Welcome to the Vattikuti Innovators Challenge 2025!
What is the Vattikuti Innovators Challenge?
The Vattikuti Innovators Challenge (VIC) is a competition for medical students worldwide. The purpose of the competition is to see who can come up with out-of-the-box ideas and solutions to address problems in medicine.
Teams of 2 will work together to solve the competition question which will be provided once registered. Teams can be self-selected or assigned.
VIC 2026 Competition Theme: To be announced July 2026
Details of the case and competition exercise will be accessible to applicants upon entry to the Competition.
Objectives of VIC
- Learn how to communicate with various audiences throughout the medical community
- Interact with students learning medical practices from multiple countries
- Demonstrate imaginative thinking
- Present problem-solving solutions
- Exhibit primary and secondary research skills, to include seeking external advice and data as well as input from teachers and experts
- Experience peer-to-peer learning from medical students receiving education from different parts of the world
Competition Process
Team Requirements
- Team Composition:
- Submissions to be made by teams of two Explorers
- Teams of two are self-selected but both members must be current Explorers
- We encourage participants to have partners from different medical schools both within their country or from a different country
- Each team is encouraged to seek external advice, data and input from mentors, and experts
- Written submission (details below):
- Title Page
- Title
- Team name
- Team members names
- Year in medical school
- Medical school name(s) and country
- Table of Contents
- Abstract – 200-250 words
- Introduction and objectives
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
- Written narrative
- Situation analysis
- Findings and recommended solutions
- Conclusion
- Personal synthesis
- Learnings and insights
- Graphics and Illustrations (if not within document)
- References
Total word count: 2,000 words, not including title page, table of contents, abstract, graphics and illustrations, and/or references
Written Narrative
Format:
PDF format with single spacing, 12-pt font.
Graphics:
Use graphics, pictures, and illustrations to enhance the presentation
Data:
Inclusion of data and analytics
Judging will take place October 1 – November 30, 2026. Finalists will be notified via email after January 1, 2027.