Awards & Competitions
IBM – Call for Code Global Challenge 2021

IBM – Call for Code Global Challenge 2021

About IBM – Call for Code Global Challenge 2021
The 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge is now open

The time is now. Join the Call for Code Global Challenge and build your skills on industry-leading, open hybrid cloud technologies while being part of a community of 400,000 problem solvers fighting back against the most pressing issues of our time.

Use your skills to take on climate change. You have a chance to win $200,000 USD and receive comprehensive support to see your solution deployed.

Through the Call for Code initiative, you have the opportunity to build and contribute to sustainable, open source technology projects that address social and humanitarian issues. Call for Code is different from other tech for good initiatives in that top solutions are deployed to make a demonstrable difference in the communities with greatest need.

How to get involved

There are many ways to get involved with Call for Code, from forming a team and competing in the Global Challenge to contributing code to existing open source projects. Pick the engagement that is right for you and build skills while making meaningful change.

Now in its fourth year, the Call for Code initiative is the largest tech for good initiative of its kind. The world is facing unprecedented, interconnected challenges and we believe technology can help, whether that is through challenges, deployments, or open source development.