Doodle for Google Scholarship 2027

Organizer Information

Google LLC was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and has grown into a global technology company headquartered at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. The company's history with the "Doodle" format dates back to its very first year: in 1998, the founders altered the homepage logo with a stick figure to signal they were away at the Burning Man festival, a playful gesture that became the first Doodle. Since then, Doodles have become a recurring feature of the Google homepage, marking holidays, anniversaries, and cultural moments worldwide. The Doodle for Google Competition extends that tradition into education, inviting U.S. students to design their own interpretation of the Google logo. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., and the Contest is administered with support from a third-party administrator, Cogs & Marvel USA Inc.

Title & Description

Doodle for Google Competition — Theme: "My superpower is…"

The Doodle for Google Competition invites eligible U.S. school students, entering with a parent or legal guardian's permission, to create an original hand-drawn interpretation of the Google logo built around the theme "My superpower is….." Entrants incorporate the letters of the Google logo into their own artwork and submit a written description of 50 words or less explaining how their Doodle expresses the theme. Entries are submitted via a one-page official Entry Form, either uploaded digitally through the Contest website or mailed as a hard copy, and must carry a parent or legal guardian's signature. The use of generative AI is limited strictly to brainstorming and conceptualization — the Doodle artwork itself must be entirely the student's own hand-created work, and Google reserves the right to disqualify any entry found or suspected to have used AI tools to generate any part of the artwork.

Theme

"My superpower is…." — entrants interpret this theme through their Doodle design and accompanying 50-word description.

Eligibility

Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal U.S. resident (must be able to show proof of permanent legal residence)
Must be enrolled in a private or public elementary or secondary school (grades K–12), or a home school (grades K–12), in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Territory or Freely Associated State, or Washington, D.C., or be a student of a U.S. Service Person serving abroad
Must have obtained a parent's or legal guardian's prior permission; minors must have written parental/guardian consent to receive any prize
Limit of one (1) entry per Entrant; subsequent entries are disqualified
Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of Google and its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates, their immediate families, members of their households, and prior National Winners are not eligible
Void where prohibited by law
Entry Forms may only be submitted by parents, guardians, teachers, non-profit leaders, or afterschool programs on the Entrant's behalf

Program Benefits & Awards

5 Finalists each receive a $10,000 college scholarship (managed by Scholarship America), usable at the school of their choice
5 Finalists each receive a Chromebook (approximate retail value $244)
Each Finalist's Doodle is placed on www.google.com for up to 24 hours in the United States during the competition year
The 1 National Winner receives an additional $45,000 college scholarship (managed by Scholarship America)
The National Winner's school (or an eligible registered non-profit where the winner participates) receives $50,000 in value toward establishing or improving a computer lab or technology program (homeschools and students of U.S. Foreign Service Personnel abroad are not eligible for this specific award)
If the National Winner is homeschooled, the homeschool instead receives a $5,000 technology stipend by check, and the winner may direct $45,000 in value toward a computer lab or technology program at a qualifying public library, registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, or public school in their community

Application Fee

None

How to Apply?

Online Application

Key Dates

Application Deadline: 17 December 2026

Location

United States

Additional Details

Judging Criteria: artistic skill; creativity and originality in representing the theme and using the Google logo; how well the Doodle and description communicate the theme; adherence to all Doodle Requirements and Rules
Judging has two levels: 5 Finalists are selected by independent Guest Judges and a Google committee; the 1 National Winner is then chosen through a combination of public online voting and Guest Judges' scoring
Ties are broken by judge re-evaluation and re-voting among the tied Doodles
Entrant retains intellectual property ownership of the Doodle, but grants Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, and display it without attribution or compensation
Winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability, and Publicity Release, and to mail in original artwork for high-resolution scanning if requested
Prizes cannot be transferred, substituted, or exchanged for cash except at Google's sole discretion; scholarship prizes are paid directly to the winner's college
Disputes are resolved through binding arbitration with JAMS in the San Jose, California area; litigation rights are waived
Governed by California law