IdeaScore Programmes

We Run It. You Decide.We Run the Programme. You Make the Calls.

We set up, run and report your hackathon, challenge or call on IdeaScore. Every decision stays yours.Hackathons, innovation challenges, competitions, grant and fellowship calls, and paper or speaker calls. Our team sets IdeaScore up for your programme, writes the rubric and the guides, runs screening and the jury, and stays on until the winners report back. Every decision stays yours.

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From people who have led programmes with up to 10,000+ attendees.Run by people who have led and coordinated hackathons, competitions and conferences with up to 10,000+ attendees.

Pick a level

We run it beside your team

Set-up, plus screening, jury and reports by us.Everything in set-up, plus screening, jury monitoring, reporting and upkeep by our team, with communications and the finale shared.

For a small team with a big call

Who carries the work

9Our team
6Together
0Your team
4Add-on

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For

HackathonsHackathons
ChallengesInnovation challenges
CompetitionsCompetitions
Grants and fellowshipsGrant and fellowship calls
Paper and speaker callsPaper and speaker calls

Where Programmes Come Unstuck

A flagship call is months of work on top of the day job.A flagship call is a months-long job on top of everyone's day job. These are the weeks that go wrong.

The call opens before the rules are readyRules and guides written in the last week, then changed mid-call.Eligibility, the rubric and the applicant guide get written in the last week, then change mid-call, and every change becomes an email to hundreds of applicants.
Hundreds of entries, a handful of peopleEvery entry checked by hand, the same questions at every deadline.Someone has to check every deck, form and document for completeness before a judge sees it, and answer the same questions at every deadline.
Judges to find, brief, chase and checkLate conflicts, uneven scores and no trail when a result is questioned.Conflicts declared late, scores out of step with the rubric, a spreadsheet per panel, and no trail when a decision is questioned.
Data you are answerable forPersonal and partner data in shared drives, with DPDP duties on you.Partner data and applicants' personal details in shared drives and inboxes, with obligations under the DPDP Act, 2023 that land on the organiser.
After the finale, silenceMilestones, KPIs and the final report tracked by email, if at all.Winners' milestones, KPI returns and the report your stakeholders asked for end up tracked by email, if at all.

Pick How Much We Carry

Start with set-up, move up at any stage. You keep every decision.Start with set-up and move up at any stage. Every level runs on the same IdeaScore, and your team keeps every decision.

We run it beside your team

Set-up, plus screening, jury and reports by us.

Add when needed

For build and data challenges, and impact stories.For build and data challenges, and for stakeholders who want a written impact story.

Before the call opens

Design and set-up

- Eligibility rules and stage gates
- A timeline from call to final award
- Problem statements, drafted and edited with your experts
BothTogether
- A rubric with scoring bands and rules for every stage
- Preliminary screening criteria
- Applicant brief, applicant guide and evaluator handbook
UsOur team
- Roles for your team and every partner organisation
- Registration and team formation, concept note and deck templates
- Quality checks on every form and email, then acceptance testing with you
UsOur team
- An email sequence for every stage
- FAQs and reply templates
- Mailers to partner institutions and networks
BothTogether
- A register of every file, its owner and its permitted use
- Masking before data reaches applicants, with the method recorded
- Encrypted nightly backups, a second copy offline, a restore test before each stage
Add-onAdd if needed
- A repository per team from a standard template
- Guidelines for structure, licences, reproducible runs and secrets
- Baselines, metrics and pass marks for each problem
Add-onAdd if needed
- Programme team, evaluators and jury, separately
- Recordings and quick guides to keep
UsOur team

While the call runs

Screening, jury and finale

- One support address for applicants and judges
- Extra cover in the days before each deadline
UsOur team
- Completeness and eligibility checks on every entry
- IdeaScore AI's evidence-backed read against your rubric
- A shortlist your committee approves
UsOur team
- A shortlist of judges for your approval
- Briefings and the evaluator handbook
- Conflict-of-interest declarations before scoring
BothTogether
- Completion and consistency checks on every panel
- Outliers flagged to your committee, never changed by us
- A seat on the evaluation team in an advisory role
UsOur team
- Tests on the held-out set
- Reproducibility and claims checked
- A one-page verification note per finalist
Add-onAdd if needed
- Running order, timings and judge flow
- Live scoring on judges' phones
- The leaderboard on the big screen
BothTogether
- Form and workflow changes on request
- Access for people joining and leaving
- A monthly status note
UsOur team

After the winners are named

Awards, KPIs and reports

- Tranches and milestones per winner
- Utilisation certificates collected and filed
BothTogether
- KPIs agreed with each winning team
- Quarterly returns through a winner portal
- Portfolio tracking of solutions taken forward
BothTogether
- Certificates anyone can verify
- A winners showcase page
UsOur team
- Completion and drop-off on every form
- Who accessed which data and when, retention and deletion
- A closing report ready for your stakeholders
UsOur team
- Written from the programme's own record
- For your board, funders and partners
Add-onAdd if needed

At this level

9Our team
6Together
0Your team
4Add-on

Tailored to Your Programme

After one call, a written scope with each item priced as a whole.Each programme is scoped on its own: the stages, the size of the field, the jury and any data or code work. After one call we send a written scope with each item priced as a whole.

Talk to usTalk to us about your programme

At every level: The IdeaScore platform and IdeaScore AI, technical support, and a full export of your data at any time. At every level, people decide.At every level, your jury and committee make every decision. IdeaScore AI suggests; people decide.

What Lands on Your Desk

Documents, records and reports you keep.Documents, records and reports you keep, whoever runs the next call.

A configured IdeaScore organisation
Signed off with you in writing before go-live.
The rubric and the guides
Applicant brief, applicant guide and evaluator handbook.
Masked, documented data packs*
One per problem statement, with a held-out test set kept by you.
Team repositories and guidelines*
A GitHub organisation, a repository per team and published submission rules.
A verification note per finalist*
One page each, for the jury.
Jury scores with the full trail
Consolidated scores, every decision and the audit log.
Data protection reports
Access, masking, retention and deletion, and a closing programme report.
Winner portals and certificates
KPI returns and certificates anyone can verify.
A full export, any time
Your programme's data during the programme and at the end.

* For build and data challenges.

The Software Underneath

We run it on IdeaScore. Your team works in the same record, and keeps it.We run your programme on IdeaScore, the platform behind every call on this site. Your team signs in to the same record we work in, and keeps it afterwards.

Forms, teams and the applicant portalStatus, letters and certificates in one place for every applicant.
Blind review, rubrics and roundsRanking, pairwise comparison or live pitch, with conflict-of-interest declarations.
IdeaScore AIReads every entry against your rubric with the evidence beside each score. It suggests; people decide.
A decision trailEvery score, change and decision in the audit log.

See the product Meet IdeaScore AI

Leaderboard

5 of 126 teams · ranked by human score

1
Halcyon Grid#0142
CleanTech · TRL 6
46.5 / 50 (93%)—
2
Quorum Bio#0127
Biotech · TRL 4
43 / 50 (86%)—
3
Farmlight#0139
AgriTech · TRL 7
41.5 / 50 (83%)—
4
Tessel Labs#0118
DeepTech · TRL 5
39 / 50 (78%)—
5
Orrin Health#0083
HealthTech · TRL 3
37 / 50 (74%)—

Your Data, Handled With Care

You own every record. We work to the DPDP Act, 2023.You stay the owner of every record. We work to the DPDP Act, 2023 and show our working.

Visit the Trust Centre

Masked before it travelsNames and contact details are replaced with labels before any text reaches IdeaScore AI, and your data is never used to train AI models.
Access by roleEach partner, judge and applicant sees only their part, and access closes when the programme does.
Reports you can hand onWho accessed which data and when, the masking applied, and retention and deletion, written up for your records.
Partner data stays yoursUsed only for the programme, and returned or deleted when you ask.

Where the data lives. Customer data is stored in Mumbai, India (database) and the Asia-Pacific region (files), and processed in Singapore (application) and Tokyo (email).Customer Data is stored in Mumbai, India (database) and the Asia-Pacific region (uploaded files, export files and encrypted backups), and processed in Singapore (application) and Tokyo, Japan (email). IdeaScore AI processes the text sent to it outside India.

What Is In, and What Is Not

Always Included

At every level, alongside the work in your written scope.

The IdeaScore platform for your organisation
IdeaScore AI, reading against your rubric
Technical support for your team
A full export of your data, any time
Written sign-off before go-live

What Your Team Brings

One point of contact, with decisions and test feedback within agreed times
Data packs from you and your partners, with permission to share masked data with applicants
Approval of the jury panel, the prizes, and the programme's terms and IP policy

Not Included

Prize money, award funds, and pilot or prototype funding
Venue, logistics, catering, travel and accommodation
Publicity, paid media and media buying
Honoraria for mentors, evaluators and jury members
Legal drafting of the programme's terms and IP policy

Work beyond the agreed scope is agreed by a written change request.

Questions Organisers Ask

Yes. Every programme runs on IdeaScore in your own organisation. Your team signs in to the same record our team works in, and you can export all of it at any time and at the end.

You do. We prepare, screen, brief and check; IdeaScore AI suggests; your jury and committee decide. Where we see an outlier, we flag it to your committee and never change a score ourselves. Every decision is in the audit log.

Hackathons, innovation challenges, competitions, grant and fellowship calls, and paper or speaker calls, with online, in-person or hybrid finales. For build and data challenges we can also host the data, set up team repositories and verify finalists' code.

Ideally six to eight weeks before the call opens, so the rubric, forms and guides are tested before applicants arrive. If your date is closer, talk to us anyway, and we will tell you plainly what fits.

It is tailored to your programme: the stages, the size of the field, the jury and any data or code work. After one call we send a written scope with each item priced as a whole, and anything beyond it is agreed by a written change request.

Prize money and award funds, the venue, logistics, catering and travel, paid media, honoraria for mentors and judges, and legal drafting of your terms and IP policy. IdeaScore records award decisions and milestones; it never moves money.

Customer Data is stored in Mumbai, India (database) and the Asia-Pacific region (uploaded files, export files and encrypted backups), and processed in Singapore (application) and Tokyo, Japan (email). IdeaScore AI processes the text sent to it outside India. Data from you and your partners is used only for the programme, and returned or deleted when you ask.

Yes. You can start with set-up only and add screening, jury coordination or reporting as the call grows. Each step up is agreed in writing before it starts.

Tell Us About Your Programme

A 30-minute call about your programme, its stages and its dates. You get a written scope, tailored to it.

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