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Industry Immersion Series

$100,000+ in incentives available to grade 7-12 students across North America.

Launching this October, 2025.

Join the mailing list to be the first to know which industries are supporting you and your students with engaging career awareness and skill development opportunities this school year.

Awareness

Students don't know what they don't know. While the range of available jobs is diversifying, student job expectations have become more narrow, often dominated by a few traditional roles and what they see in the media. Changing that starts with awareness.
Step 1
Real Companies Helping Students Build Real Skills

How It Works

Connecting students to careers through self-directed, incentive driven skill building and industry awareness activities.

Monthly Challenges Released

Each month, a new industry partner releases a skill-building challenge designed to introduce students to occupations and opportunities in their industry.

Students Complete Activities

Students individually work on the challenge, developing awareness of industry opportunities, relevant skills, post-secondary pathways, and more.

Submission Process

Completed work is submitted and assessed against a rubric for review by the selection committee. Twenty submissions will selected each month.

Winners Selected & Rewarded

Outstanding submissions receive micro grants and recognition from industry partners each month. $10,000 in micro grants are awarded EACH month 🎉

Why Micro Grants?

In 2025, students no longer need to wait for permission to start developing industry relevant skills outside of the classroom. What they often need is a little more support and a few more resources. Industry sponsored micro grants can remove both of those constraints, while helping students develop a portfolio of projects they will be excited to share.

Scholarships are great, but...

  • Not every student is headed to college or university
  • Not every role requires them to
  • And for those that are, micro grants can help fund projects that allow them to develop the skills now that will make their applications stand out that much more
"Good morning, Mr. Matheson. I had a lot of fun with the micro grant contest, so I decided to take your recommendation and apply for Basecamp. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to develop the skills and confidence I need to thrive in a place like Basecamp. I'm really excited to see what this summer has in store for me."
— Student from micro grant pilot with DMZ

Activity Timeline

Each month will have a different activity sponsored by a different industry partner.

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2025

September

Promotional Month

Industry: myBlueprint

We'll use this month to welcome students back to school and make sure they know what's coming.

2025

October

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Industry: LOL

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November

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December

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Industry: LOL

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2026

January

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Industry: LOL

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February

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Industry: LOL

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March

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April

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May

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June

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Incentives

Not just for students. Educators and schools are also eligible for participation prizes.

01

Monthly Student Microgrants

Each month, we award 20 microgrants of $500 each to students who submit outstanding work for that month's industry challenge.

Total Monthly Distribution
$10,000 Every Month
  • 20 microgrants awarded each month
  • $500 per student recipient
  • Assessed against activity specific rubric
02

Series Completion Incentive

Students who complete all (8) monthly activities are eligible for separate series completion incenitves.

Effort Rewarded
More Chances to Win
  • Must complete all eight monthly activities
  • Winners will be randomly chosen
  • Multiple different incentives available
03

Educator-Level Incentives

Educators on the Industry Immersion Series mailing list can win prizes designed to support your classroom, and make you smile!

Why Should Students Have All The Fun?
Educator Incenitve
  • Monthly prizes for educators on the mailing list
  • Winners will be randomly chosen
  • Sign up with your school email to be eligible.
04

School-Level Incentive

Schools with 100+ students who complete all monthly activities are entered to win some legit school-level prizes.

Building Incentive
Recognition Award
  • Requires 100+ student participants from your school
  • Those students must each complete all monthly activities
  • More students participating = more chances to win
Real Companies Helping Students Build Real Skills

Our Participating Sponsors

Let's celebrate these industry leaders
collaborating with students to help them develop real-world skills 👏

Monthly Activity Sponsors

October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
June 2026

Incentive Sponsors

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