International youth-led nonprofit

Don't study
STEM.
Build it.

STEMise is a global, youth-led organization running free STEM competitions and hackathons, and supporting student-led chapters in their own communities.

Fiscally sponsored by Hack Club · donations tax-deductible
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Global Events

Hackathons, math olympiads, and global competitions that ship real work.

DSH HacksIQIC
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Local Chapters

Students start and run a STEMise chapter at their school or city.

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In development

EdTech Platform

A gamified learning platform in the making — Duolingo-style, but for going deep on STEM.

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Research

Ongoing

AiScend: responsible-AI research with NxtHorizon, built on the principles of MIT RAISE.

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IMPACT

Numbers we can point at

STEMise is creating an international footprint through global competitions and student-led chapters.

350,000+
Social media impressions
$40,000+
USD raised
4,750+
Event participants
124
Chapters
130
Countries reached
Represented in 130 countries
USASouth KoreaFranceNigeriaIndiaVietnamCanadaUAENepalKenyaChinaMalaysiaSaudi ArabiaPakistanPhilippinesBangladeshPortugalParaguayGermanyIraqAustraliaSouth AfricaEgyptRomaniaBrazilSingaporeSenegalDominican RepublicMyanmarThailandUzbekistanIranTurkeyArgentinaMoroccoUkraineMexicoKazakhstanMalawiLatviaJapanMaltaIcelandEthiopiaPeruCameroonNamibiaIndonesiaAlgeriaTunisiaGhanaGreeceSri LankaItalyColombiaBeninCambodiaMongoliaLaosIsraelSyriaSerbiaBosnia and HerzegovinaCyprusEstoniaIrelandEcuadorPanamaLebanonChileQatarArmeniaMontenegroLiberiaNetherlandsLithuaniaBotswanaUgandaRwandaAzerbaijanBahrainBoliviaIvory CoastHaitiSpainSwitzerlandGeorgiaDenmarkNorth MacedoniaLuxembourgFinlandHungaryJamaicaKyrgyzstanTajikistanNew ZealandAngolaCzech RepublicAlbaniaTimor LesteHondurasAfghanistanBulgariaRussiaPolandTrinidad and TobagoUnited KingdomYemenOmanCubaSudanJordanGuatemalaTaiwanBurkina FasoBelgiumRepublic of the CongoEl SalvadorFijiZimbabweTogoSloveniaPalestineKosovoBelarusComorosMaliDemocratic Republic of CongoMauritiusMadagascarUSASouth KoreaFranceNigeriaIndiaVietnamCanadaUAENepalKenyaChinaMalaysiaSaudi ArabiaPakistanPhilippinesBangladeshPortugalParaguayGermanyIraqAustraliaSouth AfricaEgyptRomaniaBrazilSingaporeSenegalDominican RepublicMyanmarThailandUzbekistanIranTurkeyArgentinaMoroccoUkraineMexicoKazakhstanMalawiLatviaJapanMaltaIcelandEthiopiaPeruCameroonNamibiaIndonesiaAlgeriaTunisiaGhanaGreeceSri LankaItalyColombiaBeninCambodiaMongoliaLaosIsraelSyriaSerbiaBosnia and HerzegovinaCyprusEstoniaIrelandEcuadorPanamaLebanonChileQatarArmeniaMontenegroLiberiaNetherlandsLithuaniaBotswanaUgandaRwandaAzerbaijanBahrainBoliviaIvory CoastHaitiSpainSwitzerlandGeorgiaDenmarkNorth MacedoniaLuxembourgFinlandHungaryJamaicaKyrgyzstanTajikistanNew ZealandAngolaCzech RepublicAlbaniaTimor LesteHondurasAfghanistanBulgariaRussiaPolandTrinidad and TobagoUnited KingdomYemenOmanCubaSudanJordanGuatemalaTaiwanBurkina FasoBelgiumRepublic of the CongoEl SalvadorFijiZimbabweTogoSloveniaPalestineKosovoBelarusComorosMaliDemocratic Republic of CongoMauritiusMadagascar
Partner organizations

Student-led organizations we co-host events with or cross-promote.

Skits For Youth
DeltaForge Hacks
Next Horizon
Exploratory
STEMist Education
Saintly
Paquin Institute of Mathematics
The Euler Circle
Culturing Curiosities
Non-Trivial
HowToHackathon
Minorities in STEM
Skits For Youth
DeltaForge Hacks
Next Horizon
Exploratory
STEMist Education
Saintly
Paquin Institute of Mathematics
The Euler Circle
Culturing Curiosities
Non-Trivial
HowToHackathon
Minorities in STEM
Our mentors and judges have worked at

Logos show where individual volunteers work or have worked. They do not indicate sponsorship or endorsement by these companies.

Apple
Amazon
Amazon Web Services
Meta
J.P. Morgan
HCLTech
Citizens Bank
Highspot
Octery
Visa
Cisco
Paramount
Capital One
Google
IBM
T-Mobile
Oracle
PayPal
U.S. Bank
Goldman Sachs
Apple
Amazon
Amazon Web Services
Meta
J.P. Morgan
HCLTech
Citizens Bank
Highspot
Octery
Visa
Cisco
Paramount
Capital One
Google
IBM
T-Mobile
Oracle
PayPal
U.S. Bank
Goldman Sachs
Upcoming

Upcoming events

Hackathons, olympiads, and other events running — sponsors and collaborating professionals listed on every event page.

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Submissions close Nov 7, 2026Online

DSH Hacks V.2

The second edition of the DSH hackathon — global, online, free, and open to students 13+ building at the intersection of AI and healthcare.

Dates TBAOnline

IQIC

A global student competition backed by Hudson River Trading.

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Events

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124chapters worldwide
Chapters

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