Solve for Tomorrow is back!

A STEM challenge for kids grades 6 to 12.
First 70 registrations are eligible to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab!

Everybody Wins

With Solve for Tomorrow, students apply their STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills to solving a problem in their community.

Winning teams get $125,000 in Samsung tech for their school!

Feeling inspired? Here’s how to enter:

Find a problem to solve with your class.

Start by discussing community issues your students care about—no challenge is too big or too small.
Your chosen problem should fit into the following categories:
• An environmental or sustainability problem
• A social problem
• An accessibility problem
Have an idea that doesn’t quite fit? You can also create your own theme, as long as your solution centers on STEM.

Design a solution to that problem.

Encourage your students to brainstorm using a design-thinking approach grounded in empathy, creativity, and iteration.
Learn on the go, make mistakes, and try again until you get it right!

Tell us all about it!

To enter the contest, you will answer 3 questions in a minimum of 100 words each.
• What is the local community challenge that your students have identified within one of the entry categories below?
o Environmental sustainability via technology
o Social change through sports & tech
o Accessibility
o Open – theme/category of your choice
• What is your students' proposed STEM solution to the challenge?
• How will your students’ STEM solution be sustainable and successful?

And that’s all!

Let’s get started!

For a smoother submission process, we recommend typing out and workshopping your answers beforehand.

The submission deadline is February 27, 2026.

Check out our favourite moments from Solve for Tomorrow 2024-2025

Presentations to panels of judges

Talks by industry leaders

Award ceremonies for our winners

Life-changing prizes for schools

Snacks laid for our guests

Students trying out Samsung products

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Helpful Resources

Resources for teachers

Contest rules

Frequently Asked Questions

  • 1. What is Solve for Tomorrow?

    Solve for Tomorrow is a national education contest by Samsung Canada. Students in grades 6–12 use STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) to create solutions for real community challenges.

  • Each eligible participant in the contest comprises of (1) teacher who has entered with one (1) to fifty (50) middle school or high school students in grade 6-12 from publicly funded schools located anywhere in Canada.. Participants can also be from charter schools that derive at least 50% of their operating funds from public sources. All applications must be submitted by a full-time teacher who is employed by a publicly funded school (as defined above, and defined further in the Rules), 21 years or older, and a resident of Canada.

  • The entry period runs from: January 12, 2026 (12:00 a.m. EST) to February 27, 2026 (11:59 p.m. EST).

  • Submit an application here

  • You will answer 3 questions in a minimum of 100 words each.
    • • What is the local community challenge that your students have identified within one of the entry categories below?
      • o Environmental sustainability via technology
      • o Social change through sports & tech
      • o Accessibility
      • o Open – theme/category of your choice
      • • What is your students' proposed STEM solution to the challenge?
      • • How will your students’ STEM solution be sustainable and successful?

  • Choose one theme from the following:
    • • Environmental sustainability via technology
    • • Social change through sports & tech
    • • Accessibility
    • • Open – theme/category of your choice

  • You can find applicable Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest terms and conditions here.

  • No, this contest is open to all teachers regardless of the subject taught. However, the topic of this contest focuses on STEM solutions and sustainability.

  • Teachers can choose to collaborate with as few as a single student, but no more than fifty students can make up part of a group. However, we encourage groups that involve more than one student. Students do not have to be part of a teacher’s class to form part of the group.

  • The Solve for Tomorrow contest is open to all classroom formats, whether your district is on a virtual, in-person, or blended model.

    • • Phase One
      Twelve Regional Finalist teams will each receive $2,500 per team in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products.

    • • Phase Two
      Four National Finalist teams will each receive $5,000 per team in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products.

    • • Phase Three
      First Place - $50,000 in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products Second Place - $10,000 in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products Third Place - $10,000 in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products Fan Favourite Winner - $5,000 in Samsung Vouchers to purchase Samsung technology, and/or select Samsung products

    *All prizes are awarded to the winning schools.

  • Announced at Samsung Canada’s Head Office on May 15th 2027.

  • Add sftcanada@samsung.com to your safe sender list on your email and check your spam/junk folders to make sure you didn’t miss anything.

  • If you have any additional questions, please reach out to sftcanada@samsung.com for application support.