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For Institutions & Organizations

Bring Your Innovators to the Global Stage

Universities, schools, associations, research institutions, academies, and innovation organizations can participate in The Maple Awards with their own communities — or work directly with us through tailored institutional collaboration.

Participation

Participate with Your Community

Organizations can identify, nominate, and support promising innovators from within their own networks to participate in The Maple Awards.

  • Nominate student or research teams
  • Register institutional projects
  • Introduce startups and innovators
  • Support youth and emerging talent
  • Recommend promising teams for available scholarships
  • Organize an internal selection process and nominate your strongest projects
  • Participate with multiple eligible teams or projects
Participate with your teams

Eligible participants may include

Student TeamsResearchersUniversity LaboratoriesFaculty-Led ProjectsStartupsYouth InnovatorsTechnology TeamsIndependent InnovatorsAI & Robotics ProjectsPrototypesMVPsResearch Projects

Institutional Participation

Special Institutional Conditions

The Maple Awards offers tailored participation conditions for universities, schools, associations, research institutions, and innovation organizations.

There is no single model for every organization.

We prefer to understand your community, goals, and needs — and then develop the most appropriate participation structure together.

Request institutional conditions
  • Institutional registration conditions
  • Group participation opportunities
  • Participation scholarships
  • Support for high-potential teams
  • Partner-nominated participation
  • Discounted registrations
  • Dedicated registration support
  • Tailored access for student and youth communities

Collaboration

Build a Meaningful Collaboration

Beyond participation, organizations can work with The Maple Awards through scientific, educational, innovation, and ecosystem initiatives.

01Scientific contribution
02Jury or expert nominations
03Talent identification
04Community outreach
05Masterclasses and knowledge exchange
06Special Awards
07Scholarships and participation support
08Innovation ecosystem activities
09Joint educational initiatives
10Future programs and international opportunities

We are open to flexible and constructive collaboration models based on the mission, strengths, and priorities of each organization.

Discuss a collaboration

Value

Creating Value for Your Community

Global Visibility

Showcase your institution and its innovators on an international platform.

Talent Recognition

Give students, researchers, and teams access to structured evaluation and international recognition.

International Network

Connect with experts, innovators, institutions, investors, and technology communities.

Opportunities Beyond the Competition

Selected teams may gain access to mentorship, publication opportunities, investor introductions, accelerators, masterclasses, and future Maple programs.

Get in Touch

Interested in Collaborating with The Maple Awards?

If your organization is interested in collaboration, institutional participation, scientific engagement, team nominations, scholarships, or other joint initiatives, please complete the short form below. Our team will review your information and contact you as quickly as possible.

Area of interest *

Prefer email? info@maple-ai.ca

We welcome collaboration proposals, institutional participation, team nominations, scientific engagement, scholarships, and other constructive ideas.

Let’s Build Something Valuable Together.

If your organization works with innovators, researchers, students, startups, or technology teams, we would be pleased to explore a tailored and mutually valuable collaboration.