On November 13th, the 27th annual Temple University Innovative Idea Competition was held by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at the Fox School of Business. The Innovative Idea Competition invites students, faculty and staff from all 17 of Temple’s schools and colleges to present products, services and tech as the foundations of new businesses, with over $10,000 in total cash prizes at stake. 

Megan Kane, CLA ‘24, won first prize in the upper track, as well the overall grand prize, for AI-Aware Writing Environment (AAWE). AAWE is an application that allows students to work and gain proficiency with generative AI tools, with guidelines and restrictions set and observed by their instructors.

“I know firsthand how instructors are still trying to define this tool of AI—I feel this platform that we are developing can be very useful in that mission,” said Kane. 

You can read more about this year’s competition and view the full list of this year’s finalists and winners.