{"id":23291,"date":"2025-06-23T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=23291"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:53:14","slug":"call-join-the-games-for-change-student-challenge-sept-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2025\/06\/23\/call-join-the-games-for-change-student-challenge-sept-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL: Join the Games for Change Student Challenge (Sept 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is an exciting opportunity for universities and schools to participate in the<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__gamesforchange-2Ddot-2Dyamm-2Dtrack.appspot.com_26UK8mk9cjaySzpqaQIHgT0T9TBAcSIVGQQFO1ggysKln0cGElwF2cfE6PXd6f0bVaUaT6fZk4icwdKJs2Y1b5qeuBvdD0VO0UGJJUT3r6SMOD74epef97l3kVugTtX9-2DvtOLXblaaFD5ePJczjQaa-5FzUuPwUpSl7l6OdreCEf2ZGQ-5Fd7A86UK-5FkGjdF3s6Va&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=0Umh6M8SX4T_phclHawyU8HL5QBYZMCqrP5icxjCXO4&amp;m=g3fUGhIrBzmwLVKRZIavr7gPPoCp-OBuMQ6qGlUow2KjtbOIclNHJSHDu3XyEGDw&amp;s=SIKUethixTODTf_WKlfvbtm517ukFNU9TVHCG10PoYc&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__gamesforchange-2Ddot-2Dyamm-2Dtrack.appspot.com_2qoAZe-2DgLfaxpH7Sml-2DuQO5hxFAyXdta1T-2DdB4hlk7KFo0cGElwF5SFfA-5FxQyNv-5FG-5FLGZRuOYYG-2DQPONvH1O6n9aFB-2DlIHOd4-2DkRm-2Dqfx9LwsHJRu3IX9wRmh7A3B3KugUQdm4xxpnKnANNOQJw2xVlRElBrS9a2dbdqwFLANlhAI3whPXFDbiikc7nIMNBo3&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=0Umh6M8SX4T_phclHawyU8HL5QBYZMCqrP5icxjCXO4&amp;m=g3fUGhIrBzmwLVKRZIavr7gPPoCp-OBuMQ6qGlUow2KjtbOIclNHJSHDu3XyEGDw&amp;s=U5y4gzj8UwPSnBHzgxhyTpt4fNw0vMBkrSXyAXweReA&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Games for Change Student Challenge 2025\/2026<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; a global competition where students create original\u00a0games inspired by the\u00a0UN Sustainable Development Goalsand apply their game design skills to address real-world issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is&nbsp;<strong>open&nbsp;to&nbsp;students aged 18-25&nbsp;<\/strong>from&nbsp;both creative and subject disciplines, with opportunities to collaborate across fields. The winning teams will receive a&nbsp;<strong>$10,000 scholarship,&nbsp;<\/strong>prizes, and international recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Join?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engage students in purpose-driven game design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boost student portfolios with real-world projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain international exposure for your students and institution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raise students\u2019 awareness of global issues through game design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to free learning and teaching resources on game design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Faculty and staff<\/strong>\u00a0can integrate the Student Challenge themes into courses or projects, host a G4C Student Challenge game jam, or mentor student teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Students<\/strong>\u00a0can join individually or in teams, access free game design courses, and submit their games by April 2026 for a chance to compete globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Challenge will officially&nbsp;<strong>launch in September 2025<\/strong>, but we\u2019re sharing this with you early so you can plan ahead and explore how your institution might get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__gamesforchange-2Ddot-2Dyamm-2Dtrack.appspot.com_2GcGarEpN-5FFiJ2NzR9MWAZCtolF8A-2DhSOFNSg72DOANds0cGElwGOUMMg2CXL-2D-5FbwvaKGFwoR-2DoneV87lFb78k-5FYvoWmkKmiq4cYU9brGuI4op3mGuB6kK45ocyA30ug-5F0sVr-2DkwFHDZ3BJXJkn5lnajUYww4o10Ws-2DKKzpsnrU-5Fush-5FxWj1i3ugwEHVgUsH3RS9YoZOXCO8&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=0Umh6M8SX4T_phclHawyU8HL5QBYZMCqrP5icxjCXO4&amp;m=g3fUGhIrBzmwLVKRZIavr7gPPoCp-OBuMQ6qGlUow2KjtbOIclNHJSHDu3XyEGDw&amp;s=uH3g6W3ACTfVSELEVRCTDCcA-28IB3hi-C2-bHR8I2Q&amp;e=\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP HERE<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>to express your interest and receive more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an exciting opportunity for universities and schools to participate in the\u00a0Games for Change Student Challenge 2025\/2026\u00a0&#8211; a global competition where students create original\u00a0games&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23292,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions\/23292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}