The U.S. House of Representatives hosts an annual district-wide Congressional App Challenge for middle and high school students in hopes of inspiring, including, and innovating efforts around STEM, coding, and computer science education. Students are encouraged to learn to code and are inspired to pursue careers in computer science. Winning teams will be publicly recognized and invited to present their work at the U.S. Capitol’s #HouseofCode celebration. The winning app will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year. Students may use ANY programming language to create an app for ANY platform, ranging from mobile, PC, web, and more. We encourage students to build a project that excites them!
Eligibility
- To be eligible to participate in the Congressional App Challenge, you must be a middle or high school student at the time of app submission.
- Students may register as individuals or as teams of up to four. No more than four students are allowed to form a team.
- Students may compete in the district they reside in or the district they attend school in.
- If competing as a team, at least half of the teammates must be eligible to compete in the district in which they are participating.
- All competing students must be U.S. residents at the time of submission. There is no citizenship requirement for students.
The Ninth District 2025 Congressional App Challenge is currently accepting applications until October 30, 2025.
For more information, you may visit https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/Â or contact my Community Outreach team:
Nerissa Ng
Nerissa.Ng@mail.house.gov
Debbie Medina
Debbie.Medina@mail.house.gov
Congressional App Challenge Past Winners:
2024: Josiah Watkin and Damien Douglas of Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy –
2023: Jayden Byfield, Tristan Hitchins, Florentz Macguffie, and Jayden Mclean of Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy –
