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Get Noticed

Earn your certificate.
Collect your badges.

Every student who completes the No Black Boxes curriculum and submits a final project earns a certificate. The strongest projects earn skill badges — a growing collection that proves what you can actually build.

How it works

Four steps to your
certificate.

The same process applies to all three tracks — Build a Brain, No Black Boxes Intensive, and Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp. Build something real. Show your work. Earn your certificate.

1
Complete the curriculum
Work through all 28 lectures at your own pace — or alongside your cohort in a guided course. Build every project. Understand every component.
2
Build your final project
Your final project should demonstrate what you've learned. It can be practical, creative, or experimental — what matters is that you built it and you understand it.
3
Submit a video and summary
Record a short video (2–5 minutes) showing your project in action and write a one-page summary explaining what you built, the key challenges, and what you learned.
4
Receive your certificate — and badges
All complete submissions receive an official No Black Boxes certificate. Outstanding projects are reviewed for skill badges by the No Black Boxes team.
The certificate

One certificate.
Three tracks.

Every student who completes the course and submits a final project receives an official No Black Boxes certificate — regardless of track. The certificate includes your name, your track, the date of completion, and is signed by the No Black Boxes teaching team.

Build a Brain — ages 15–18
No Black Boxes Intensive — ages 18+
Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp — researchers & PhD students
Certificate of Completion
This certifies that
Student Name
Has successfully completed the
No Black Boxes Curriculum
Skill badges

Collect badges for
exceptional work.

Think of them like scout badges — earned, not given. Every certificate holder is considered. The strongest projects earn additional skill badges awarded by the No Black Boxes team, each recognising a specific area of demonstrated expertise.

Badges are being developed in collaboration with research institutes, labs, and companies — to ensure they reflect skills that are genuinely valued in the real world.

NBB
Vision Builder
Awarded for outstanding work in computer vision — object detection, real-time tracking, depth sensing, or camera-based control systems.
NBB
Audio Engineer
Awarded for exceptional integration of sound — microphone input, audio processing, voice command systems, or speaker output in a working project.
NBB
Hardware Hacker
Awarded for exceptional electronics work — circuit design, sensor integration, actuator control, or creative use of the NB3 hardware platform.
NBB
Neural Architect
Awarded for deep work in AI and neuroscience — neural networks, learning systems, brain-inspired algorithms, or computational models of behaviour.
NBB
Systems Thinker
Awarded for projects that successfully integrate multiple systems — perception, action, decision, and feedback — into a coherent, working whole.
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Coming soon
New badge developed in collaboration with industry partners — validated against real employability skills.
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Coming soon
New badge developed in collaboration with industry partners — validated against real employability skills.
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Coming soon
New badge developed in collaboration with industry partners — validated against real employability skills.
Industry validation

Badges that mean
something real.

We are working with research institutes, labs, and companies to ensure that No Black Boxes badges reflect skills that are genuinely valued — not just by us, but by the people who might one day hire or collaborate with our students.

See our partners & pathways →

"The best projects are shared with our global network of research institutes, labs, and companies. Outstanding work gets noticed — and outstanding students get connected."

— No Black Boxes
Ready to earn yours?

Build something.
Get certified.

Order the kit, follow the curriculum, submit your project. Every completion earns a certificate. The best work earns badges — and gets noticed by the right people.