A representative from High Tech's team appeared on FOX Business Channel, 2010 winners were interviewed by Pimm Fox of Bloomberg radio, presented its findings at Lockheed Martin's Data Capture Center, and met with U.S. Census Bureau Director Dr. Robert Groves.
[3] Many local and regional TV and radio stations interview top teams; and in 2021 both NPR [4] and the BBC interviewed top teams about their work and the problem topic of defeating the digital divide and making internet accessible to all.
The M3 Challenge is held annually on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in late February or early March.
Students choose which day and what continuous span of 14 hours that they wish to work over Challenge weekend.
Team members may not discuss any aspect of the problem with, nor seek help from via any means or method, the coach or anyone other than their teammates over Challenge weekend.
Finalist and Technical Computing Awardee teams present their papers live to a panel of judges during the final event.
All students who submit a viable solution paper receive certificates of participation, which are mailed to their teacher-coach.
Semi-finalist prizes are awarded to teams whose papers were highly ranked and underwent in-depth, specific discussion by judges.
Honorable mention prizes are awarded to teams whose papers are judged to be worthy of recognition for their superior efforts.