Malliotakis Launches Congressional App Challenge for 2022

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) announced her office will be participating in the Congressional App Challenge for 2022. The Congressional App Challenge is an annual nationwide competition sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation to inspire students to explore STEM, coding, and computer science through hands-on practice.

"I'm thrilled my office will once again be participating in the Congressional App Challenge," Malliotakis said. "This challenge inspires thousands of students to explore computer science, STEM, and expand their coding skills, all tools that will be useful to them as technology continues to advance. Last year my office received several extraordinary submissions focused on addressing local, national, and global issues, and I'm looking forward to reviewing this year's entries come November."

2022 Congressional App Challenge Rules:

• Students can create apps about any topic, using any programming language (e.g. C, C++, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, "block code), on any platform (e.g. PC, web, tablet, robot, mobile).
• AGE: Students must be in middle or high school on November 1, 2022.
• LOCATION: Students are only allowed to compete in a Congressional District which is hosting an App Challenge. Students may compete in either the district in which they reside or the district in which they attend school. Participants may compete only in one single district.
• TEAMS: Students can compete as individuals, or in teams of up to four students. Any team with more than four students is not eligible to compete. At least half of the teammates on any team must live or attend school in the same Congressional District.
• PRIOR PROJECTS: Students may submit any app they've created after November 1, 2021.
• SUBMISSIONS: Students may only submit ONE app per year. Multiple entries across multiple teams are not allowed. All entries for this year's challenge must be submitted by November 1, 2022. Winners will be announced in December 2022.

Last year, Sabrina Trestin and Sofia Toropova, of Tottenville High School won the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for New York's 11th Congressional District for developing the Advocating for Animals app. The app was coded using block code on SNAP!, and has been displayed in the Capitol Building, along with the House.Gov and Congressional App Challenge's website for the past year.

To learn more about the Congressional App Challenge, click HERE.

To register for the 2022 Congressional App Challenge, click HERE.