Tech-Talent

Tech-Talent is an annual scientific entrepreneurial challenge. It targets students in grades 9-11

across all schools. Students team up with their teachers to put together enterpeneureal projects

in STEM. Every year thousands of students apply to Tech-Talent, and only a handful are

chosen to compete in the final challenge. Leading up to the final challenge, participants and

their ideas are incubated. They receive training and mentoring from experts in the relevant

fields. The final challenge takes place in June with hundreds of school children and their

teachers, in both the West Bank and Gaza, in attendance. The judging panel is composed of

local and international STEM and entrepreneurial experts. And in a suspenseful energetic

atmosphere, the winners are announced.

The winners are sent on a scientific trip to NASA, the Smithsonian and other leading scientific

institutions in the United States. During the trip they meet with scientists and engineers who are

at the front line of scientific and technological innovation. They share their ideas, and get a

chance to ask questions to the experts as well. The trip is as scientific as it is cultural, with visits

to key landmarks in the United States.