Rutgers GRAND CHALLENGES for the 21st Century Competition
Are you a BIG THINKER?
Rutgers Institute for Advanced Materials , Devices and Nanotechnology; Rutgers Energy Institute; and the Rutgers NSF-IGERT Programs are sponsoring a student competition open to all undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students to solicit and share our best ideas.
Grand Challenges are ambitious yet achievable goals that capture the public’s imagination and that harness innovation and breakthroughs in science and technology uch as putting a human on the moon and the human genome project.
POSTPONED until spring term
- Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
- Time: 5:30pm
- Where: Life Sciences Auditorium, Busch Campus
Who can enter: All undergraduates and graduate students, as individuals or teams (post-docs may be included as part of a team).
How to enter: Submit the title of your Grand Challenge by email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday, November 14, 2012, with contact information for all authors.
Entries will have 5 minutes and 2 Powerpoint slides to present their idea on Nov. 20th at the Grand Challenges Competition. A select group of Grand Challenges authors will be asked to prepare a 1-page paper to be submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. PLUS, there will be cash prizes!
Contact Johanna Bernstein (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for more information