Invent Oregon Collegiate Challenge Judging Criteria

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All Invent Oregon teams will be evaluated by an independent committee of judges. Judges include business leaders, engineers, elected officials, and policy makers. 

 

Judges consider a team’s physical prototype demonstration and a three-minute pitch. Teams will pitch their invention to judges as a group and then interact with judges individually to demonstrate and explain their prototype.
 

Invent Oregon is first and foremost a prototyping competition. We consider prototype development to be as important as business development (market opportunity, business model, and commercial potential). Accordingly, our judging criteria is the following:

1. Prototype: Scoring should consider the current state of prototype as described in the pitch. Is the prototype innovative? Is the prototype skilfully constructed? Is the prototype functioning? 

2. Pitch: Scoring should consider the team’s ability to clearly present the problem, solution, and the market/business opportunity in their pitch. Also considered: presentation style, stage presence, and visuals (slides/images).

3. Impact: Scoring should consider the ability of team’s solution/prototype to have a substantial and scalable positive environmental and/or social impact. 

4. Progress: Scoring should consider the progress the team has made since beginning the competition. What progress has been made? Did teams accomplish stated goals? 

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