RAISE-26 is an exciting informatics – data science – AI Research competition for graduate and undergraduate students in the United States.

The RAISE-26 competition theme is “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is AI Transforming Us All?”. We aim to provide students an opportunity to showcase their problem-solving skills to address one of the most defining questions of our time: Is artificial intelligence (AI) transforming us? Participants will be tasked to uncover key insights emerging from the competition dataset using exploratory analyses, text analytics, data visualizations, machine learning and other analytical methods.

This competition will be an incredible research oriented learning journey in diving into technical interests, improving skills, and gaining experience in problem-solving, logical thinking, and professional presentations. Last year, we saw more than 119 national teams from many states across the US participate in RAISE-25!

STUDENTS – calling all young geniuses, whether you’re an innovator, aspiring leader, ethicist, humanist, artist, scientist or deep thinker — if you’re curious about AI’s influence on humanity, you belong here.
This is your moment! Undergraduate and Graduate Students from all disciplines are welcome.

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  • ???? Who Can Join? Undergrad and Grad students (Master’s or PhD), all disciplines
  • ???? Theme: AI’s transformative impact on human behavior
  • ???? Prizes: Up to $20,000

Open to All Students at US Universities (Separate tracks for undergraduate and graduate students): 

  • Virtual Round Submissions due by 14 Jan 2026

For more details about the competition, visit the RAISE-26 website.

If you have any questions, please contact us at informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu. 

RAISE-26, the world’s strongest AI-NLP informatics competition, invites undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to explore one of the most urgent questions of our time: Is artificial intelligence (AI) transforming us? This cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence – Informatics – Data Science Competition from the MPI program, Bloustein – Rutgers University, and RAISE Research challenges participants to investigate how AI is shaping human behavior.