IEEE Makers DIY Project Competition
An international platform for students, researchers, and hobbyists under IEEE Region 10 to engineer open-source, affordable, and sustainable physical solutions for community humanitarian needs. Turn your maker ideas into impactful devices.
Focus Theme Areas
Proposals and prototypes must align with one of these six primary humanitarian technology focus areas:
Healthcare & Assistive Technologies
Affordable diagnostic tools, health trackers, and assistive hardware to improve healthcare access for vulnerable groups, rural clinics, and disabled individuals.
Smart Agriculture
IoT-enabled soil sensors, solar water pumps, precision farming tools, and micro-irrigation systems to assist local smallholder farmers in maximizing yields.
Clean Energy & Sustainability
Micro-solar grids, portable biomass cookstoves, low-cost wind turbines, and energy auditing devices designed to power remote, off-grid communities sustainably.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Innovative low-cost water filtration systems, rainwater harvesting controllers, smart community taps, and hygienic waste processing solutions.
Disaster Preparedness & Resilience
Flood detection alarms, landslide monitoring networks, long-range emergency mesh radio communications, and portable power hubs for disaster response.
Affordable Humanitarian Devices
Open-source scientific tools, micro-controllers, educational hardware, and customizable smart devices that address local community pain points at minimal cost.
Competition Tracks
Participate under either Track A or Track B, depending on the current development stage of your project.
Track A: Prototype
For teams that have developed a working physical model or prototype. Focuses on hardware demonstration, real-world feasibility, and initial testing.
- Must feature a physical working hardware device.
- Requires uploading 1–3 high-resolution prototype images.
- Requires providing a demonstration video link (YouTube/Vimeo/Drive).
- Ideal for advanced engineering students and active DIY makers.
Track B: Design Proposal
For teams with an innovative humanitarian concept, technical schematics, and structural feasibility plans, but no physical prototype built yet.
- No working hardware required at initial submission.
- Requires submitting a comprehensive technical design & feasibility proposal (PDF format, max 10MB).
- Must contain clear CAD drawings, schematics, and an SDG impact study.
- Ideal for early stage concepts, research teams, and ideation phases.
Competition Timeline
Plan your submission milestones. Follow the journey from proposal kickoff to the final global awards.
Launch of the competition and portal opening for submissions. Start forming teams and writing proposals.
Complete and submit your proposal or prototype details before midnight GMT. Applications freeze after this date.
Shortlisted teams are announced and paired with expert engineering mentors to refine designs and plan tests.
Teams build, code, iterate, and document their physical DIY humanitarian devices with technical mentor feedback.
Virtual project expo, live demo pitches to global judges, and announcement of the winning IEEE Makers projects.
Application Form
Complete the multi-step questionnaire below. Drafts are auto-saved locally so you can resume anytime.
Competition Registration
Fill in details to submit your proposal.