Competition formats
Competition types supported by PENTAS
Run IID, KIK, research, education, hackathon, entrepreneurship, creative, and custom competition workflows from one platform for registration, submissions, judging, awards, and certificates.
Format setup
Sample competition workspace
Registration
Evaluation
Certificates
IID
Project submissions + Jury scoring
KIK
Team workflows + Evidence upload
Research
Abstracts + Reviewer panels
Education
Teaching evidence + School workflows
Hackathon
Challenge tracks + Team registration
Choose a competition format
Start with a proven workflow
Each format page explains how PENTAS supports that competition type, while keeping organisers on the same core platform for setup, evaluation, results, and recognition.
Innovation | Invention | Design
IID / Innovation, Invention & Design
Run IID competitions on PENTAS with project registration, abstracts, video demonstrations, evidence links, jury scoring, award decisions, results, and verified certificates.
Participant and team registration for innovation projects
Project title, abstract, video, and evidence collection
Configurable jury rubrics for originality, impact, and presentation
Quality | Improvement | Excellence
KIK / Quality Improvement
Manage KIK and quality improvement competitions with team registration, reports, videos, judging rounds, normalised scoring, awards, results, and certificates.
Group registration for KIK and improvement teams
Report, presentation, video, and before-after evidence collection
Qualifying and final judging round support
Research | Academic | Poster
Research & Academic
Use PENTAS for research, poster, paper, thesis, and academic showcase competitions that require structured submissions, expert evaluation, and formal recognition.
Abstract, poster, paper, and thesis submission workflows
Expert jury or reviewer assignment
Rubric-based academic evaluation
Teaching | Learning | Innovation
Education & Teaching
Organise education, teaching innovation, digital learning, and teaching material competitions with participant registration, evidence submission, judging, awards, and recognition.
School, educator, student, or team registration
Teaching material and implementation evidence collection
Rubric-based review of learning value and impact
Technology | Coding | AI
Technology & Hackathon
Run hackathon, coding, AI, app development, and technology challenge competitions with team registration, submission links, demo judging, awards, and certificates.
Team registration for challenge-based events
Project, repository, demo, video, and evidence link collection
Panel judging and rubric scoring for demos or pitches
Startup | Pitch | Enterprise
Entrepreneurship & Pitch
Manage startup pitch, business idea, social enterprise, and entrepreneurship competitions with submissions, pitch evaluation, awards, results, and verified recognition.
Pitch and business idea registration
Pitch deck, video, and market evidence collection
Panel evaluation and score tracking
Creative | Portfolio | Showcase
Creative & Design
Organise creative, multimedia, graphic design, video, architecture, portfolio, and product design competitions with submissions, jury review, showcase, awards, and certificates.
Creative entry and portfolio registration
Media, video, design, and evidence submission
Jury scoring and moderation
Configure your own format
Custom Competition
Build your own competition workflow when your programme does not fit a standard format. Configure registration, categories, submissions, rubrics, awards, and certificates with PENTAS.
Configurable registration and categories
Organiser-defined submission fields
Custom judging criteria and score weights
One platform, many workflows
Configure the format. Keep the operations connected.
PENTAS keeps competition setup, registration, submissions, jury evaluation, awards, results, and certificate release in one operating layer, even when each competition type has its own terminology.
Registration and categories
Submission and evidence collection
Jury assignment and rubric scoring
Awards, results, and certificates
Need a custom competition workflow?
If your competition combines formats or needs organiser-defined registration, scoring, awards, or certificate rules, PENTAS can support a structured custom setup.