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KnoPro is 100% free and gives high school students meaningful work-based learning experiences they can highlight on resumes and college applications. Sponsored by top companies, each challenge helps students build in-demand skills, confidence, and opportunities to win large cash prizes.

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Real-World ProjectsDo short, fun projects from top companies in fields like AI, Business, and Healthcare.

Cash PrizesWinners earn cash, and everyone earns points for major prizes and raffles.

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MentorshipWork solo or in teams, and get feedback and support from industry professionals.

More than $300,000 awarded to students and schools

KnoPro celebrates student creativity and problem-solving by awarding cash prizes to students and schools for outstanding industry project submissions. These rewards recognize hard work, innovation, and skill development—helping students gain confidence and real-world experience for resumes and college applications.

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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

Second Life, Smarter Tech

Look around you. Your phone, laptop, earbuds, and game console all took materi... More

Earns

+400 Points

Winner

$10000

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Daily Skillbuilders

10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

Level-up your skills and career knowledge by creating TikTok videos, persuasive emails and more!

OtherProblem Solving

Ballot Boost

Effort: 10 minutes27 high schools near Chicago have turned into real early-voting sites. The people running the polls are students, trained as election judges who check in voters and hand out ballots. During the primary, 126 students at 24 schools did the job, and 1,136 people voted, most of them students. Organizers say the goal is simple. Give students who are old enough a chance to vote, and teach them how it works. Young people are the group least likely to vote. In the last midterm election in 2022, about 31 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 voted, compared to about 67 percent of those 65 and older. This year's Election Day is November 3, and election offices like the one in Cook County are trying new ways to close that gap. Your Task: Imagine you work in your county's election office. You cannot tell anyone who to vote for, but your job is to make it easier for every eligible young person to cast a ballot. 1. What Gets in the Way Think of someone you know between 18 and 29, or picture yourself at 18. Name the one thing most likely to keep them from voting, like not knowing how it works, not having a ride, or not getting time off work. Say why it is a real problem for them. (2 to 3 sentences.) 2. The Fix Design one thing your county election office could do to get rid of that problem. It cannot be another polling place at a high school. Say where it happens, who runs it, and how a young voter would hear about it. (3 to 4 sentences.) 3. Past High School Most young voters are not in high school anymore, like college students or 22-year-olds working full-time. Pick one of those groups and say how you would change your fix from step 2 so they actually show up. (3 sentences.) More

Earns:
10 pointsAwarded:
(1) $100 e-gift card

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Testimonials

"KnoPro provides students with fun and exciting opportunities to creatively tap into their thoughts and get rewarded for their ideas. It is an engaging site that keeps students coming back for more!"

Maira Jamil

Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

“I was really impressed with the creativity... they made me feel good as a teacher. Experiences like these are what make teaching so rewarding.”

Mark Godinez

South Dade Senior High

“The KnoPro project was relevant to them because it made them think about how they could apply technology in their future careers."

Guilia Matarasso

Monarch High School

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Healthcare

Ilyas G. & Kartheek K.

Healthcare is Hiring

You're in charge. How would you fix the healthcare worker shortage? Healthcare is running ou...Learn more

5 weeks ChallengeEarns: +400pts

Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial Awareness

Awarded:
$5000

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Highlighting our commitment to providing high school students with real-world, project-based learning experiences that develop in-demand skills.

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