Submissions to AI AgeWell Challenge due March 30

Submissions to AI AgeWell Challenge due March 30

The deadline is quickly approaching to submit your idea for the AI AgeWell Challenge.

The AI Challenge returns for its third year to UDM’s McNichols Campus this April, bringing together students, faculty, community organizations and professionals to tackle real-world challenges using artificial intelligence.

This is your opportunity to turn a creative concept into an AI-powered solution that helps older adults live healthier, safer and more independent lives.

Teams will explore AI solutions that help people thrive at every stage of life, in areas such as:

  • Aging in place and independent living
  • Mental health, social connection and loneliness
  • Care coordination and caregiver support
  • Chronic disease management and wellness
  • Community access, equity and inclusion

Challenge participants can win cash prizes and sponsor-supported awards, including:

  • Innovator Award: $1,000 plus Tejara Innovation Hub Membership — Sponsored by AACC/Tejara, this award honors the most creative and groundbreaking solution. The winning team will also receive mentorship, entrepreneurial support and a media spotlight on the AACC/Tejara platform.
  • Impact Awards: Two $500 prizes — Sponsored by PACE Southeast Michigan, these awards recognize solutions with strong potential for real-world impact, equity, accessibility and measurable benefit for older adults.
  • Feasibility/Market Readiness Award: $500 Prize — Awarded to the team with the clearest path to real-world deployment.

Participants will work in interdisciplinary teams, receive mentorship, and finalists will be selected to present their ideas in the live pitch competition on Friday, April 10, from 5-9 p.m., in Room 114 of the Chemistry Building. The evening includes prizes, food and networking with campus and community partners. Students, faculty, mentors and sponsors are invited to participate.

PACE Southeast Michigan’s mission is to keep chronically ill aging adults in their homes by supporting their medical, social, and overall wellbeing. They are a proud to sponsor of the AI AgeWell Challenge, which brings innovative solutions to help older adults live healthier, more independent lives.

Come for the innovation, stay for the fun, enjoy a guest speaker, great food, fun activities, games, prizes, gift cards, more than $1,000 in giveaways and networking with professionals throughout the event.

Submit your idea by March 30, 2026, and register now to attend.

Sign up here.

A colorful flyer titled “AI AgeWell Challenge.” On the left side, large blue and orange text announces the challenge and a submission deadline of March 30, 2026. Below the title, three award categories are listed with icons: an Innovator Award for $1,000 plus a Tejara Innovation Hub membership, two Impact Awards offering $500 each, and a Feasibility Award offering $500. In the center-left, there is a large image of a white, humanoid robot facing an older adult. The robot is reaching out an arm toward the older adult. Both figures are standing in a softly lit environment with a blurred crowd in the background along with images of event attendees along the right side of the page.