Any student currently enrolled in a California high school, college, or university.
Applied Digital Technologies
10-Minute Challenge
Your idea for healthier tech use could win $5,000!
Inspire Healthier Digital Habits in Your Peers
Create a 10-minute digital Single-Session Intervention (SSI) to promote healthier tech habits among kids and teens. Whether tackling screen-life balance, promoting positive online behavior, or encouraging unplugged moments, your ideas could spark meaningful change!
Who Can Participate?
Open to all students currently enrolled in a California high school, college, or graduate program.
What Is a Single-Session Intervention (SSI)?
A short digital exercise that combines information and interactivity to change attitudes in a single sitting.
Cash Prizes
Three winners will be selected for each of the three age groups. 1st Place: $5,000, 2nd Place: $3,000, and 3rd Place: $1,000.
How to Participate
- Sign up on this page and receive the competition guide and tips.
- Create Your Intervention: Use the Child Mind Institute’s cutting-edge data collection platform MindLogger to design a 10-minute solution that promotes healthier technology use.
- Submit Your Entry: Upload your MindLogger intervention, a brief project summary, and either a video or a slide deck explaining your intervention through the submission form on this page between January 13 and March 3, 2025.
- Get Evaluated: Your entry will be judged by a panel of experts and scientists at the Child Mind Institute. Evaluation criteria is available in the competition guide.
- Winners Announced: Winners will be announced in spring 2025.
Submission Deadline: March 3, 2025
Resources & Guidelines
Get the complete competition details, including the MindLogger guide and competition handbook.
Competition Handbook
Everything you need to know — rules, requirements, dates, and more information about single-session interventions.
MindLogger Guide
Get to know MindLogger with step-by-step instructions on how to build your intervention.
Submission Portal
Ready to share your intervention? Use the link below to access the submission portal. We can’t wait to see your innovative ideas!
Frequently Asked Questions
A Single-Session Interventions (SSI) is a brief therapeutic session designed to provide immediate support and resources to individuals. They can effectively help participants cope with specific issues or challenges, making them a valuable tool in mental health research and practice.
Starting January 13, you can submit your entry through our online submission portal on this webpage. You can upload a video, presentation deck, or MindLogger-based intervention.
Submissions will be evaluated on:
- Feasibility: Can the intervention be applied daily within 10 minutes?
- Impact: Does the solution encourage positive behavioral changes?
- Creativity: How original and innovative is the intervention?
- Scalability: Can the solution be adapted for different age groups?
- Quality: Overall presentation (visuals, grammar, polish) and execution in MindLogger
The competition starts on January 13, 2025 and the deadline to submit your SSI entry is March 3, 2025.
You’ll receive an automatic confirmation email after submitting.
