Deadline- October 24, 2012
Countries/Region- All Countries
Applicants are invited for 2012 Dell Education Challenge which will act as an educational innovation community where university students, academia, primary/K12 educators, mentors, judges and fellow students from around the globe can network, share best practices and inspire each other to create educational change.
Eligibility-
- Any undergrad or graduate student in any field of study, from any country, can enter our challenge.
- This isn’t your traditional business plan competition—students can enter a project at any stage, whether they’ve just thought of an idea or are already running an organization. Both nonprofit and for-profit ideas are eligible.
How to Apply?
- To enter the Dell Education Challenge, student innovators must submit their Project Idea with the minimum required fields.
- Applicant will need to register or login and complete their Student Profile to get started.
After that their will two rounds for the applicants to be qualified by them i.e-
Semi-Final Round- Virtual Pitch
- 20 semi-finalists selected by DSIC-certified judges will receive 1:1 mentoring from a DSIC-certified mentor to perfect their pitches
- Each semi-finalist team will be required to submit a project roadmap and video pitch.
- DSIC will provide detailed instructions to semi-finalists.
Final Round: Global Awards and lIve Pitch– The finalists will be flown to Austin in December 2012 for Dell World, a gathering of more than 4,000 Dell global customers for networking and mentoring. Plus, they’ll compete live in front of judges for these cash awards to advance their educational innovation.
- $10,000 Grand Prize
- $5,000 Second Prize
- $2,500 Third Prize
In addition, applicant will receive ongoing advisory support from the DSIC Family Office.
Dell will select a handful of additional “Promising Projects” and provide cash awards from $500 to $2,000 designed to enable field testing of the most promising ideas within the upcoming 2013 school year.
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