NASA Space Apps local lead / local judge network

Judging · NASA Space Apps Challenge

The record at a glance. Every line is drawn from the programme's own pages.

Type	Judging
Organisation	NASA Space Apps Challenge
Field	Technology builders and Researchers and academics
Open to	Global
Cost	Free to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.
Cycle	Closed · Annual
Deadline	2026 lead form closed (2026 hackathon Nov 14-15, 2026)
Selection	Not stated
Evidence	Verification date not recorded.

What this is

NASA Space Apps local lead / local judge network is a judging run by NASA Space Apps Challenge. It is aimed at technology builders and researchers and academics. Open to global. Free to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.

Who it is for

Local Leads host local events, coordinate participants, and work with Local Judges to nominate top projects for Global Judging; judges volunteer per local event.

Eligibility

One Local Lead per location, approved individually by NASA GO team; local judges recruited by leads (450+ local events in 2026).

How you apply

self_apply

When it closes

Closed for the current cycle. It recurs annual. The next cycle is not dated on the source page.

Source note: confidence=0.9 next_occurrence=Local Lead form for 2027 edition ~Q2 2027; 2026 local-judge seats still fillable via local events until Nov 14-15 2026

How competitive it is

On selectivity, the source says: Only one Local Lead approved per location (competitive per city)

Getting in: open to approach.

Roughly 6 hours to prepare an application.

What it produces

If you take part, the documentation this tends to generate:

Potential profile relevance

The activity type each pathway's published criteria name, and nothing more than that. This is a description of an activity, not an assessment of eligibility, and it is not legal advice — see the disclosures.

Activity type, matched to the criteria that name it.
Pathway	Activity type	Why it is listed
O-1A	Judging the work of others	This opportunity involves judging.
EB-1A	Judging the work of others	This opportunity involves judging.
EB-2 NIW	Judging the work of others	This opportunity involves judging.

Disclosures

Official source

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Dates, criteria and eligibility change. Everything on this page was read from the programme's own pages, and the page you open is the authority, not this one.

Verification date not recorded.

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