The organization of the Grand Challenge is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.
The competition is hosted and sponsored by USENIX.
The competition prizes are provided by BAE Systems.
Additional support was provided by VMware.
Financial Support for Participants
The organizers provides some support for travel for the students participating in the competition. Request for support must be sent to the organizers. The request must come from the faculty advisor of the student and must include the CV of the student, the name of the competing team, and the name of the University.
Requests for financial support represent an implicit committment to participating to the competition.