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Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2026 awards

April 20, 2026

Vjosa Pellumbi and her brother Drini hold medallions and their check after winning first place in the 2026 Arctic Innovation Competition’s Main Division. Photo by Sarah Lewis
Vjosa Pellumbi and her brother Drini hold medallions and their check after winning first place in the 2026 Arctic Innovation Competition’s Main Division. Photo by Sarah Lewis

UAF's ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management held the Arctic Innovation Competition finals on April 18th at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks.

CBSM's Stacey Currie reported on the event and highlighted the Overall Winner and also Student Kicker Prize winner. Drini and Vjosa Pellumbi won for their residential boiler economizer designed to improve heating efficiency in rural Alaska.

We will be supporting them this May to travel to visit the Seattle Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and attend the University of Washington’s Dempsey Startup Competition. 

For a complete list of winners, visit the . The AIC submission period for 2027 will open in the fall.