Deadline: October 24, 2012
Open to: University students from around the globe
Prize: $10,000/$5,000/$2,500
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 the challenge. 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.
Application process
Applicant will need to register or login and complete their Student Profile to get started. To enter the Dell Education Challenge, student innovators must submit their Project Idea with the minimum required fields. Please notice the deadline for applications is set to 24 October 2012.
Timeline:
- Oct 24 – Entry Deadline
- Nov 6 – Semi-Finalists Announced
- Nov 21 – Semi-Finalists Materials Due
- Dec 1 – Finalists Announced
- Dec 12 – Live Pitch at Dell World
- Dec 13 – Winners Announce
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 will compete live in front of judges for these cash awards to advance their educational innovation.
Prize
- $10,000 Grand Prize
- $5,000 Second Prize
- $2,500 Third Prize
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. In addition, applicant will receive ongoing advisory support from the DSIC Family Office.
