’s frontline regions turn bold ideas into innovative solutions to real challenges of today and tomorrow.
On September 1, Ukraine Invention Convention (UKRIC) opens registration for the UKRIC Inventors Cup 2026, an annual competition for high school students who turn ideas into working inventions.
UKRIC follows the model of the Connecticut Invention Convention, which has taught schoolchildren invention skills in the US for more than 43 years. Participants go from identifying a problem to building a prototype and presenting their invention to a jury and developing engineering and entrepreneurial thinking.
The 2026 pilot project in Donetsk region proved the approach works. Despite security risks, students created inventions to address wartime challenges. Three of five Dassault Systèmes global awards went to Ukrainian students, and five participants presented their projects in the United States.
Over the next four months, participants will follow a seven-step invention process: identify a problem, research it, develop an idea, build and test a prototype, and present the solution. They will also work with engineering tools, including the Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Winners of the national final will represent Ukraine at an international competition and travel to the United States.
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We've added an appeal period: from November 1 to 5, you can challenge the selection results if you think the evaluation was unfair. That's why the "7 Steps" training program now starts not on November 1, but on November 5. All dates are in the "Phases" tab.
The third open lecture of UKRIC Inventors Cup 2026/7 is now online! Vitaliy Svichynskyi, CEO of Next Ukraine, explains how the Ukraine Invention Convention platform works and how to make your invention known.
The second open lecture of UKRIC Inventors Cup 2026/7 is now online! Ihor Protsenko — instructor at UKRIC Inventors Cup (Ukraine Invention Academy) — shows how to find your invention idea, while the competition's chief judge Andriy Kolodyazhnyi breaks down the project evaluation system.
The first step towards participating in the competition
Learn more about invention and the competition
Submit your invention idea through the platform + registration
Experts will evaluate the ideas and choose 50 finalists
You can appeal the selection results
Create, test, and improve your invention
Present your invention and compete for victory
Represent Ukraine on the international stage
Trip to US
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