Congressional App Challenge
2026 Congressional App Challenge
Congressman Eric Burlison’s office is hosting the 2026 Congressional App Challenge for middle school and high school students in Missouri’s 7th Congressional District.
The Congressional App Challenge is an annual competition that encourages students to build their own apps and develop coding and computer science skills.
Students may create an app on any topic, for any platform, and using any programming language. Apps must demonstrate some degree of functionality, and all coding and technical development must be completed by the student or student team. The use of artificial intelligence tools is permitted, but all AI use must be disclosed, and students must demonstrate significant individual contributions and technical understanding of their app.
Deadline: 11 a.m. CT on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026.
Students can register and submit their applications at CongressionalAppChallenge.us.
Submissions require a completed application and a demonstration video of up to three minutes that covers the app’s purpose, intended audience, tools and programming languages used, and functionality.
After the submission deadline, entries from Missouri’s 7th Congressional District will be reviewed, and a district winner will be selected. The winning app will be featured on House.gov and CongressionalAppChallenge.us. The district winner also will be invited to the U.S. Capitol to participate in #HouseOfCode in spring 2027.
Eligibility
- Participants must be middle school or high school students at the time of submission.
- Students are eligible to compete in Missouri’s 7th Congressional District if they reside in the district or attend school in the district.
- Students may compete individually or in teams of up to four. For team entries, at least half of the team members must reside in or attend school in Missouri’s 7th Congressional District.
- Students may submit only one app during the 2026 competition and may compete in only one congressional district.
Additional eligibility requirements and competition rules apply. Review the complete 2026 Congressional App Challenge rules before registering or submitting an app.
Questions about the challenge can be sent to Chris.Yaudas@mail.house.gov.