15 Years of Turning Possibility into Impact
For fifteen years, Penn students have transformed breakthrough inventions developed in Penn laboratories into startups, careers, and real-world impact. Join a commercialization journey that begins with world-class research and ends wherever your entrepreneurial ambitions take you. What will you build?
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Everything Y-Prize
This Year’s Technologies
Explore the cutting-edge Penn Engineering inventions at the center of this year’s competition.
The Y-Prize Journey
Understand the steps of the competition from developing an idea to crafting your pitch to submission.
Resources
Everything you need to find a team, understand the technologies, and craft a great pitch.
Past Winners
Learn about former Y-Prize Competition winners and see who has turned their winning entry to a full-fledged venture.
Y-Prize History
Learn about the history behind the competition, and the interdisciplinary partnership that inspired it.
Sponsors
Connect with the sponsors across schools that fund and support the Y-Prize Competition.
Don’t Miss It
Meet the inventors. Explore the technologies. Build what’s next.
Join us at the Y-Prize Kickoff.
📅 Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 6:30 pm
📍 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, Room 350