Monday, January 15, 2018 — 9:00 AM to Saturday, February 3, 2018 — 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’ Sustainable Development Goals (also known as Global Goals), and propose a solution. Teams will be selected for interviews occurring on February 14, and six teams will be selected to make a 5-7 minute presentation on March 1, proposing a solution to a panel of judges, with Q&A.
Each member of the winning team will win $1,000 (each member of the 2nd and 3rd place teams will win some awesome electronics), and the winning team will move on to compete against other schools at the International World’s Challenge Challenge from June 3-8, held at Western University in London, Ontario. The winning team of the International round will win $30,000 to split evenly within their team, the second place team will win $15,000, and the 3rd place team will win $7,500. 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 Waterloo International, Velocity, and Western University. Good luck to all competitors!
Applications are due Saturday, February 3 at 11:59pm. For more information on rules and the application process, click here.
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Cost
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