Monday, January 9, 2017 — 9:00 AM to Sunday, February 5, 2017 — 11:59 PM EST
Do you have a solution to a major global problem?
The World’s Challenge Challenge at the University of Waterloo is a competition where teams of three diverse students pick one of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals, and propose a solution. Teams will be selected for interviews on February 14, based on a written application, and six teams will be selected to make a 5-7 minute presentation on March 2, proposing a solution to a panel of judges, with Q&A.
Each member of the winning team will win $1,000 to contribute to an international travel experience (each member of the 2nd and 3rd place teams will also win a pair of Beats headphones), and the winning team will move on to compete against other schools in the first International World’s Challenge Challenge in May 2017, held at Western University in London, Ontario (all expenses paid). The winning team of the International round will win $30,000 to split evenly within their team, and the second place team will win $15,000. More information about the origins of the event can be found here and the scoring rubric can be found here. The World’s Challenge Challenge is a collaboration between Velocity, Waterloo International, and Western University. Good luck to all competitors!
Applications are due Sunday, February 5 at 11:59pm. For more information on rules and the application process, click here.
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