ANSI Opens 2027 Student Paper Contest With $1,500 Top Prize
NEW YORK – October 31, 2026 -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is offering a $1,500 top prize to college students and $1,000 to high school students in its 2027 Student Paper Competition, with entries due June 11, 2027.
ANSI and its Committee on Education launched the sixteenth annual contest under the theme "Would You Trust It? Exploring How Standards Build Confidence in Products, Services, and Emerging Technologies." Students must examine what makes something trustworthy and how standards contribute.
Three focus areas span consumer products, digital services and AI
Under products, students can cover sports equipment and wearables, autonomous and micromobility vehicles including e-bike and e-scooter battery fires, or food safety involving pathogens such as Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli and norovirus.
