TOP 20 ANNOUNCED: We announced the top-20 teams in the 2025-26 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. See list below. These teams advance to the final awards and showcase event. [Updated: 2-2-26]

Enter Your Idea to Win $30,000 in Cash & Scholarships

Do you want to explore innovative and creative entrepreneurship? Do you have an idea that could change the world? The Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) is your opportunity to showcase your innovation and entrepreneurial spirit and win cash and prizes. This competition is the high school counterpart of the Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. All Utah high school students, ages 14-18, are encouraged to compete. The program is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah. Sponsors include Tim Draper, a renowned venture capitalist. Students who have graduated high school or are enrolled full-time in college courses are not eligible to participate in the competition. These students are encouraged to participate in the collegiate Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge.

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2025-26 Season Timeline

  • Application Opens Online: Sept. 10, 2025
  • Online Information Sessions: Sept. 25, 2025, 4-4:45 p.m.; Oct. 30, 2025, 4-4:45 p.m.; Nov. 20, 2025, 4-4:45 p.m.; Dec. 11, 2025, 4-4:45 p.m.
  • Application Deadline: Jan. 14, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
  • Online Judging: Jan. 19-30, 2026
  • Top 20 Finalists Announced: Feb. 2, 2026, 5 p.m.
  • Top 20 Video Submission Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
  • Public Online Voting: Feb. 10-27, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
  • Competition Final Event: Feb. 28, 2026, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (public awards & showcase is 2-3:30 p.m.)

2026 Top 20 Teams

Here are the top 20 teams for the 2026 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (in alphabetical order):

  • AIOS (Park City High School)
  • AloeFlex (Hillcrest High School)
  • Computerpreter (Skiyline High School)
  • Crabtree Clinics (Tooele High School)
  • Daybreak Alarm and Daybreak Sync (Park City High School)
  • Hike Hounds (Bingham High School)
  • HydroCap (Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy)
  • Kalloo (Park City High)
  • Kensington Apothecary (Olympus High School)
  • Lab Safety Assistant (Skyline High School)
  • Little Sliders (Other)
  • LockMate (Park City High School)
  • Luke Clark Films (American Fork High School)
  • MCAP (Hillcrest High School)
  • Natural Language Compression (Other)
  • PathFinder (West High School)
  • Priority Fencing (Other)
  • REHEAT (Park City High School)
  • Score It (Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s)
  • Uptwn Vintage (Spanish Fork High School)

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