Setting up your first programme
From an empty organisation to an open application window: branding, the programme, the form, evaluators, the rubric and the checks before you announce.
Read the guide
Guides
How to do it, step by step
Working instructions for the tasks a programme team actually performs, each with a checklist to run before you announce, publish, close a round or hand a server over.
Building a multi-stage application form
Stages, the eleven field types, conditional questions, attached resources, capacity limits, versioning and the preview pass before the public link goes out.
Running evaluation rounds
Assignment, conflict of interest, deadlines, blind review, calibration, promotion and the three leaderboard views a committee will ask for.
Self-hosting on your own server
For an institute IT team: the virtual machine, Docker or Apache with PM2, MongoDB, a base path such as /innovation, TLS, backups and how upgrades are handled.
See IdeaScore run a call with your own rubric
A 30-minute walkthrough with a founder, using your programme's form and criteria.