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The Vision Behind the New Platform: A Message from Our CEO Featured Posts

The Vision Behind the New Platform: A Message from Our CEO

What inspired the next iteration of ICS, and where are we headed next? Hear directly from our CEO, Joshua Neubert, as he shares the vision behind the newly launched platform […]

Building Champions in the Classroom: Gamification in Education Featured Posts

Building Champions in the Classroom: Gamification in Education

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them: a desire, a dream, a vision.” – Muhammad Ali, American professional boxer and activist […]

Introducing the ICS Badge Structure Featured Posts

Introducing the ICS Badge Structure

We’ve officially launched our new platform, and we’re so excited to give you a tour of the features we’ve added. One of the biggest new additions is our badging system, […]

Introducing the New ICS Platform: A Smarter Way to Manage and Participate in Educational Competitions Featured Posts

Introducing the New ICS Platform: A Smarter Way to Manage and Participate in Educational Competitions

Since ICS was founded in 2012, we’ve been a hub for educational competitions across the nation. We design, facilitate and manage competitions that are complex and rigorous while remaining accessible, […]

A New Era of Academic Competitions Featured Posts

A New Era of Academic Competitions

For more than a decade, the Institute of Competition Sciences has been working with competition organizations to capture, organize, and recognize student achievement. One great example is the MATE Underwater […]

Build the Moon Challenge: Building the Future of Lunar Exploration STEM

Build the Moon Challenge: Building the Future of Lunar Exploration

NASA is going back to the Moon! As future astronauts prepare to spend longer periods of time living and working on the lunar surface, new infrastructure, habitats, and systems will […]

Tackle the Invasive Species Crisis from your Middle-Grade Classroom environment

Tackle the Invasive Species Crisis from your Middle-Grade Classroom

They’re unassuming stowaways on cargo ships and recreational boats. Pets that are released into the wild. Plants that are introduced to try and help the very environments they come to […]

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Student Challenge: Turns Out, It Actually Takes More Than Rocket Science! STEM

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Student Challenge: Turns Out, It Actually Takes More Than Rocket Science!

When you think about careers at NASA, astronauts and engineers might be the first people who come to mind. While engineering is a huge part of what makes NASA missions […]

Strengthening the Space Food Expertise  Behind our Competitions STEM

Strengthening the Space Food Expertise Behind our Competitions

Institute of Competition Sciences (ICS) is excited to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Deep Space Food Consortium (DSFC), establishing a connection that will strengthen the space food […]