ABOUT THE FUTURE SHAPERS CHALLENGE

The Georgetown International Relations Association is proud to host the first annual Future Shapers Challenge, held virtually. The Future Shapers Challenge is an annual two-round innovation competition that encourages young people from both the United States and China to help design an innovation that will positively benefit U.S.-China relations. 

Each year, teams of 2-5 students from junior high and high schools in the United States and China will help design and present an innovation that serves to help improve the relationship between the world's two largest economies — the United States and China. Through the Georgetown Future Shapers Challenge, students will learn more about the often undiscussed intersection between diplomacy and other areas of study, including the humanities and sciences.