Cancer is among the globe's most crucial global health issues. This disease affects hundreds of thousands of individuals each year. curingwithCARE and the High School Health Research Forum are thrilled to host and introduce the 2025 Cancer Awareness & Action Challenge. This is a challenge for high school students designed to cultivate and gather creative, evidence-driven, and implementable solutions in addressing cancer prevention, access to care, public education, and healthcare policy problems. Semifinalists will receive recognition and the winner, in addition, will receive a cash award. This challenge is designed to allow high school students to develop their own creative and critical thinking skills as well as offer an opportunity for students with an interest in health advocacy, research, and community outreach to put their skillsets in action. No research experience is needed whatsoever. This challenge only requires your ability to include passion, feasibility, and impact in one submission!

Eligibility

The competition is only open to full-time high school students (grades 9-12) attending a public school, private school, or home school at the time of application. 

• U.S. citizenship is not required

• International students may submit

• Students living outside of the U.S. are eligible to submit

  2025 Prompt

  Select a specific, pressing problem of cancer prevention, access to treatment, awareness, or policy and propose an innovative, practical solution that can be created, campaigned for, and enacted by adolescents to address the issue. Access the full guidelines document to ensure a quality submission!