It's easy to enter! Form a team of two to four students, and submit your entry here

The submission form will require you to fill up the following information:

• Details about the team, including:
  • Team name;
  • Team members’ names;
  • Team members’ ages;
  • Team members’ school email addresses;
  • Contact number of the team’s representative.
  For teams participating under Category 1, you would also need to provide the name and email address of a teacher who will be mentoring your team.
• Details about the idea, including:
  • Chosen theme, (from one of the four broad Themes specified by Samsung);
  • Title of project;
  • Opportunity or problem you are addressing with up to 100-word description;
  • Big idea with up to 200-word description of the solution.

You can also submit supporting documents in any of the following formats: PDF (no more than 5 pages), Word (no more than 5 pages), PowerPoint (no more than 5 slides), and ZIP file. Maximum file size allowed is 5MB.

There is no entry fee. Solve for Tomorrow 2022 is free to enter for all eligible participants!

A total of 20 teams, 10 from each category, will be selected during the competition’s Shortlist Phase. These 20 shortlisted teams will each receive $600 cash prize to help them develop and refine their ideas and/or develop their prototype.

There will be 6 winning teams, 3 from each category, for Solve for Tomorrow 2022. Here are the details of the prizes:

First Prize for Category 1 and Category 2:

• S$12,000 worth of Samsung products
• S$5,000 cash prize

Second Prize for Category 1 and Category 2:

• S$7,000 worth of Samsung products
• S$3,000 cash prize

Third Prize for Category 1 and Category 2:

• S$4,000 worth of Samsung products
• S$1,000 cash prize

Visit the Samsung Education Store here to find out more about the latest Samsung products designed to inspire you throughout your learning journey.

We hope that all participants will have a fulfilling experience where you have the opportunity to develop new skills – whether in understanding product development or learning how to market your idea.

We will provide some guidelines to the shortlisted teams on how to use the funds to improve your idea for the competition!

No, you can join Solve for Tomorrow 2022 as long as you are aged 16 years old and above and a full-time student in any Junior College, Polytechnic, Institute of Technical Education or the Millennia Institute in Singapore, or a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in any of the six publicly funded autonomous Universities in Singapore.

Yes, your team can comprise of full-time students from different schools, as long as the schools belong to the same category.

For example, if you are currently a student in a polytechnic, you can form a team with your friends from junior colleges, other polytechnics, Institute of Technical Education, or the Millennia Institute. However, in this instance, none of your team members should be university students as they belong to another category.

Yes, you are still eligible to participate in this year’s competition.

However, if you’re from the top three winning teams from the previous competition, you cannot enter the competition with the same team members. You can still participate in the competition by forming different teams with other participants.

If you're already working on something for another school project or programme, you can submit the idea as long as it has not previously been entered in other competitions or made available to the general public outside of your school. The objective of this competition is to inspire more solutions that can help solve issues that the local community is facing. Have a look at our Terms & Conditions for more details.

Yes, you can, as long you have permission and consent and it does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights or interest of any third party.

Yes, entries will be posted online for public voting in February 2023. More details will be shared closer to date.

The selection is done by a panel comprising of representatives from Samsung and its partner agencies.

During the finale event, the 10 finalist teams, 5 from each category, will be evaluated by executives from Samsung as well as other companies and organisations. The judges will be revealed as we draw closer to the finale event.

The shortlisting and awarding of the winners will be based on these judging criteria for the different phases.

The most important things to take note of: Find a relevant issue to Singapore, be original and innovative, harness the power of technology and finally think about whether it’s feasible – turn your ideas into reality!

A confirmation email will be sent to you.

We will email you the good news!

The competition is only open to full-time students in Singapore. If you drop out of school during the competition period, your team’s entry will be invalid.

Don't be afraid of the word technology – it can be as simple as a mechanical setup or setting up a website. The more important thing is to innovatively apply it to an issue and conceptualise a solution that would benefit people in Singapore.

You can email us at samsungsolvefortomorrow@infom.asia.