Awards | EEG Challenge (2025)

Competition Awards

The EEG Foundation Challenge 2025 offers prizes and recognition opportunities for top-performing teams, made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.

Main Competition Prizes

🥇 First Place

Cash Prize: $2,500 USD
Spotlight Talk: Present your work at the 2025 NeurIPS Workshop “Foundation Models for the Brain and Body” (December 6-7, 2025)
Presentation Slot: 15-minute presentation during the competition track at NeurIPS 2025
Travel Support: Coverage of reasonable transportation, accommodation, and NeurIPS 2025 conference registration
Publication: Co-authorship on the competition publication at NeurIPS
Code Release: Your solution will be featured as part of the top 10 released solutions

🥈 Second Place

Cash Prize: $2,500 USD
Presentation Slot: 15-minute presentation during the competition track at NeurIPS 2025
Travel Support: Coverage of reasonable transportation, accommodation, and NeurIPS 2025 conference registration
Publication: Co-authorship on the competition publication at NeurIPS
Code Release: Your solution will be featured as part of the top 10 released solutions

🥉 Third Place

Cash Prize: $2,500 USD
Presentation Slot: 15-minute presentation during the competition track at NeurIPS 2025
Travel Support: Coverage of reasonable transportation, accommodation, and NeurIPS 2025 conference registration
Publication: Co-authorship on the competition publication at NeurIPS
Code Release: Your solution will be featured as part of the top 10 released solutions

Additional Recognition

Top 5 Teams

Presentation Opportunity: 15-minute (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A) slots during the NeurIPS 2025 competition track
Journal Publication: Invitation to contribute to a special issue in a leading neuroscience/ML journal (TBC)
Code Release: Featured in the top 10 open-source solutions repository

Top 10 Teams

Open Source Recognition: Your code will be released as part of the competition’s open-source repository, contributing to the advancement of EEG research
Competition Certificate: Official recognition certificate from the organizing committee

Special Awards

Diversity & Inclusion Award

Prize: $1,000 USD
NeurIPS Workshop Registration: Registration for the NeurIPS 2025 workshops
Eligibility: Best-performing first-time team led by and with majority members from underrepresented groups in AI/ML
Note: This award aligns with NeurIPS Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DIA) guidelines

Prize Distribution

All cash prizes are sponsored by Meta
Travel support includes economy airfare, standard accommodation, and conference registration
Prizes will be distributed to the team leader, who is responsible for internal team distribution
Teams must comply with all competition rules to be eligible for prizes

Recognition Benefits

Beyond monetary prizes, winning teams will gain:

Academic Recognition: Publications and presentations at one of the world’s premier ML conferences
Industry Visibility: Exposure to leading researchers and companies in neurotechnology and AI
Research Impact: Contributing to open-source tools that will advance EEG research globally
Networking Opportunities: Direct interaction with field leaders during NeurIPS 2025
Career Advancement: Strong addition to academic and professional portfolios

Terms and Conditions

Teams must submit valid, reproducible code to be eligible for prizes
Solutions must comply with all competition rules and ethical guidelines (see Rules)
The organizing committee’s decisions are final in all matters related to the competition
Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash or other benefits
Participants must adhere to NeurIPS’s Code of Conduct
Organizing team members and their immediate collaborators are ineligible for prizes
Prize distribution is subject to applicable laws and regulations
The organizing committee reserves the right to verify all submissions