STEAM TEAM: National Young Engineers Championship 2026

The Lithuanian Engineering and Technology Industry Association (LINPRA) invites students in grades 5–8 and 9–12 to participate in the fourth National Young Engineers Championship STEAM TEAM 2026! During the championship, teams of different age categories will compete for the title of the best young engineers at the national level!

REGISTRATION.

We invite students to form a STEAM team and demonstrate their engineering skills by creating a unique Goldberg machine, using their creativity and all the knowledge they have acquired in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, technology, and natural science classes.

The championship consists of two stages: regional semifinals and a national final. The semifinals will take place in various cities across Lithuania, and the winners of each semifinal will ultimately compete in the national final.

The task of the championship: to create a working Goldberg machine by integrating engineering solutions.

SEMIFINALS: April 13 to April 29.

PRIZES for semifinal winners: in each region, the winners will be one team of 5th-8th graders (elementary school students) and one team of 9th-12th graders (middle school students). The teams that take first place in the regional semifinals will win a ticket to the finals and EUR 200 each. Additional prizes await other participants who perform well!

Semifinal schedule (subject to minor changes; all updates will be posted here and communicated to registered teams by email):

Vilnius (I) – April 13 (Monday)
Vilnius (II) – April 14 (Tuesday)
Kaunas (I) – April 15 (Wednesday)
Kaunas (II) – April 16 (Thursday)
Klaipėda – April 20 (Monday)
Šiauliai – April 21 (Tuesday)
Panevėžys – April 28 (Tuesday)
Alytus – April 29 (Wednesday), if the minimum number of teams is reached

Note: If the minimum number of teams is not reached in a particular city, participants will be directed to the competition in the nearest city. Teams will be informed of this via the contact details provided during registration.

FINAL: Vilnius – May 15, LITEXPO.

Prizes for the winners of the final: the winners will be three teams from grades 5–8 (schoolchildren) and three teams from grades 9–12 (high school students). The teams that take first place in the final will win EUR 1,000 each, second place – EUR 500 each, and third place – EUR 300 each. Additional prizes await other participants who perform well!

REGISTRATION

Each team must have a teacher-mentor who acts as the team representative and registers the team. The number of participants in a team is from 2 to 5 (plus the mentor). The registration deadline for teams is March 31.

STEAM TEAM 2026 registration form.

SPONSORS

Thank you to all the sponsors of the STEAM TEAM 2026!