2025 SCAG Student Showcase Now Open for Submissions

The 2025 SCAG Student Showcase is now open for submissions. Apply online by March 13 at 10 a.m.  

The Student Showcase challenges students to create posters or StoryMaps that tell a story, provide insight, showcase plans and projects, engage stakeholders, and illustrate the possibilities of open data at the regional level. By submitting, Student Showcase participants compete to receive cash prizes.  

Competition finalists will be invited to attend SCAG’s Regional Conference and General Assembly in Palm Desert on May 1-2—complimentary event admission and hotel accommodation included—to present their posters and StoryMaps to elected officials and industry leaders from across Southern California.   

A panel of judges will select one poster and one StoryMap for the “Best in Show” award. Conference attendees will vote for their favorite poster and StoryMap to be recognized with an “Audience Award.” All four awards, each worth $1,500, will be announced at the end of the conference.  

To download the Student Showcase guidelines and to apply online, visit the 2025 SCAG Student Showcase website.